I wonder if “by the book” actually meant the “insurance” policy Peter Strzok referred to in his text message to Lisa Page?
“By the book” is a pathetic attempt at after the fact proof of innocence. Self-exoneration.
It would be like if Oswald could have sent himself a postcard saying “Just wanted to send myself this little reminder about the last time I was here in New Orleans, on November 22nd, when I had to leave and drive back to Dallas right after I saw on tv that President Kennedy had been shot”.
They all knew by Inauguration Day that the Trump administration was going to find out about the FISA court abuse, and all their other crimes and corruptions. So Rice sends herself an email to “prove” that Obama was doing everything according to law, “by the book”, and that he wasn’t actually breaking all the laws we now know he was breaking.
The effort is so laughably pathetic, insultingly so in fact, that you could immediately pin the whole charade on Susan Rice, Obama’s #1 go-to liar, even without prompting.
It’s amazing that Rice allowed Obama to make such a fool out of her over and over again! Zero self-respect. Nothing but a political whore.