[wastoute]

Like I say, this is all starting to look a lot like “Modified, Limited Hangout”.

[nathanbedford]

Let us assume that Barr is all that we hope he is, would he be well advised now to make some gesture which would reassure us in the base that he is a true man? For example, he could indict Hillary Clinton or those individuals whom James Comey did not give immunity to. He could indict McCabe for lying. On the other hand, would he be better off biding his time and presenting a coherent, comprehensive picture to the American public of the obstruction of justice exonerating Hillary Clinton and the attempted frame up of Donald Trump?

Let us assume that Barr is not all that we hope he is, is he well advised to continue making dark comments about "spying" and permitting inferences that the stories he's getting from the FBI our not "hanging together?" I think he is quite consciously creating expectations that he would be foolish to do if he intended only to disappoint.

On the other hand, I can see that he might want to pretend at this point to be a fearless Knight Templar assaying only to do justice so that when he waffles later on he has a basis of credibility as cover. That it seems was the pattern of James Comey. I do not want to appear naïve but I find this last scenario unlikely to be the modus operandi of Atty. Gen. Barr.