WTF? Florida Legislators Want To Pass Bill Authorizing Their Own CIA

If Florida enacts House Bill 945, it will create a CIA-style structure at the state level that blurs the traditional line between state law enforcement and intelligence work. A state-level intelligence office empowered to scrutinize residents based on ideology is precisely the kind of proposal likely to spread once normalized.

The bill would create an intelligence office charged with identifying and disrupting threats to Florida and the United States. That alone should raise questions....