A couple months ago, it was reported that 150 FBI agents were working the Clinton Foundation angle

[Skwmom]

not emails (and that some of them were temporary). Recently it became 150 agents investigating the emails which has now been reported as inaccurate.

Okay, but what ever happened to the 150 FBI agents working on the Clinton Foundation, SOS business angle?

Do they want us to be confused? I guess that is one way to try to discredit an earlier report without actually attacking that report. Hmm...

[geek tragedy]

1. maybe people should not believe stories that get leaked

to the press about this investigation, since it's pretty clear the leakers have their own agenda

[morningfog]

2. InvestigationS, plural.

[Skwmom]

3. Well, I just find it funny that there was NO push back for two months. Then we have it reported

that 150 are working on the emails (by Clinton friendly tabloids), and then having them walk that back.

Seems they are trying to discredit that original reporting in a roundabout way without actually attacking the substance of what was first reported.

[Sheepshank]

4. those anon leaks should be taken with the audience in mind.....

...the Bernie Supporters, who love to run with shit like that.

[Impedimentus]

5. Your logic implies that the audience are also the performers. That is a difficult act to pull off.

Also, s..t is not a nice word. Please try a more polite synonym, for example excrement, dung or biological waste. I'm certain you are intelligent enough to know how to use a thesaurus. Thank you for your attention.

FEEL THE BERN - 2016

[Sheepshank]

7. no.

fuck that shit

[mcar]

13. LOL

[sheshe2]

14. Ha!

[brer cat]

15. ...

[Gothmog]

17. LOL

[DemonGoddess]

19. :)

[okasha]

20. Perfect.

[riversedge]

25. PERFECT RESPONSE

[William769]

16. ...

[Gothmog]

18. That is great

[riversedge]

26. fungi growing from poop. eeks!

[Autumn]

21. Only because Hillary does shit like that.

You know, shit like private email servers, deleting e mails. Shit that causees FBI investigations

[Sheepshank]

22. Wow...so clever. Nt

[Autumn]

23. Wow...talk about clever

[Sheepshank]

31. your "oh so clever" comments apply to your own signature line

big fucking joke on you.



badda boom

[workinclasszero]

6. But...but...

hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of agents are hot on the email trail according to a certain candidates fans around here.

[Skwmom]

8. I don't think the emails are the big story. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. No, he does not think it is is an important story

after all national security does not matter as long as it is my beloved candidate doing it. The outrage was spectacular when the Rs did shit like this... (and no, it did not involve National Security, but the FOIA side of it)

[Skwmom]

10. I'm not saying it is not a valid story, just that there is a bigger story they'd rather not address.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. And I agree with you

[Bill USA]

12. Washington Post admits error,now says less than 50. NBC: Fed Source: About 12 FBI Agents Working on

Email Inquiry

Washington Post Corrects Faulty Report That Nearly 150 FBI Agents Are Investigating Clinton Emails


Fed Source: About 12 FBI Agents Working on Clinton Email Inquiry

Sources close to the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton's email are knocking down suggestions that 147 federal agents are working on the case, a figure first reported — and now revised — by the Washington Post, citing a lawmaker.

The Post updated the figure on Tuesday, stating that while the "FBI will not provide an exact figure," there are "fewer than 50" FBI personnel involved in the case.

But a former federal law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the Clinton investigation tells MSNBC an estimate anywhere near 50 agents is also off base.

Image: Hillary Clinton appears before the House Select Committee on Benghazi
Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton testifies before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, Oct. 22. SHAWN THEW / EPA file
"There are currently about 12 FBI agents working full-time on the case," says the source, who would only speak anonymously about an open investigation.
(more)

[B2G]

32. Key words are "currently" and "full-time"

Who knows how many have been involved over the course of the investigation...

[Major Hogwash]

24. The big news is that Zero FBI agents are investigating Bernie Sanders.

Why would anyone vote for someone that is currently being investigated by the FBI, to begin with?

I know I wouldn't.

[riversedge]

27. Oh --Bernie has the FEC on his tail, illegal foreign contributors.

[Skwmom]

33. Thanks for the laugh.

[Gothmog]

28. That story about 150 FBI agents is false

Less than 12 agents were involved http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fed-source-about-12-fbi-agents-working-clinton-email-inquiry-n548026

[IdaBriggs]

34. The number changes depending on the stage of the investigation.

The key word is "currently" and that involves the current stage of the investigation. Remember that there were over 60k emails to wade through, plus the team needed to retrieve the 30k that were deleted, plus the team chasing Clinton Foundation tie-ins, plus the team that extradited the hacker, etc.

[Gothmog]

35. Re-read the article

There were never 150 agents involved You got to be kidding http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fed-source-about-12-fbi-agents-working-clinton-email-inquiry-n548026

Sources close to the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton's email are knocking down suggestions that 147 federal agents are working on the case, a figure first reported — and now revised — by the Washington Post, citing a lawmaker.

The Post updated the figure on Tuesday, stating that while the "FBI will not provide an exact figure," there are "fewer than 50" FBI personnel involved in the case.

But a former federal law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the Clinton investigation tells MSNBC an estimate anywhere near 50 agents is also off base.

"There are currently about 12 FBI agents working full-time on the case," says the source, who would only speak anonymously about an open investigation.

A former FBI official, also speaking anonymously, says many in the law enforcement community view the large estimates of people assigned to the case as completely improbable.

"147 was such a ridiculous number," said the source, adding that 50 also sounded unrealistic for this kind of inquiry. "You need an act of terrorism to get 50 agents working on something," said the former FBI official.

[IdaBriggs]

36. I read it. I realize it is minimizing. It still doesn't change the numbers.

It is reasonable that a large number of agents have been working on this at different points in the investigation with appropriate hand offs as things have progressed.

That is called delegation and allocation of resources.

How many people do you think were involved in retrieving the server AFTER it was tracked down from storage and appropriate court orders for getting it were issued? Two men and a truck?



How many people were involved in retrieving the deleted emails - Sid from the IT group working through his lunch hour?



60k emails - three staff for a week or so?



And seriously, do you expect the whole dang country to wait for this team of "stalwart twelve" to get things done or is it more likely that pieces of the project have been pieced out in order to get through it as quickly as possible because "national security and a presidential candidate"?

If *at least* a hundred staff HADN'T touched this since last year, I would assume the FBI folk were incompetent (and I don't). In IT world, a *small* project could easily consume a dozen people for six months to a year without anyone leaving the building for interviews.

Like I said, twelve full timers CURRENTLY seems reasonable, but don't automatically downplay the leaks from before. Healthy cynicism is reasonable, but this case is getting (appropriately) national scrutiny, so doing thing CORRECTLY is the best way for credibility from all concerned at the end.

[rjsquirrel]

29. It's all such bullshit

The FBI doesn't have 150 agents to spare for bullshit. That's far more than work most major crimes involving loss of life and interstate conspiracy. I'm positive the "147 agents" meme is pure bullshit fantasy thinking by Bernistas.

But let them carry on. Any day now they'll get their Fitzmas.

They are waiting for Godot. She's not getting indicted.

[baldguy]

30. The "147 agents" meme is pure bullshit fantasy thinking by RW propagandists

Gleefully, unabashedly & unquestioningly picked up and spread by Berniestas. They are the very definition of "tool".