Posted on 02/02/2018 7:54:45 PM PST by familyop
Former FBI Director James Comey torched Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee over the release of a memo alleging the Department of Justice abused a surveillance program on Friday, tweeting, “That’s it?”
“Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee, destroyed trust with Intelligence Community, damaged relationship with FISA court, and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what?” Comey tweeted Friday.
“DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs,” he added.
That’s it? Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee, destroyed trust with Intelligence Community, damaged relationship with FISA court, and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what? DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs.
— James Comey (@Comey) February 2, 2018
The House Intelligence Committee released the memo Friday, shortly after President Trump approved the document’s release. The document was complied by the office of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and alleges that the Justice Department abused a surveillance program.
The memo claims that the department used information gained from the so-called Steele dossier — which was partially funded by the Democratic National Committee — to obtain surveillance warrants against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
The FBI made a rare public statement expressing concerns about the release of the memo, saying it leaves out important context. Comey praised the FBI for "speaking up" on Thursday.
All should appreciate the FBI speaking up. I wish more of our leaders would. But take heart: American history shows that, in the long run, weasels and liars never hold the field, so long as good people stand up. Not a lot of schools or streets named for Joe McCarthy.
— James Comey (@Comey) February 1, 2018 Democrats slammed the release of the memo. The Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee said House Republicans were "complicit in efforts to obstruct justice" by releasing the memo.
No he did not retire to take a lucrative job. He could have done that earlier or later. That was not his reason because that lucrative job did not last as he soon returned as a NY public safety official.
“I feel very melancholy. It’s been my life, this job.”
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/10/nyregion/fbi-s-kallstrom-head-of-flight-800-inquest-to-retire.html
He was forced out because he was a conservative among Clinton’s high-ranking officials, he was disgusted at the Clinton’s callous and abusive treatment of law enforcement, and repulsed by the blatant lies and corruption of the Clinton White House. Contrast that with Andrew McCabe’s lies and corruption to aid Hillary Clinton to win the White House and to entrap President Trump. They are polar opposites.
James Kallstrom is old school honorable, full of integrity, never wavering from meeting and enforcing standards of conduct and professionalism.
When people read in depth as I have about his thoroughness in the TWA 800 investigation, there is no lead investigator that could have done more. He met with all the victim’s families, he appeared in more than 90 news conferences, he prolonged the investigation to thoroughly get as many facts as possible, and he was criticized for taking too long including time and money spent on looking into sabotage, missile attacks. He looked into everything. He left no stone unturned.
I’ll go ahead and say a little more, because it’s probably already known. Guessing that everyone involved, including at least one of the two that I mentioned earlier, will be fed to the House (worse than being fired). But the process has a long way to go.
Cashill lobs some criticism. So what?
Cashill is a lightweight that hardly anyone pays attention to.
Yeah, Kallstrom received some incoming fire. So what?
Was it deserved? Surely some of it
So what?
I rest my case.
It’s not “some” incoming —it is deliberately directing an investigation to a predetermined outcome.
Maybe he has a guilty conscience.
I don’t care—it is too little too late.
On Rosenstein, well, seemingly clean, until his part in the improper FISA request (mentioned by Ben Stein in the following video).
Ben Stein: Media disgraced itself by fighting against memo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2NL1iSi7pY
I suspect that he may be dealt with by the House, which could be the beginning of a much more harsh process.
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