[Yo-Yo]

After decades in the FBI, the top brass came to believe they could flout the law and pursue their own political agendas.

The FBI was founded on that attitude by J. Edgar Hoover. Nothing has changed since.

[Cboldt]

The attitude is well justified. I think what has changed is that the abuse is more widespread, and better protected than ever. Regulations for discipline are Byzantine.

Same on the DOJ side of the road. Ohr gets a raise and a bonus. That's government for you. First thing they look out for is themselves.

[Bonemaker]

"The FBI was founded on that attitude by J. Edgar Hoover. Nothing has changed since"

Yeah but in J Edgar's days (when America was still America) at least they actually got their hands dirty like REAL men and went after the underworld, nazis, communists etc and took on the likes of Dillinger, "Baby face Nelson", etc. Now its smothered in bureaucracy, hacks and political gamesmanship...big heroes who have to have SWAT teams to arrest paper assed ppeople like Manafort, Stone etc. Hell, that big drink of water Comey wouldn't even carry a gun and probably wouldn't know how to use one anyhow.