Why Is the FBI Targeting Law-and-Order Americans? What Enabled the FBI’s Sweeping Surveillance Powers?

In the wake of the 9/11 attack, the FBI saw its power—and budget—expand. And yet the recent hostage situation in a Texas synagogue is the latest in a long line of FBI failures to stop Islamic terror attacks. After all, the Bureau’s mission is to keep Americans safe from terrorists and hostile foreign agents. Instead, the FBI has...