Posted on 08/07/2021 10:12:11 PM PDT by bitt
The report found no evidence FBI personnel leaked information to Rudy Giuliani
A yearslong investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general revealed that numerous FBI employees had "substantial" media contacts prior to the 2016 presidential election, but it could not determine who leaked sensitive information to reporters.
The 10-page report issued Thursday by Inspector General Michael Horowitz said that while FBI policies strictly limit the employees who are authorized to speak to the media, those rules "appeared to be widely ignored" in 2016.
The new findings expand upon the investigative work included in a June 2018 report entitled the "Review of Allegations Regarding Various Actions by the Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Advance of the 2016 Election (2016 pre-election report)."
The IG report reads in part: "Among the issues we reviewed in that report were allegations that FBI employees improperly disclosed non-public information regarding the FBI’s investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. The FBI has a strict policy that limits the number of employees who are authorized to speak with the media, and requires approval for any others.
"We identified numerous FBI employees, at all levels of the organization and with no official reason to be in contact with the media, who were nevertheless in frequent contact with reporters," it continues.
The IG stated that it "determined this information from reviewing FBI records and through forensic examination of FBI electronic devices," including text message communications and phone records that did not reflect the "substance" of communication. However, the IG did not seek a court order to compel service providers to produce personal email communications.
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Nothing to see here ..... move along now.
Russia ? What do
You mean ?
Russia was never mentioned.
Bwaha ha ha. It would be funny if it weren’t TRUE
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The larger point is that the FBI has structured itself and behaves in such a way that its leaking is routine and hard to investigate. The agency needs new leadership and deep reform — or abolition.
This is an easy fix. Horowitz has in his possession electronic devices and metadata that shows agents were routinely talking to the media. Simple...if they weren’t authorized to talk, then FIRE THEM.
The slapping of wrists has to stop. It’s time to put down the scalpel and pick up the broad-axe with these people.
Here’s the problem: the FBI wants agents to talk to the media in order to shape news stories and burnish the Bureau’s image. On the whole, as a policy matter, those also help with accountability. It seems to me though that strict internal guidelines and monitoring by the IG would do much to remedy the problem, along with other reforms like body cameras on raids and arrests and the routine recording of witness interviews.
Nothing new here.
“We investigated ourselves for crimes, and wouldn’t you know, it turns out most of us ARE criminals, so...oh well, what can you do?”
However, the IG did not seek a court order to compel service providers to produce personal email communications.
Well gee gosh that’s some king of investigation huh.
Vince Foster kicks box.
Agreed. But the story states FBI agents who were NOT authorized to talk with the media were in fact, cultivating alliances that paid the individual agent with game tickets, golf outings and the like.
THOSE ARE THE AGENTS THAT MUST GO.
Simply asked questions, maybe just in writing, which weren’t answered to any completeness or forthright. Never used a grand jury. A planned failure. Scanned e-mail and phones using the Hillary treatment.
That would be a good start.
Huh ? Start with who leaked about the dossier to Issakoff, then go from there.
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