Andrew McCabe Is Known at F.B.I. for His Precision and Intellect
By ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO at the New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/andrew-mccabe-fbi-acting-director.html?ref=politics
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WASHINGTON — Andrew G. McCabe has risen so fast at the F.B.I. that he has become a source of both admiration and resentment. So a favorite way to criticize him is to offer one of the most backhanded compliments in the bureau’s lexicon: He’s a great briefer.
Mr. McCabe’s talent for briefing his superiors is regarded by many workaday agents as nothing more than an ability to discuss somebody else’s work. But it is highly valued at F.B.I. headquarters, and in a city where briefings become policy.
“With McCabe, it was always his capacity to understand an issue at great depth that made him stand out,” said James W. McJunkin, who supervised Mr. McCabe years ago in the F.B.I.’s counterterrorism division. Mr. McCabe provided unvarnished information, he said, with cut-to-the-chase precision.
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While many F.B.I. agents try to chart career paths out in the field by making cases and arrests — and avoiding the politics of Washington — Mr. McCabe has stayed here and thrived. He sometimes comes off at the F.B.I. as rigid, particularly in comparison with the more outgoing Mr. Comey. But Mr. McCabe, a triathlete known for biking 35 miles to work from Virginia, has stood out for his intellect and the range of high-profile cases he has been at the center of.
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