'The FBI is Trumpland': anti-Clinton atmosphere spurred leaks, sources say

[TygrBright]

Source: The Guardian

Deep antipathy to Hillary Clinton exists within the FBI, multiple bureau sources have told the Guardian, spurring a rapid series of leaks damaging to her campaign just days before the election.

Current and former FBI officials, none of whom were willing or cleared to speak on the record, have described a chaotic internal climate that resulted from outrage over director James Comey’s July decision not to recommend an indictment over Clinton’s maintenance of a private email server on which classified information transited.

“The FBI is Trumpland,” said one current agent.

This atmosphere raises major questions about how Comey and the bureau he is slated to run for the next seven years can work with Clinton should she win the White House.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/03/fbi-leaks-hillary-clinton-james-comey-donald-trump

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Quelle surprise...

Gonna be some housecleaning to do there. Fortunately scooping poop is one thing Hillary is very, very experienced with, and very, very good at.

wryly,
Bright

[Democat]

1. Right wingers that Obama should have cleaned out

What was he thinking letting it get to to this point? It puts Clinton in a terrible position.

[Coyotl]

43. Apparently, appointing James Comey was a mistake.

[Dawson Leery]

2. kick

[UCmeNdc]

3. Hillary must have a new FBI director. One that she can trust to work within the law.

[LisaM]

7. OBAMA needs to get a new FBI director.

This is almost insubordination.

[dawg]

10. Yes.

Much better if he takes care of this.

[wordpix]

13. after the election, Nov. 9. Do it, Mr. President!

[Ligyron]

17. YES! YES! YES!

For all of his good qualities, an authoritarian our President is not. When you play with authoritarians you have to go in like Gen Patton and kick ass left and right.

"Gathering dirt on Democrats since Hoover" seems to be their motto.

Should have Googled that into Latin first, I suppose.

[demigoddess]

39. Hoover felt he was qualified to say who could be POTUS

seems like things haven't changed much.

[elleng]

22. I agree.

Difficult as it will be, the current situation seems to make their everyday jobs untenable, and makes everything they do henceforth unreliable, a VERY bad situation.

[UCmeNdc]

28. You are 100% correct!

President Obama should ask for Comey's resignation right after the election.

[randome]

27. It's not the Director who is the central problem, though.

It's the disgruntled rank-and-file agents. I hope Clinton is well protected from this moment on because I would not put it past a rogue FBI agent wanting to 'go out with a bang'.
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[MynameisBlarney]

4. I, for one...

Am shocked.

SHOCKED I SAY!

[geek tragedy]

6. the FBI itself needs to be put under the direct supervision of the DOJ.

It's an out of control group of Trumpers and as a result there's pervasive, irreparable institutional rot.

[Ligyron]

20. and when it's not Trump anymore it will be the next RW bigdog.

For people who love authority Comey is not enough of a leader.

[BlueCaliDem]

11. And here I am, still believing that Republicans can put partisanship aside after elections and work

for the common good of the United States of America and Americans.

These partisan-attacks from the FBI and the revelations that Alt-Righters have infested a once esteemed and respected body of our Gov't have shocked me to the core of my love for this country.

[elmac]

38. The Republican organisation

has not been a political party since the 1980's. They are a corporate run organisation who pretends to be political so they can get their anti Democracy agents elected. They will never work with Democrats.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Hatch Act

Hatch Act

It would be something if Hillary could clean up some of Washington the
way Al Gore, GWB, Obama said they would

[Hulk]

14. What a shame!

When this country is so politically divided that even the federal agencies responsible for protecting our government become political tools.

So be it. Time to clean house when this election is over. You either support "the US government", or you are gone.

[matt819]

16. No surprise

Comey and all Republican appointees out.

Then a clean sweep of all overtly politically partisan FBI investigators. There is no room for politics in the FBI, especially when the growing threat in the coming years is going to be from law enforcement officers who are members of the KKK or otherwise supporting extreme right-wing causes, including militias, abortion clinic violence, domestic violence, and more.

[calimary]

18. I HOPE there's gonna be some housecleaning!

That CANNOT be allowed to perpetuate, it's just gonna be like an oozing boil, full of toxins that seep into the bloodstream of the body politic.

[DFW]

21. What I don't get is this

If the Bureau is so good at "Investigations," then they have to know that their flagrant attempts at throwing the election to Trump will fail, and that it will have consequences for them.

FBI = Full of Bad Intentions

[Gary 50]

24. Dear FBI,

Meet the new boss. NOT the same as the old boss. Unlike Obama she is not going to be Mr(s) nice guy. She's gonna make you cry.

[-Steph-]

25. After the election Obama needs to clean house.

[INdemo]

29. November 9th Comey should be cleaning out his desk and

preparing for his Ethics violation hearings

[Rocknrule]

46. And after that, his new gig with Fucks News

[Cognitive_Resonance]

30. Some serious house cleaning is in order at the FBI, it's toxic nt

[PeteSelman]

31. These are the poison pills Cheney left behind in the alphabet agencies.

My guess is that every single government agency is peppered with these far right neocon and Bircher ideologues. The damage done by the Bush junta won't be rid of for decades. They stacked the courts and refused to appoint Obama's judges, they've stacked the agencies, they've stacked the media and they've stacked the military.

The shadow government isn't a conspiracy theory. It's a conspiracy.

It also shows just how clean President Obama is. If they had even the slightest thing on him it would be all over the place.

[PearliePoo2]

32. But how does HRC go about taking d-Con to all these embedded rat-fuckers?

She certainly is motivated! What she said years ago about a "right-wing conspiracy" is true!
Go get 'em Hillary and take no prisoners. You've been waiting a long, LONG time.

[Loki]

33. Trumpland led by Director Commie.

Can their reputation or their integrity and trust get any lower? Time to clean and disinfect the house of Hoover.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

35. Is this being reported in American M$M or are only the Brits being made aware of our corrupt FBI?

[chowder66]

36. If they allow politics and bias into their mindset then most likely it colors their cases.

I'm thinking that all of these agents should have their cases reviewed due to bias.
How many innocent people have been damaged by these agents? Or how many guilty people have been given a pass?

It's troubling.

[SHRED]

37. Sounds like jackbooted fascists permeate the FBI

Yeah...I'm shocked.


Damn traitors.

[MsMAC]

41. Where was the outrage

regarding KindaSleezy Rice's private server? Or Colon Powell's private server? These FBI miscreants are being much too selective in who they go after!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

45. Sounds like they're trying to be America's KGB

Maybe they love them some Putin like Trump does?

[ProudProgressiveNow]

47. K&R nt