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The Case For Merrick Garland As FBI Director
dailycaller.com ^ | Kevin Daly

Posted on 05/11/2017 6:21:32 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

President Donald Trump’s decision to dismiss former FBI Director James Comey has precipitated a small cataclysm in the nation’s capital, as commentators speculate that Trump has dealt a deathblow to his administration’s integrity.

Whether the public shares their assessment is still an open question, but Trump could strike a blow for competence and trust by installing a seasoned prosecutor widely admired by his political opposition — Judge Merrick Garland, former President Barack Obama’s last nominee to the Supreme Court.

The White House has been silent with respect to possible successors, names like Michael Chertoff and Ray Kelly have circulated widely in the hours after Comey’s dismissal.

The strength of his resume alone could make Garland a serious candidate. The judge is a veteran of the highest levels of the Department of Justice, where he executed and supervised sensitive investigations and prosecutions of the sort America can expect in the coming years.

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His appointment would also open a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Democratic appointees have a 7-4 advantage on the court, widely considered the second most important in the country, as it has jurisdiction over most federal agencies. Trump’s allies in conservative legal circles would relish the prospect of another GOP appointee on the panel.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: comey; fbi; merrickgarland; trump; trumpdoj
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To: hoosiermama; onyx; Jane Long; V K Lee; RitaOK; Black Agnes; PennsylvaniaMom; Fai Mao; Fiddlstix; ...

Provocative article...ping.


21 posted on 05/11/2017 6:35:59 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Wasn't Michael Chertoff a #NeverTRUMPer?

& Ray Kelly is a Democrat so no thanks even though he's a good Democrat

22 posted on 05/11/2017 6:40:29 AM PDT by KavMan
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To: RoosterRedux

Oh hell no.


23 posted on 05/11/2017 6:41:52 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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To: Eddie01
Eddie01 @18: "This is just getting stupider and stupider."

When was your first clue? When Chris Christie's name was mentioned?

24 posted on 05/11/2017 6:42:35 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: All

Check out the comments at source. The Daily Caller readers are steaming mad about this article.


25 posted on 05/11/2017 6:42:48 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Barf alert!! Obama politicized the feds. The way the RATS are trying to take him down, Trump would be smart to bring in a loyalist.


26 posted on 05/11/2017 6:43:34 AM PDT by kenmcg
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To: RoosterRedux

Oh, please. Lunatics who write this type of tripe should be institutionalized.


27 posted on 05/11/2017 6:43:57 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: RoosterRedux

John Pistole will be the next FBI director.


28 posted on 05/11/2017 6:45:21 AM PDT by MGG
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To: RoosterRedux

From the Daily Caller—a putatively conservative site.


29 posted on 05/11/2017 6:47:41 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Carl Vehse

Trey, Rudy, ...Ted Nugent.

The Chris Christie suggestion made me laugh out loud.

I trust Trump on this.

I’ll be happy with anyone who is real law and order and loyal to the president.

Lou Dobbs had the heart for the job, but not the legal mind.


30 posted on 05/11/2017 6:52:12 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: RoosterRedux

LOL! And Chertoff?? No f-ing way! None of the candidates thus far are impressing


31 posted on 05/11/2017 6:53:21 AM PDT by montag813
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To: MGG

Please tell me Mr. Pistole is out of the NY office.....


32 posted on 05/11/2017 6:54:36 AM PDT by txhurl (BOOM BOOM! - what is it - :)
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To: montag813; MGG; caww; hoosiermama

John S. Pistole is the former Administrator of the United States Transportation Security Administration and a former Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He is currently the President of Anderson University.


33 posted on 05/11/2017 6:57:10 AM PDT by txhurl (BOOM BOOM! - what is it - :)
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To: RoosterRedux

I like people with a sense of humor, but no. The FBI director should believe in the rule of law and the Constitution as written. That eliminates all partisan democrats.


34 posted on 05/11/2017 6:58:10 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: txhurl

FBI

Pistole served as Deputy Director of the FBI from October 2004 to May 2010. As Deputy Director, Pistole was second in command within the FBI and pivotally involved in the formation of terrorism policies.

Pistole and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano meet with President Obama in the Oval Office.

TSA

Pistole was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration on 17 May 2010 and was unanimously confirmed to serve in that position by the United States Senate on 25 June 2010. On 16 November 2010 Pistole defended his agency’s new extensive pat-down procedures and Advanced Imaging Technology (A.I.T) as necessary.

On 21 November 2010, Pistole again justified the new search policies on CNN saying “We know through intelligence that there are determined people, terrorists who are trying to kill not only Americans but innocent people around the world.”[8] On 21 November 2010, Pistole acknowledged new TSA screening procedures are “invasive” and “uncomfortable” but said they were necessary. Many questions raised by American citizens regarding this policy remain unanswered and Pistole has remained silent regarding significant constitutional objections.

After a February 2011 attempt by a TSA VIPR team in Savannah to search passengers disembarking from an Amtrak train, the TSA was banned from Amtrak property by Amtrak Police Chief John O’Connor.

On October 16, 2014, Pistole announced that he would retire as TSA Administrator effective December 31, 2014 and take a position in academia. On October 27, 2014, he was elected to be the fifth president of his alma mater, Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana.


35 posted on 05/11/2017 7:00:47 AM PDT by txhurl (BOOM BOOM! - what is it - :)
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To: montag813
If past experience is any indication, Trump will not disappoint with his choice.

He may surprise, but he won't disappoint.

36 posted on 05/11/2017 7:05:21 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

NO!


37 posted on 05/11/2017 7:05:43 AM PDT by cpdiii ( Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud Man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist. CONSTITUTUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: RoosterRedux

How ‘bout “NO WAY in HADES!!!!”


38 posted on 05/11/2017 7:07:32 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: RoosterRedux

No.no. And no.


39 posted on 05/11/2017 7:11:50 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine
Michael T. Flynn for FBI director.

Dem heads would explode from coast to coast.

Which is not a bad thing.

40 posted on 05/11/2017 7:13:46 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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