Everyone hoped the Federal Bureau of Investigation would actually do something meaningful.
Instead of spending all day stealing cases from the local police.
Or making the news for beating criminal suspects.
People needed a partner in justice, not a lackey of the powerful.
At that moment, when the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation appeared before him and proposed taking Joanna away,
Mr. Truman felt neither sad nor sorrowful. He even wanted to laugh.
He knew exactly what kind of person stood before him. The man had plenty of minor flaws.
He embezzled. The National Security Committee had evidence of some of his embezzlement, but he was very careful.
The amounts uncovered were all small, and some of them even involved questions of legal definition.
It was difficult to determine whether they counted as bribery or some other form of income.
He also lacked reverence for judicial procedure. Sometimes, when he encountered difficult cases, he would have his subordinates handle them directly.
If they handled them well, everything was naturally fine.
If they did not, he would find a way to cover for them.
That left some cases and pieces of evidence open to question as to whether they were valid.
He was also rumored to maintain ambiguous relationships with several women, despite being married with three children.
Still, he did have some good qualities, though not many.
For example, he took good care of his subordinates, protecting them from certain harms whenever possible.
Law enforcement officers actually faced hostility not only from the suspects and criminals they investigated, but also from scrutiny by the judicial authorities.
He did a good job of it, resolving plenty of trouble for his subordinates and earning their affection.
The Chief Prosecutor said this was merely "rotten fish and shrimp stinking together," and