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posted by martyb on Friday May 12 2017, @02:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the Will-he-be-fired,-too?-- dept.

The new, temporary FBI Director Andrew G. McCabe says that employees loved Comey:

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe Thursday rejected assertions by the White House that FBI employees had lost faith in James Comey and that the bureau's probe into Russian election meddling was one of its most minor concerns. "I hold Director Comey in the absolute highest regard. I have the highest respect for his considerable abilities and his integrity," McCabe told members of the Senate intelligence committee. He said Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, enjoyed "broad support within the FBI and still does to this day." He added, "The majority, the vast majority of FBI employees enjoyed a deep, positive connection to Director Comey."

Furthermore, he will inform the Senate of any interference with the Russia investigation:

Acting FBI director Andrew McCabe vowed Thursday that he would tell the Senate Intelligence Committee if the White House tried to interfere with the bureau's probe of possible coordination between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election — though he asserted that there had "been no effort to impede our investigation to date."

Meanwhile, President Trump has undermined the White House's messaging on Comey's firing, saying that he planned to fire "showboat" and "grandstander" James Comey regardless of any recommendation from Attorney General Jeff Sessions or Deputy Attorney General Ron Rosenstein. The President also insists that he is not under FBI investigation.


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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday May 12 2017, @03:12PM (7 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday May 12 2017, @03:12PM (#508648) Journal

    The liberal media are saying that Mr. Sessions recused himself from the investigation...

    I don't know if you're being sarcastic with the liberal media bit but this is a direct quote from Mr. Sessions himself: “I have now decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matter relating in any way to the campaigns for president of the United States.”

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @03:19PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @03:19PM (#508651)

    What's the point of have usernames and posting history if people aren't going to judge what you say in the context of what you've previously said?
    Yes, he was being sarcastic.

    • (Score: 2) by Lagg on Friday May 12 2017, @05:04PM (4 children)

      by Lagg (105) on Friday May 12 2017, @05:04PM (#508722) Homepage Journal

      Frankly that's a silly reason to make an account. You don't get full post history without subscriptions. It's just an account that gives you a fancy uid and name and way to shill your site. As well as a nifty scratchpad/journal.

      and no given stuff like this [newyorker.com] and what I have to do every single time I see any political article whatsoever in terms of research workload, no one should be expected to determine butthurt's sarcasm from his post history. That's silly. And hardly representative of the person. I mean, what I post half the time when I feel like venting? Sometimes I don't even keep a consistent grammar level. Sometimes it's a direct political attack because flag carrying losers bother me. Even though I may have no actual issue with the politics in themselves or the person.

      By the way, I nonetheless recommend subscribing. Full history is a mildly useful feature. The gold star is the real killer feature.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @05:10PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @05:10PM (#508729)

        I didn't say search-able history.
        People have memories. When you post under a username you develop a reputation based on history as people experienced it with each new post.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @05:20PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @05:20PM (#508739)

        > and no given stuff like this [newyorker.com] and what I have to do every single time I see any political article whatsoever in terms of research workload,

        You didn't notice the "humor" in the URL?
        Or the word "satire" at the top of the page?

        I will admit though that Borowitz is really good at synthesizing widely-known facts into satire such that his articles do sound believable.
        But maybe that's a testament about how reality has become so absurb.

        • (Score: 2) by Lagg on Friday May 12 2017, @10:33PM (1 child)

          by Lagg (105) on Friday May 12 2017, @10:33PM (#508884) Homepage Journal

          I'm not sure if you're actually expecting me to answer that since the second part of your post seems to imply you know exactly what the point was.

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 15 2017, @10:39PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 15 2017, @10:39PM (#510266)

            Seems obvious you understood what his point was too since you decided to make a passive-aggressive defensive post in response.

  • (Score: 2) by number6x on Friday May 12 2017, @06:01PM

    by number6x (903) on Friday May 12 2017, @06:01PM (#508765)

    So we can conclude that Jeff sessions must part of the liberal media!
    :)