Over the years many criminals have been employed by law enforcement based on the belief that it takes a criminal to know a criminal. The idea is that cops don't think like criminals and have trouble understanding their motives or actions so hiring a criminal helps to bridge that gap.
In a related story Rep. Darrell Issa is now the head of the House Oversight Committee. This committee is essentially the congressional police with power to investigate anything they so desire. The Choice of Issa as it's leader makes perfect sense. Say you wanted to investigate false claims by congressional members, well you could point to Issa's statements about his military service in which he claimed to have provided security detail from President Nixon and received the highest ratings possible for his service. Since he never did provide security for President Nixon and was actually transferred due to unsatisfactory ratings he would have an intimate understanding of a congressman making false claims. Perhaps you want to investigate election fraud where one candidate stole an election. Issa again is uniquely qualified to put himself in the shoes of the thief having twice been accused of grand theft auto. Or maybe you really want to examine the Medicare insurance fraud committed by Doctors. Again Darrell Issa is your man since he was accused of insurance fraud TWICE. Once in the arson of a building Mr. Issa owned, housing a failing company of his and the second regarding a plot with his brother where his brother "stole" Darrell Issa's car and sold it to a dealer while Darrell filed a stolen car claim with his insurance company in hopes to collect insurance money on the car his brother had previously sold.
Any way you cut it, if you are looking for insight into the criminal mind as the head of your Oversight Committee, there are few Congressman more qualified than Darrell Issa.
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