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FBI Director James Comey Is Unfit for Public Service (Newsweek Nov. 2016)
Newsweek ^ | November 7, 2016 | By Kurt Eichenwald

Posted on 03/20/2017 3:42:07 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

James Comey should not simply be fired as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He must be barred forever from any form of public service.

In the last 10 days, Comey has whipsawed the election for president of the United States. Now we know he did it for no reason. When his agents found information that suggested there were emails on a laptop that might have relevance to the investigation of Hillary Clinton and her email servers, Comey did not wait until he knew even a scintilla of information before announcing it to the world. Reasonably, lots of voters assumed there must be a there there—who could imagine a person with the power of the FBI director would turn the election on its head for no particular reason, on the basis of nothing?

Well, forget it, Jim. We’re not moving on. America has just witnessed one of the most—if not the most—egregious abuses of power in the service of one man’s ego in its history. Joseph McCarthy and A. Mitchell Palmer at least believed they were fighting a Communist threat. Richard Nixon, in Watergate, at least had the motive of retaining power and covering up wrongdoing. But Comey—who I do not believe did this for partisan reasons—has no such motive. This was about him, about preserving his now forever-destroyed reputation, about preening with his self-satisfied standing as a maverick who acts based on what he thinks is right, regardless of others’ opinion. But there is a very thin line between being independent and being reckless. And Comey has demonstrated he does not know the difference. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: comey; mentalillness

1 posted on 03/20/2017 3:42:07 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

He’s as crooked as the day is long.


2 posted on 03/20/2017 3:46:46 PM PDT by connyankee (#MAGABEGINS)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I love how CNN with their reporting on how they got Trump now with what Comey said today. Can’t wait for it to blow up in their face.


3 posted on 03/20/2017 3:47:17 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I think Pres. Trump made a big mistake by not firing him.


4 posted on 03/20/2017 3:49:30 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Brad from Tennessee
He didn't announce it to the world. He notified Congress as he had said he would do if more information surfaced. That could be tantamount to notifying the world because somebody, and I don't know who, divulged it in a way it got out to the world.

Then he pulled back about the emails. There's something that doesn't add up about those or that whole matter.

But he may not be fit to serve. I don't know.

5 posted on 03/20/2017 3:49:36 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Comey is not a legitimate law enforcement officer and a disgrace to the profession. He is a political hack and has brought extreme embarrassment to the Bureau and every true LE officer in the land. He needs to be expelled from the post, the sooner the better. He is a snake and BS artist.


6 posted on 03/20/2017 3:52:01 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Nobody on the Left or Right seems to like this dolt. Why does Comey still have his current job?


7 posted on 03/20/2017 3:55:35 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Brad from Tennessee
The magazine that was sold for a dollar? That Newsweek?
8 posted on 03/20/2017 3:56:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

How to Identify a Psychopath

Psychopaths are charming, likeable, and overly-confident.
Psychopaths often tell lies and manipulate people.
Look for a lack of guilt, emotion, sympathy, or compassion.
Watch their behavior. Psychopaths can't accept responsibility.
Psychopaths are good actors and can blend into society.

9 posted on 03/20/2017 4:01:24 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ha ha! About two dollars more than it is worth.


10 posted on 03/20/2017 4:03:12 PM PDT by Zarro (Oh, we don't call them the "MSM" any longer; they are now the "Basket of Detestables")
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To: Brad from Tennessee
FBI Director James Comey Is Unfit for Public Service...For sure - but he's got something big going behind the scenes - either an investigation on Hillary and the 'rats or one on Trump and his people which would make it look like complete corruption were the prez to send him packing now......
11 posted on 03/20/2017 4:05:41 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: antidemoncrat

Maybe Trump knows things you don’t.


12 posted on 03/20/2017 4:14:28 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Brad from Tennessee
This sounds like a Nixon trap.
"President attempts to shutdown an ongoing investigation of His Administration"
13 posted on 03/20/2017 4:36:22 PM PDT by Falcon4.0
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To: bigbob

After not finding any culpability that Hilary intentionally destroyed or mishandled classified emails and after telling the DOJ to not order an investigation into the possibility that Trump tower was wiretapped I stand by what I said.


14 posted on 03/20/2017 4:42:59 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Trump20162020

He probably has the goods on all of them!


15 posted on 03/20/2017 5:04:50 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Comey is a well known globalist. Anyone surprised is acting.


16 posted on 03/20/2017 5:05:03 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Is or isn’t the Clinton email scandal ongoing???

That is a big issue and requires major action!!


17 posted on 03/20/2017 6:18:59 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: jacknhoo

Well, it’s kind of hard for a country boy to understand what is being ‘heard’ in all those hearings going on down there and who is being truthful and who is playing for another few minutes on the front page. I don’t trust the FBI anymore and never did trust Congress, so all we can hope for is a giant DC sinkhole to ease our pain, but maybe we shouldn’t be too dismissive of the FIBBERS, at least they were able to find the game jersey of what’s his name, stolen after the last Super Bowl. I do sleep a little easier....


18 posted on 03/20/2017 6:40:30 PM PDT by Hartlyboy
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