A Decade-Old Gag Order, Lifted

Re:A Decade-Old Gag Order, Lifted by wfo on Monday November 30, 2015 @09:21PM (#10653301)

Such a villian, in fact, that a huge building in DC bears his name in order to honor him. The building that houses the very organization we are discussing in fact. Whose employees walk past his plaque and honorifics every day, witnessing a great work done by their colleagues for the sole purpose of giving him his due respect.

I think things are certainly not as bad as when the FBI was literally commanded (founded, really) by a criminal and a traitor (the Ashcroft event was quite encouraging) but I'm not so sure many people in LE consider him so evil and much of his culture lives on.

Though I agree with you it seems like quite a stretch to blame blackmail for any of this. More likely well-meaning people making short-sighted decisions, as it always is.

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Re:A Decade-Old Gag Order, Lifted by tptacek on Monday November 30, 2015 @09:23PM (#10653313)

There are also statues of Jefferson Davis in the south, and buildings at our greatest universities named after John C. Calhoun. That doesn't mean we endorse those people.

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Re:A Decade-Old Gag Order, Lifted by darkmarmot on Monday November 30, 2015 @10:52PM (#10653544)

Umm, it kind of does.

As someone who lives in the south, it's nice to see things such as the confederate flags _finally_ getting removed.

A large statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, master military tactician and a founder of the KKK, stands tall over I-65 nearby. It probably would be removed if it was not privately-owned.

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