By not safeguarding sensitive information obtained during the course of his FBI employment, and by using it to create public pressure for official action, Comey set a dangerous example for the over 35,000 current FBI employeesand the many thousands more former FBI employeeswho similarly have access to or knowledge of non-public information, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded in his report. Horowitz also found that Members of Comeys senior leadership team used the adjectives surprised, stunned, shocked, and disappointment to describe their reactions to learning that Comey acted on his own to provide the contents of Memo 4, through Richman, to a reporter.