Posted on 08/29/2019 7:21:31 AM PDT by grayboots
Full report at link
In large part because the public has been fed expectations that are contrary to the way things work. Most people leap the conclusion that a leak of classified information is a crime. That is MOSTLY FALSE. People think that overthrow of the government by subterfusge is a crime. IT IS NOT. It is only a crime when the overthrow is by violence.
The myths are advance by actors in the government who want the public to be mis-informed. The fundamental falsehood is that government is good. No, government is not good, it is a necessary EVIL. The people that are paid to be in the government benefit from adabancing the myths that government is a force for good. They are there to get the bad guys, and by golly without the government, your lives would be miserable. And the more government you get, the better off you will be, etc., ad nauseum.
Comey and company were and are involved in a palace coup becuase whoever is in power gets great benefit at the expense of the public.
guess violating policy means you can be fired and nothing else. no crime which is a laugh.
Deciding not to prosecute A CRIME is not the same as ‘exonerating’ him.
And this worthless POS has the nerve to ask for an APOLOGY???
Check your watch. It's getting very late.
That is referring to the previous IG report of factual findings. Today’s report is a separate report regarding “whether Comey’s actions violated Department or FBI policy, or the terms of Comey’s FBI Employment Agreement. As described in this report, we conclude that Comey’s retention, handling, and dissemination of certain Memos violated Department and FBI policies, and his FBI Employment Agreement.”
Of course, this is probably a distinction without a difference; if he wasn’t prosecuted for the findings that he criminally leaked documents to the media, I can’t see him being prosecuted for violations of policy or an employment contract.
Included in my disappointment is what I detect (as an attorney reading the report), there are a number of false choices set up to reach a predetermined outcome. Every effort is made to parse meanings about whether the documents were or were not classified. In some cases, the FBI itself was relied on to make determinations of whether the documents, in retrospect, should be considered classified. Yes, the same FBI that has been covering the agency’s butt with relentless stonewalling and obfuscation, the same one that has a new boss (Wray) just like the old boss, whose primary mission is to protect tha agency and not to honestly investigate its own lawlessness.
And this worthless POS has the nerve to ask for an APOLOGY???
Well, he deserves one. People have been calling him a criminal and clearly that is not going to be the case when all is said and done here.
Comey and company were and are involved in a palace coup becuase whoever is in power gets great benefit at the expense of the public.
That would be the Uniparty who gets those benefits. That this is a bipartisan coup becomes clearer by the day.
Indeed, and even if there was no crime, see framing Trump for "Russian collusion" whatever that is.
Our press is fundamentally dishonest too. In bed with the power players, drunk on their own sense of self-importance hob knobbing with government officials and so on. This is a fantasic gravy train, and most of them are fellow travelers.
I don't have a problem with the outcome of "leaking presidential conversations is not a crime." The problem I have is that the public is being led into a false dichotomy, that if something is not criminal, it is justified.
Same idea of not having a problem that a lying press is not criminal. The problem is that people credit the press with honesty (or not), and few people bother to figure out what the truth actually is. Lord knows the press has a mission to inhibit this. The press and academia want to gatekeep and control the public's view of the world. They cannot be trusted.
Lawless Plutocracy USA - bump for later....
Congress didn't want to tell the public the truth, that the government can spy without a warrant, so created FISA to make a cushy job for lawers and judges, and hide the fact from the public, that the government spies its ass off without warrants.
All for your own protection, of course. Otherwise people like Trump might get elected.
That depends on the contents of the confidential memo. Looking at the contents of these confidential memos, no crime.
If you think it is a crime, cite the crimial statute that has been violated.
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/law-leaks.pdf
CRS R41404 - Criminal Prohibitions on Leaks
Has CNN hired him yet?
Shocked to find out that gambling is going on here.
This is basically giving any FBI/CIA political the right to attempt to illegally spur a coup via a Special Counsel against the duly elected President of the United States of America.
Palace intrigue is legal. Abusing power is not a crime unless it denies a person certain civil rights. Nobody was denied the right to vote, there is no "right to be president" or "right to not be defamed by the government."
Not all corruption is illegal. In fact, only small slivers of corruption are illegal. The government is essentially a "lie machine," very little of what it tells the public is truthful. All perfectly legal.
We have previously faulted Comey for acting unilaterally and inconsistent with Department policy.103 Comey’s unauthorized disclosure of sensitive law enforcement information about the Flynn investigation merits similar criticism. In a country built on the rule of law, it is of utmost importance that all FBI employees adhere to Department and FBI policies, particularly when confronted by what appear to be extraordinary circumstances or compelling personal convictions. Comey had several other lawful options available to him to advocate for the appointment of a Special Counsel, which he told us was his goal in making the disclosure. What was not permitted was the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive investigative information, obtained during the course of FBI employment, in order to achieve a personally desired outcome.The OIG has provided this report to the FBI and to the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility for action they deem appropriate.
Why inject commonsense into a "bombshell" FR thread? (sarc)
It's getting like a tabloid around here.
But of course. Comey is good to go but anybody that talked friendly to Trump in the last 40 years should be in jail.
Thanks for reposting that. Anyone who has been paying attention has known we’ve had a feral government for decades.
So apparently, there is in fact two sets of laws in this Country now... one for assholes like Comey, Hillary, Brennan, Lerner, Strozk, Page, etc., and another set for us.
“Lock her up”...
Uh huh.
Do they even recommend or no?
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