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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Comey, You Got Some 'Splainin To Do [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)38. I've never seen a preliminary inquiry that didn't blossom into something more.
I suppose it could happen, but I doubt it.
I think the FBI has hard evidence and they're now suddenly "terrified" of "influencing" the election.
I also think there are a shitload of people in the FBI and up above in Justice who are not happy with Comey at all.
Justice told Comey to just zip it about the Abedin email situation, but he ignored the direction. Now, Justice has again repeated that Comey needs to shut up, and NOW he's decided to follow that directive.
He will have to "rehabilitate" like hell to hang on to his job, IMO.
From the Corn piece:
The former intelligence officer says the response from the FBI was "shock and horror." The FBI, after receiving the first memo, did not immediately request additional material, according to the former intelligence officer and his American associates. Yet in August, they say, the FBI asked him for all information in his possession and for him to explain how the material had been gathered and to identify his sources. The former spy forwarded to the bureau several memossome of which referred to members of Trump's inner circle. After that point, he continued to share information with the FBI. "It's quite clear there was or is a pretty substantial inquiry going on," he says.
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Reid is calling Comey out. The subtext of his comments might as well read thusly:
MADem
Oct 2016
#22
Does the FBI even have proof of anything, or is it still an ongoing investigation?
hughee99
Oct 2016
#33
According to Reid, he's been asking for the release of this information since long before
hughee99
Oct 2016
#35
Based on your link above from David Corn, the FBI has launched a "preliminary inquiry".
hughee99
Oct 2016
#37
So you think Comey should have handled both situations the same way, to keep his mouth shut until
hughee99
Nov 2016
#49
So you don't think he should have said anything to congress like the recent letter he sent.
hughee99
Nov 2016
#51
I'm trying to make sure I understand what you're saying. I'm trying not to mischaracterize your
hughee99
Nov 2016
#53
The point that wooshed by you is that Reid asked for a report on a completed investigation
MADem
Nov 2016
#56
"I am sure he knows, clearly, just where Comey is at in terms of his lack of progress"
hughee99
Nov 2016
#57
Even the NYT is saying "WTF?" And the FBI is "demoralized" for a reason--because this guy fucked up
MADem
Nov 2016
#58
I'm not arguing that Comey was right to send that message to congress, although I will concede
hughee99
Nov 2016
#61
We'd have to know what the "evidence" was to know how it fits into the investigation
MADem
Nov 2016
#62
If Comey concluded his investigation in July and made his statement, how could he claim in September
hughee99
Nov 2016
#63
Comey's initial action had a cascading effect. He has, in effect, spilled the jigsaw pieces
MADem
Nov 2016
#44
Are you being serious? "Opining" is what opened this bag of worms. How soon some forget!
MADem
Nov 2016
#48