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James Comey is in trouble and he knows it | |
2019-05-08 | |
Barr has made plain that he intends to examine carefully how and why Comey, as FBI director, decided that the bureau should investigate two presidential campaigns and if, in so doing, any rules or laws were broken. Comey will claim that everything he did in the FBI was by the book. But after the investigations by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz and U.S. Attorney John Huber, along with Barr’s promised examination, are completed, Comey’s mishandling of the FBI and legal processes likely will be fully exposed. Ideally, Barr’s examination will aggregate information that addresses three primary streams. The first will be whether the investigations into both presidential nominees and the Trump campaign were adequately, in Barr’s words, “predicated.” This means he will examine whether there was sufficient justification under existing guidelines for the FBI to have started an investigation in the first place. The second will be whether Comey’s team obeyed long-established investigative guidelines while conducting the investigations and, specifically, if there was sufficient, truthful justification to lawfully conduct electronic surveillance of an American citizen. The third will be an examination of whether Comey was unduly influenced by political agendas emanating from the previous White House and its director of national intelligence, CIA director and attorney general. This, above all, is what’s causing the 360-degree head spins. Kevin R. Brock, former assistant director of intelligence for the FBI, was an FBI special agent for 24 years and principal deputy director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). He is a founder and principal of NewStreet Global Solutions, which consults with private companies and public-safety agencies on strategic mission technologies. | |
Posted by:Bright Pebbles |
#7 Ah'm sensing a pending Arkancide as he attempts to remain pristine (in his own mind) while threatening to blow whistles. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2019-05-08 20:05 |
#6 Senator Kennedy – All roads lead back to James Comey, and that’s why he’s scared… Looks like Comey is the designated Orange suit wearer. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-05-08 13:01 |
#5 He's clearly guilty. Will be interesting if Barr follows though. Comey reminds me of some snotty prick that has never been hit hard in the face. You all know the type. |
Posted by: Woodrow 2019-05-08 12:43 |
#4 Indicted on leaks to the media alone would warrant it. Does he still have his gov't clearances to info? |
Posted by: Warthog 2019-05-08 06:38 |
#3 This is what Sessions should have done in 2017 on his first day in office. But no. |
Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-05-08 01:26 |
#2 He should be indicted simply for his snotty, obnoxious, self-righteous NYT articles alone. |
Posted by: Raj 2019-05-08 00:48 |
#1 ....whether Comey was unduly influenced by political agendas emanating from the previous White House and its director of national intelligence, CIA director and attorney general. I believe this has been fairly well established. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2019-05-08 00:43 |