Wippl in Pundit Fact on FBI, KGB Comparisons
Joseph Wippl, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed for an article examining comparisons made on cable news between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the KGB, the Soviet-era secret police.
Wippl was quoted in a December 8, 2017 article by Pundit Fact entitled “Has the FBI ‘Become America’s Secret Police,’ Like the KGB?”
From the text of the article:
Put simply, “the FBI is subject to the laws limiting police powers,” said Joseph Wippl, a former clandestine Central Intelligence Agency officer who now teaches at Boston University. “These laws were passed by a Congress elected by the U.S. population. These laws can be changed, either restricting or expanding police powers.”
Wippl is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer. He spent a 30 year career as an operations officer in the National Clandestine Service (NCS). Wippl has served overseas as an operations officer and operations manager in Bonn, West Germany; Guatemala City; Luxembourg; Madrid, Spain; Mexico City; Vienna, Austria; and Berlin, Germany.