Re:What's the problem here? (Score 1)

They did this. It was called COINTELPRO. They did things like falsely naming criminals as informants, investingating known innocents/political enemies just to raise the stink of suspicion, harrassment, framing people... you get the idea. Mostly to achieve political ends.

And when the FBI's activities came to light it made alot of laws were enacted curtailing the activities of the FBI. Today the FBI has quite a few regulations intended to prevent these types of abuses.