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| 11 Quick Things To Know About The Inspector General's Report |
| 2018-06-16 |
| [The Federalist] On Thursday, the Justice Department’s inspector general released a long-anticipated report on the FBI’s handling of the criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server that handled classified information. Here are some quick takeaways from the report. 1. Learn How To Interpret An IG Report The best way to understand an inspector general (IG) report is less as a fiercely independent investigation that seeks justice and more like what you’d expect from a company’s human resources department. Employees frequently think that a company’s human resources department exists to serve employees. There’s some truth in that, but it’s more true that the human resources department exists to serve the corporation. At the end of the day, the HR department wants what’s best for the company. The FBI’s IG Michael Horowitz has a good reputation for good reason. But his report is in support of the FBI and its policies and procedures. As such, the findings will be focused on helping the FBI improve its adherence to those policies and procedures. Those who expected demands for justice in the face of widespread evidence of political bias and poor judgment by immature agents and executives were people unfamiliar with the purpose of IG reports. The IG is also a government bureaucrat producing government products that are supposed to be calm and boring. In the previous report that led to Andrew McCabe’s firing as deputy director of the FBI and referral for criminal prosecution, his serial lying under oath was dryly phrased as "lack of candor." In this report detailing widespread problems riddled throughout the Clinton email probe, the language is similarly downplayed. That’s particularly true in the executive summary, which attempts to downplay the actual details that fill the report with evidence of poor decision-making, extreme political bias, and problematic patterns of behavior. Ten more key take-aways follow. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 1. it was a whitewash 2. it identified the most defensible least offensive crimes 2. it identified the least desirable least offensive criminals 2. it was remarkably narrow in it's reach 2. it stepped over many dollars to find some shiney pennies 2. it did not name any IG investigator cronies 2. it did not draw any clinton connection 2. how many is that? 2. due process was clearly engaged to maintain the status quo |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-06-16 16:16 |