Posted on 07/10/2016 7:04:21 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Here are some of the observations by FBI professionals who wish to remain anonymous because their opinions could affect their job prospects:
Why wasn’t Clinton’s interview recorded? On May 22, 2014 the Justice Department announced a substantial change in policy “creating a presumption that FBI…agents will electronically record,” expressing a preference for video recordings over audio. “It appears to me they made a deal not to record,” says one observer, which flies in the face of the idea that Clinton was treated like anybody else.
Typically it’s the U.S. Attorney’s office, not FBI agents, deciding whether charges will be filed. “Director Comey seems to have taken on responsibilities far beyond the FBI’s purview–he assumed the duties of the Agent, US Attorney and Grand Jury.”
“It appears no Grand Jury was empaneled for this investigation,” says an insider. “This is absurd, Grand Juries are used in nearly all criminal investigations” and that’s where the decision is made as to whether the standard for charges has been met. (Attkisson Note: I have no information on whether or not a Grand Jury was empaneled)
A two-day turnaround between the interview with the target and a decision not to prosecute is “unheard of.” “Even in the most straightforward of cases, the time span between a target interview and prosecution opinion takes weeks, not days. If a good interview were conducted [with Clinton] on Saturday, there would have been leads or other new pieces of information to verify or investigate prior to any conclusion to the case.”
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During his Congressional testimony, Comey indicated he didn’t look into Clinton’s false statements. He said he needed an additional “referral” or formal request for the FBI to investigate whether she committed perjury under oath to Congress. “This makes no sense,” said a career agent. “It is normal practice that if you came upon evidence of a crime different than the one you were originally investigating, it was fair game.”
The Director commented that it wouldn’t be fair to charge Clinton for her reckless behavior because no one else had ever been charged by the standard before. “I am not aware of any investigation where a government official went to such extreme measures to comb through the government records,” said a career FBI professional.
It’s so obvious this was all for show...
“It appears to me they made a deal not to record,”
DUH the reek of Clinton’s grows the fix is in Obama third term is near.
Really? So much for a personal sense of honor.
No need to play coy here, it was a whitewash from day 1. An orchestrated pile of dung.
Are these the same agents who promised to resign if Hillary wasn’t indicted?
Our government has become so powerful and so corrupt that they don’t even try to hide their discretions any longer...
The only difference between our government and the old Soviet Politboro is the spelling....
I'VE been "interviewed" by the FBI and there were no recorders and it was all very chummy chummy friendly, only to have it backfire on me.
I think they just like to get information they can use to frame a situation the way they want it to present to a prosecutor for HIM to prosecute .... not the FBI .... they just gather data.
I think that the only reason that the FBI came for their “interview” (it’s not really an interview but the word helps journalists to tell the story).....was just to grin across the table....sip some coffee and exchange pleasant things, then leave.
You can go and do historical analysis over this in twenty years....to find that nothing exists in the folder except the agents who went and their time-card. The rest will be non-existent.
There was somewhere in the region of $4.5 million spent on FBI hours (if the 150 agent story is correct)...from beginning to end. In the end, what? Nothing.
Can you name any individual over the past forty years who held SCI-related material in their house and the discovery was made, and they didn’t face some significant judge activity? Just one single case?
At a minimum....each member of her staff that copied and pasted....needs to permanently lose their security clearance. The people who managed the gimmick of creation for the server? They need to be permanently barred from gov’t employment. Hillary? Loss of the clearance and some type of fine as a minimum, with some type of jail-deal.
Comey phoned it in because the finding was predetermined.
TO me, this article and the lack of a single FBI agent’s resignation over the matter, speaks volumes about the integrity and ethics of the 21st Century FBI.
I once resigned a job over the product we were producing. Nothing illegal but my morals told me, I could not be a part of producing what I considered to be pornagraphic. I would thing FBI agents would have better character and ethics than a blue collar printing pressman.
Guess not.
Those the threatened to resign can do it on the Thu/Fri BEFORE the election. For effect. Comey didn’t want to affect the process as I see it. 2 can play this game.
'nuff said.
You'd think there'd be one or two agents already past retirement age who'd resign and hold a news conference. They need not say anything confidential, just express their general displeasure.
But I guess no one wants to give up even a bit of pay.
Unmentioned in the article but revealed elsewhere - I don’t remember where - Comey was not present at the so-called interview - another oddity; further, without a recording, is there any evidence that the interview as represented actually took place?
I don't blame them for not wanting to throw away their careers; not to mention not wanting to become victims of Arkancide.
Typically it’s the U.S. Attorney’s office, not FBI agents, deciding whether charges will be filed. “Director Comey seems to have taken on responsibilities far beyond the FBI’s purview–he assumed the duties of the Agent, US Attorney and Grand Jury.”
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Here’s my theory. The meeting between Bill Clinton and Lynch was on purpose, so she’d have the excuse to give Comey all those powers.
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