Constitutionality of the CIA

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Most, if not nearly all, had not commited any crimes, unless you count being a communist a crime. And while I disagree with Communism, ones privilage to express their political viewpoints peacefully is 100% protected under the 1st Amendment.

To nitpick in an off-topic manner so very briefly, I agree with the part about expressing the political viewpoints peacefully and all that. But wasn't the Communist party (or parties?) in the USA actively trying to overthrow the government? My history isn't that great on the subject, but maybe there were a few cases where scrutiny was justified.

But I digress.

The CIA and FBI are more or less autonomous and answerable mostly to the president.

I still wait to hear what you think we should do about this. It's a pretty interesting topic.

EDIT: You're not being rude, Don. Central it is. Thanks for the catch. I wasn't sure, so I went with... the wrong word.