“None of this makes sense to me. “
Having published over fifty 1500 word articles I have, several times, gotten a call from somebody complaining about what I got wrong. I would then read the published article and call the editor. Often they’d say, “Oh, I changed that.” Or, “I didn’t like the way you said that.” Once I said, “But that isn’t correct.” to which the editor said, “nobody’s going to know.” I have seen larger egos, but they are generally possessed by rich people or politicians. The editors I worked with considered it their job to “correct” things so they looked the way the editor thought they should look.
I will say the writing style looks the same, but I raised my eyebrows and reread that paragraph looking for telltale signs of editorial “correction.” You would think this author could control that or the editor would at least go back to him with a question.
If editorial correction isn’t the case then the author’s statement makes no sense.
While editorial license may be in play for the offered quote, the nonsense narrative is the same in all the articles on this subject. That is to say, they all agree on certain facts.
I've read maybe 10 stories on this subject, and none of them makes sense of the agreed underlying facts.
I'm not saying the facts are true either, only that those are the offered facts, and generally used to exonerate Comey for usurping the prosecutor's function and publicizing investigatory findings. Maybe the whole thing is nonsense on top of fiction.
It's all baloney, of course, and mere preening by Comey. I think Comey's story is what makes this hard to follow.
I didnt make sense to me and I am willing to give benefit of doubt since I have also nearly fallen victim to editorial doctoring that I had to correct. Not only is this arrogant. It is dishonest and rude.