F.B.I. Chief Tells Congress His Agency Needs More Resources

What's he going to say? "The FBI is an utter failure. You should probably break it up for parts." Maybe, "No, we have just the right amount of resources, it's just that we're too incompetent to figure out how to use them." The latter has the advantage of possibly being true, as well as a refreshing change, but could never happen in this dimension. The simple rule is that everyone always needs more money.

If an agency fails, it needs more resources so it won't fail again. If it succeeds, it needs more resources so it can build on its success and go on to bigger things. If it accidentally releases toxic gas that blinds half of Florida, it needs more resources so it won't blind the other half.

Hey, I'm a liberal. I'm not saying that no government agencies are short of staff or funds. I'm not saying that the FBI isn't possibly one of those agencies. But what it looks like to me is Mueller going before Congress with his hand out after the FBI's miserable failure, and using 9-11 to build his little empire. Oh, and save his job.

Update: Instapundit is on the FBI's case as well, though if you're reading this you probably already saw that.