To me, much of the US's power comes from its centralization and radically ceding that back to the states would leave it diminished on the world stage.
The CIA/FBI rabbit hole, to me, collapses down to the "Who watches the watchers?" question.
I'm of the opinion that there will always need to be clandestine activities (domestic and international), that proficiency in that domain generates outsized benefits to a nation, and that oversight should continually be improved and strengthened (but is fundamentally impossible to accomplish completely, due to the nature of the enterprise).
To me, much of the US's power comes from its centralization and radically ceding that back to the states would leave it diminished on the world stage.
The CIA/FBI rabbit hole, to me, collapses down to the "Who watches the watchers?" question.
I'm of the opinion that there will always need to be clandestine activities (domestic and international), that proficiency in that domain generates outsized benefits to a nation, and that oversight should continually be improved and strengthened (but is fundamentally impossible to accomplish completely, due to the nature of the enterprise).