A broader point can be made as well. The Lee-Hanssen-labtest ancedotes are just that. They may be important, but ancedotes do not by themselves provide evidence of a trend. To really evaluate the FBI, we'd need data like # of prosecutions, # of prosecutions thrown out of court because of bad evidence, # of employees, # of spies caught, and even more detailed info that would be tricky to collect. TRAC does a reasonable job.
But, all in all, I see no particular evidence that the FBI is in a state of moral or professional collapse. I think I'd rather have been working for
Right. They seem pretty much what they were a decade ago, when I first moved to DC. And even though they may still lack clue, they're nevertheless a lot smarter about computer "crimes" and what happens online. FLETC courses, training manuals, Defcon presentations, etc. -Declan