rose@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Dan Rose) (09/14/90)
limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes: >FBI is under the executive branch. The SS is under the treasury. >This was done to aide the ballance of power. Huh? The three branches of U.S. federal government are executive, legislative, and judicial. The SS is part of the Treasury Dept., which is part of the executive branch. I don't know if the FBI is part of a cabinet department (perhaps Justice?), but it's also in the executive branch. They're separate because they were created for different reasons (SS originally to investigate treasury-related problems like counterfeiting). This has nothing to do with separation of powers among the branches of government. Dan Rose CSE Dept., UCSD -- Dan Rose {ucbvax,decvax,akgua,dcdwest}!sdcsvax!beowulf!rose.uucp UC San Diego rose%cs@ucsd.edu