The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority.
Although individual states have primary responsibility for conducting fair and impartial elections, the FBI becomes involved when paramount federal interests are affected or electoral abuse occurs.
Now, you know that's nonsense. How many Communists do you know at the Courthouse? Or among your teachers? Or preachers? .... Internal Communism is a very minor problem with us, and one I think the FBI can handle quite well.
Reacting to accusations that he was soft on communism:
I've always had a desire to play a cop or FBI agent.
The work of the FBI, to put it mildly, is complex and covers just about every threat we face.
In all, we investigated, I think, close to 50 rumors about offers to kill Dr. King around the country. But we found no evidence to support rumors of FBI involvement in the assassination.
We [the FBI] are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody..... The minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo.
The FBI is unique in that it straddles both law enforcement and counterintelligence.
I would like one day to play an FBI cop, just so I can hold the gun and shoot.