College Admissions FBI Sting

Certainly being a professional doesn't preclude craven self interest. I was making a narrower point that most professionals are actually pretty fair when it comes to executing their jobs. People take pride in their work and want to get it right and usually are not corrupted by narrow self interest, political beliefs and the like. I would bet that the prosecutors in this case, and their bosses, are people like that. They saw a case demonstrating deep wrong doing, and they spent 18 months or so of their lives running it to ground in a way that helps all of us.



It’s very troubling that the general publics perception of the FBI -and DOJ as a whole- has unfairly taken a beating the last 2 years or so.

Has the FBI ever dropped the ball? Yes, of course they have.

Have attorneys, physicians and hedge fund managers made mistakes? Yes, of course they have.

Humans gonna human.
 
It’s very troubling that the general publics perception of the FBI -and DOJ as a whole- has unfairly taken a beating the last 2 years or so.

Has the FBI ever dropped the ball? Yes, of course they have.

Have attorneys, physicians and hedge fund managers made mistakes? Yes, of course they have.

Humans gonna human.
Thats not what i was saying at all or the point i was trying to make at all. I have nothing against the FBI or the DOJ, i just think the sad reality of things is that if a case is not big enough and theres not enough financial gain involved in it sometimes cases are not taken. That's the only point i was trying to make. I honestly dont believe the FBI would have gotten involved in this case at all if there wasnt any kind of monetary fraud or some kind of actual physical harm involved. That's not a knock on the FBI its just how i believe cases get prioritized. Maybe im wrong, but based on what i know from people in law enforcement this is sadly something that does happen more often than you'd think.