2016 Postmortem
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/03/meet-donald-trump-s-top-fbi-fanboy.htmlThe man who now leads lock-her-up chants at Trump rallies spent decades of his life as a federal prosecutor and then mayor working closely with the FBI, and especially its New York office. One of Giulianis security firms employed a former head of the New York FBI office, and other alumni of it. It was agents of that office, probing Anthony Weiners alleged sexting of a minor, who pressed Comey to authorize the review of possible Hillary Clinton-related emails on a Weiner device that led to the explosive letter the director wrote Congress.
Hours after Comeys letter about the renewed probe was leaked on Friday, Giuliani went on a radio show and attributed the directors surprise action to the pressure of a group of FBI agents who dont look at it politically.
Back in August, during a contentious CNN interview about Comeys July announcement clearing Hillary Clinton of criminal charges, Giuliani advertised his illicit FBI sources, who circumvented bureau guidelines to discuss a case with a public partisan. The decision perplexes me. It perplexes Jim Kallstrom, who worked for him. It perplexes numerous FBI agents who talk to me all the time. And it embarrasses some FBI agents.
Kallstrom is a hardcore fascist and is in Donald Trump's pocket:
Honestly, they need to think about disbanding the FBI. It's maybe 50% law enforcement, and 50% oppo research for the Republican party.
Cha
(297,275 posts)Glad they're getting outed now
Dem2
(8,168 posts)Wouldn't we call it something resembling a coup?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Obama was very wise in making absolutely sure there was nothing they could even try to persecute him for. An incoming Clinton administration would do very well to advise its employees that they should expect every document, every email they generate to be used by the FBI against them.
NoGoodNamesLeft
(2,056 posts)They went rogue...shut it down. shut it down. shut it down.
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)He was lucid once. Now he is a truly sad human being.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)It's still the Chris Christie/Rudey Ghouliani group of rightwing dudebros who see the FBI's job as to tear down Democrats moreso than to go after organized crime and terrorists.
The entire office needs to be disbanded, and quite frankly the FBI's independence as a whole should be done away with. It can't be trusted, not now, not ever.
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Out every night getting loaded and playing badass. It's all very NYC on some level. Massively unhealthy.
Jason1961
(413 posts)Honestly, they need to think about disbanding the FBI. It's maybe 50% law enforcement, and 50% oppo research for the Republican party.
It is past time to reel in these agencies and the WingNuts that have infiltrated them.
Obama should be working double time to get them under control.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Comeyneeds to address this tomorrow. It appears that FBI agents are feeding Giuliani information. So the integrity of the investigation is in question and Comey owes us an explanation.
Rex
(65,616 posts)That scumbag set this all up. I would be good money on it.
Mc Mike
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Rudy really is a lipless mutant.