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Former FBI Director Admitted He Was the Source Of At Least One Leak To the Press (theoutline.com)
Shortly after his dismissal as head of the FBI, James Comey authorized "a close friend" to leak the contents of his memos to the press in order to prompt a special counsel investigation, he said today. From a report: Former FBI Director James Comey testified that he asked a friend, a law professor at Columbia University, to leak details of his dinner with the President to The New York Times, including the claim that the President asked Comey to drop the investigation into former national security advisor Michael Flynn's contacts with Russian officials. Comey kept meticulous memos of all of his interactions with Trump, and he gave that memo to a friend to pass it along to the Times in order to spark a special investigation. "You considered this not a document of the government, but your own personal document that you could share with the media as you want to?" Senator Roy Blunt asked Comey. "Correct," Comey replied. "I understood this to be my recollection recorded of my conversation with the President. As a private citizen, I felt free to share that. I thought it very important to get it out." Edward Snowden tweeted, "It seems the [former] FBI Director agrees: sometimes the only moral decision is to break the rules."
Who else could leak a private memo written by Comey except Comey himself?
And people wonder if he should have been fired.
No rules were broken. The documents were completely unclassified, and he was fully within his rights to release them. The only mistake is calling it a "leak".
The director of the FBI leaks his own memos in order to spur an investigation outside his agency.
To bad your guy is such a crook that he makes this look like small potatoes?
"Such a crook" that a previous administration's justice department meddled in the investigative process of a presidential candidate, during a political campaign, which directly and dramatically changed the outcome of the election? Oh on top of that he committed perjury? Remember when he said "that nothing happened." I'd be very worried if I was in his shoes(unless he's going to sing), and I'd also be very worried if I was: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Loretta Lynch, and possibly Obama along with other former members of the DOJ and FBI.
Om, nomnomnom...
Bullshit. Comey was very careful in explaining that even when Trump didn't explicitly order the investigation to be dropped, he felt it as an implicit directive. "Let the Flynn matter go", "get rid off" or "lift this cloud" (sic) are all very clear statements, specially coming from the goddamn POTUS.
I'm pretty shocked that people trying to spin this scandal as Comey confirming Trump was under no personal investigation. A former FBI director just declared that a President asked him to drop an active investigation into one of his staff members. How is the US congress not starting impeachment procedures already?
The biggest problem I see so far, is that the MSM has totally discredited itself terribly, to the breaking point (IMHO) in its mishandling of information and continuing attacks on Trump, even when there is no "there" there.
Do you have examples of the MSM using misinformation in their "attacks" on Trump? You can find fringe sources that'll say almost anything, but from what I've seen the MSM's coverage of DJT has been based on solid facts. You can claim that they're presented in a biased manner, but what "mishandling of information" are you talking about that has "totally discredited" the MSM? Do you believe the statements that come from the White House over the statements you hear on CNN? The current administrations's track record this year isn't stellar regarding accuracy.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
Comey's testimony savages both sides, but ultimately, Clinton lost, so it scarcely matters now, save as a means by which Trump supporters hope to deflect any criticisms of the President.
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You mean the part where he confirmed that the Obama DOJ(Lynch) directly interfered with the investigation into Hillary? Yep, much lying, much obstructing.
"Call it a 'matter', not an investigation", hardly rises to the level of obstruction. I'm not saying it was right -- I don't think the White House should try to spin FBI investigations -- but if you equate that to ordering (however phrased) that an investigation be halted, you have no interest in truth or accuracy. Lynch never asked that the Clinton investigation be shut down, just that Comey use a different name for it. That's not remotely similar to what Trump did.
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At the time Comey took the notes he was a government employee. When he left government employment he should have been required to turn over everything work-related to the government so that it could be included in government records. Normally you must sign a document certifying that you have turned over everything. I believe that holding back documents would be breaking the law. It doesn't matter whether or not the information was classified. In other words, Comey probably broke the law in order to get revenge on Trump.
Revenge? That is ridiculous! He WAS protecting himself, which is why he stated during his testimony he met with the FBI leadership to discuss the situation.
Right. It's not an "investigation" it's a "matter".
What is "is"?
I think his statements today go some way towards explaining his treatment of the DNC leak, and a lot of it has to do with Lynch and Bill Clinton meeting on the tarmac.
I think Comey is just one unlucky fucking bastard, who got stuck being director of the FBI during an election year when both candidates were pretty damned dubious individuals and the Russians were trying to fuck things over.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
The real question is "Is Comey going to jail for violating the Official Secrets Act" The rest is a sideshow. Flynn spoke to the Russian Ambassador? Big deal. Its the NSA chiefs jobs to talk to foreign leaders and representatives and normal during the transition. He lied to Pence about it? Big deal . The VP is NOT the President and not Flynn's boss and he was not under oath. However Comey leaking a conversation with the President which took place in the White House? Definitely jail time if not a treason charge with a possible death penalty.
I am somewhat concerned that you might actually believe the horse shit that you're writing. If that's the case you either need to start taking your medications, or stop self-medicating.
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