Should FBI Director Mueller face charges?

Question

He's already admitted his agents are breaking the law in the way they've implemented the "Patriot" Act. Yet he wants Congress to continue to allow him to operate just as he has been doing, without having to get warrents and submit to judicial oversight.

Quite aside from the fact that the Patriot Act is unconstitutional because id allows warrentless searches, Mueller has proved he had his cohorts can't be trusted to obey the law. But he wants Congress--and the American people--to let him continue business as usual.

So--given that he's responsible for breaking the law (and proving WHY the framers of the Constitution were right in requiring warrents), should Mueller face charges?

Jacob W--a thoughtful answer. But step back from the rhetoric a minute and look at the facts: Democrats (and liberals generally) DON'T object to Patriot Act. No one (barring the occaisonal extremist) has suggested the government shouldn't have the power to gather any intelligence it needs in the war on terror. But--as this case proves--that power should not be unsupervised. That's the whole point of warrents. And the Bush administration has yet to come up with any arguement to justify not subjecting the powers of the Patriot Act to judicial oversight.

Answer 1

He is responsible for his agents but not criminally. That is, unless it can be proven in court that he was culpable. I assume he was not aware of it and therefore, not culpable.

That being said, these are very serious charges. The agents violated a sacred trust by abusing this power and need to be held to account. As far as the director, he should be called on to explain what happened, how it happened, who did it, why it was done and what is being done to make sure it never happens again.

Advice to democrats: Don't be to quick to repeal key provisions of the Patriot Act. If you manage to win the white house you are going to need those tools to fight terror. Imagine what would happen if democrats repealed the Patriot Act and another successful terrorist attack happens?
The democrats won't even be a third party in America.

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Answer 2

He should be allowed to go after all law breakers. Round up the illegals and America haters and ship 'em out!