Pambuyo pa zigawenga za September 11 pa World Trade Center ndi Pentagon, Woyimira milandu wamkulu John Ashcroft sanachedwe kupempha Congress, Purezidenti Bush, ndi makhothi kuti amupatse mphamvu zopanda malire kuti athane ndi uchigawenga womwe ungachitike m'nyumba. Congress idakakamizika kudutsa ndikugawa mabiliyoni kuti akhazikitse lamulo loletsa uchigawenga la Patriot Act. Purezidenti Bush ndiye adayenera kutaya malangizo akale a 1970 omwe adaletsa akazitape a FBI pa mabungwe apakhomo. Izi zimaperekanso mphamvu kwa FBI carte blanche kuti aziyang'anira, ndikubzala m'matchalitchi, mizikiti, komanso magulu andale. Zimalola othandizira a FBI kuwononga intaneti kuti asakasaka zigawenga. Atha kuchita zonsezi popanda kuwonetsa chifukwa cholakwira. Izi zimapereka mphamvu zopanda malire kwa FBI kuti idziwe kuti ndi ndani ndi magulu ati omwe angayang'ane.
Tsopano oweruza atatu, Khothi Loyang'anira Zazidziwitso Zakunja ku US lakakamiza a Ashcroft popereka chigamulo cha khothi lazamalamulo Meyi watha kuti aletse pang'ono oyang'anira oyang'anira Dipatimenti Yachilungamo. Kusintha kwa bwalo lamilanduli kumapatsa Dipatimenti Yachilungamo ndi FBI mphamvu zatsopano zolumikizirana pawayilesi, kutsatira, ndi kuimba mlandu aliyense amene akumuganizira kuti ndi wachigawenga. Oweruza a makhothi obwereza, onse a Reagan ndi omwe adasankhidwa kukhala makhothi a apilo a federal, ndipo adasankhidwa ndi Chief Justice of Supreme Court William Rehnquist kuti akhale pa khothi lowunika za intelligence. Popereka chigamulo chawo, oweruza atatuwa adanyalanyaza zomwe khothi la intelligence lidapeza popereka zikalata zowunikira pa nthawi ya maulamuliro a Bush ndi Clinton. Komabe, Ashcroft ndi Bush akulonjeza poyera kuti sadzagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zawo zochititsa mantha kumenyana ndi anthu otsutsa ndale, kapena kusokoneza ufulu wa anthu. Koma apurezidenti am'mbuyomu, Dipatimenti Yachilungamo ndi akuluakulu a FBI adanenanso chimodzimodzi m'ma 1960 ndi koyambirira kwa 1970. Purezidenti John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, ndi Richard Nixon adanena kuti nkhondo yolimbana ndi zigawenga zapakhomo, mwachitsanzo, Achikomyunizimu, Socialists, okonda dziko lakuda, Black Panthers ndi atsogoleri a ufulu wa anthu, makamaka Martin Luther King Jr., adalungamitsidwa, kupindika, kupotoza, ndipo pamapeto pake kuphwanya malamulo ndi kuphwanya ufulu wa anthu.
Palibe bungwe la boma m'masiku amenewo lomwe lingayerekeze kukakamiza a FBI kuti atsimikizire kuti sanali kazitape mosaloledwa, ndipo atolankhani ambiri amavomereza mawu oti kukulitsa mphamvu za apolisi m'boma kumangofuna kukhomerera zigawenga zapakhomo. Kukayikakayika kwa anthu pazimene boma linachita kunasintha kwa kanthaลตi kochepa pakati pa zaka za mโma 1970. Ofufuza a m'nyumba ya Senate anatulutsa milu ya zikalata zomwe kale zinali zachinsinsi zomwe zinasonyeza kuti mkulu wa FBI a J. Edgar Hoover anali achinsinsi komanso osagwirizana ndi malamulo omwe ankayang'ana magulu ambirimbiri ndi anthu masauzande a FBI ndi anthu omwe FBI amawaona kuti ndi osayenera pa ndale. Zida zonyansa za FBI zidaphatikizira mawaya osaloledwa ndi khothi, mbewu zobisalira, zokopa anthu, zilembo zapoizoni, ntchito zachikwama zakuda, komanso kulemba zolemba zachinsinsi.
Pafupifupi zochitika zonse, amene ankawafuna sanali akazitape akunja, zigawenga, kapena anthu amene amaganiziridwa kuti anachita zigawenga. Zotsatira zake zinali zachangu komanso zowononga. Anthu zikwizikwi anathamangitsidwa mโsukulu, anachotsedwa ntchito, anathamangitsidwa mโnyumba zawo, ndi mโmaofesi, ndi kunamiziridwa poyera. Ochepa mwa anthuwa anaimbidwa mlandu, kuweruzidwa kapena kuimbidwa mlandu uliwonse. Hoover adapatsa maofesi am'deralo a FBI luntha kuti asankhe zomwe akufuna, komanso njira zomwe angagwiritse ntchito. Maupangiri aukazitape omwe asinthidwa a Bush, malamulo odana ndi zigawenga, komanso chigamulo chotsutsana ndi khothi la intelligence limapatsanso antchito amderali luntha lofananalo kuti adziwe magulu kapena anthu omwe angafufuze komanso njira zomwe angagwiritse ntchito kuti awafufuze. Ashcroft adakweza chidwi kwambiri pokhazikitsa ndikugwiritsa ntchito makina apakompyuta kuti apeze chilolezo cha khothi kuti aziwunika.
Ndi imfa ya Hoover mu 1972 komanso kuwululidwa kwa msonkhano wa akazitape osaloledwa, dipatimenti ya Zachilungamo idatsimikizira poyera kuti COINTELPRO inali yakale ndipo idakhazikitsa kuwongolera zochita za FBI. Komabe, mโzaka za mโma 1980, a FBI anagwira ntchito yaukazitape kwa zaka zisanu mobisa molimbana ndi magulu ndi atsogoleri ambiri achipembedzo ndi otsutsa mtendere amene ankatsutsa mfundo za mayiko a ku America ku Central America. M'zaka za m'ma 1990 idakhazikitsa kampeni yobisa ufulu wa anthu, zachilengedwe, ndi Native American, magulu odana ndi zida za nyukiliya, ndi magulu a Arab-America. Njira za FBI zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito motsutsana ndi maguluwa zinali zobwerezabwereza zomwe malangizo azaka za m'ma 1970 paukazitape wapakhomo akuti amaletsa.
Ndi ma Democrats mkangano wandale, ma Republican omwe akuwongolera Congress, ambiri mwa atolankhani ambiri omwe satsatira mfundo za Bush, kuchulukirachulukira kwa makhothi kuti akhazikitse mphamvu za apolisi aku Bush, tikukakamizika kuvomereza Bush ndi Ashcroftรขโฌโข. amalonjeza kuti sadzapondereza ufulu wa anthu ndi ufulu, ndikusaka mfiti osalakwa. Koma zakale zikusonyeza kuti apulezidenti ndi akuluakulu awo akalonjeza zimenezo, chenjerani.
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