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* During WWII, G-Men operated undercover in Latin America keeping tabs on the Germans (remember Cary Grant in ''Notorious''). The CIA took over this function after 1947 (but probably became less focused on the Germans). |
* During WWII, G-Men operated undercover in Latin America keeping tabs on the Germans (remember Cary Grant in ''Notorious''). The CIA took over this function after 1947 (but probably became less focused on the Germans). |
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* Aside from the fact that having to many [[Men in Black]] crawling around in the system is dangerous the fact is the [[CIA]] will often not want to follow normal police procedure. If an enemy asset is arrested then the enemy will know he has disappeared. And of course if he is arraigned then they have a big headache of convicting him without revealing evidence. Whereas a spy agency can follow him to [[Always a Bigger Fish|bigger fish]] or [[Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word|lean on him]] or just make sure he [[Feed the Mole|steals the information they want him to.]] |
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== U.S. Marshals == |
== U.S. Marshals == |
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