New Orleans attack came as the FBI was facing political heat and...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : One area he has discussed is significant reforms on how agents and analysts make use of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act eavesdropping powers in national security investigations.
51% : Yet some imperfect communication on the first day did color public perception of the response.
48% : Despite that run of success, there´s also no question that each action by the FBI is magnified at a time when its work and public statements are so intensely under the microscope as a result of politically charged investigations as well as the aftermath of controversial decisions, like a Justice Department memo directing the FBI to address threatening rhetoric at school board meetings and a since-withdrawn field office memo that warned of potential Catholic extremists.
46% : Chris Piehota, a former executive assistant director of the FBI who retired in 2020, said he believed that the FBI had become "distracted" in recent years by "political and social agendas versus addressing the actual emerging threat environment.""Their priorities have not been properly set in my opinion," said Piehota, author of a book titled: "Wanted: The FBI I Once Knew.

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