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This is why no one is suing the FBI:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity

You can't generally sue them unless they physically maim or kill you. Government privilege.

I checked that page and checked the page specifically addressing Sovereign Immunity in the USA. Other than the repeated assertion that the US government has it on the wikipedia page, I could find no evidence that they do.

For instance, I doubt the constitution provides for this immunity.

I think that this immunity is not legal.

But maybe I missed some text in the constitution that grants it.

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