Who loves and hates the FBI now?

Washington

ONCE upon a time in America, there was a political party that held with high esteem the nation's security institutions that were protecting the American people against adversaries at home and abroad: The US military, the country's police forces, the intelligence gathering agencies and the federal law enforcement bodies. Let us call that political party the Republicans, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP).

Indeed, if you would travel in a time machine to mid-20th century America, and ask an average citizen what is the first thing that he or she associated with the GOP, you would not need to wait a long time for an answer. The Republicans were the party of Law and Order.