I'm not sure why you have such a hard time understanding what I mean by "balance" tech37. The article does a good job, at least IMO, of describing what Comey did and why some of it was 'wrong' or at least against regulations. It doesn't exaggerate his mistakes, but it doesn't shy away from them either. It's tough on Comey as well for his claims of "vindication" calling them "hollow".tech37 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:01 amMDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 8:59 pmI'm cool with waiting for the IG's report. Apparently you're not.tech37 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 8:27 pmWell that's right, Horowitz isn't a leaking sieve like your hero Comey, so who would know? I'm sure Comey's response to the IG's report must make you very proud.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 7:25 pmLooks to me from the reporting you linked that the Washington Examiner reporter doesn't have a clue what Horowitz will say.tech37 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 7:02 am "Justice Department inspector general has done separate report on James Comey"
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opin ... ames-comey
Barr passed on indicting Comey regarding leaked memos so he can nail him later as part of the FISA abuse investigations
Hasn't stopped Horowitz from emphasizing Comey's bad actions and possible crimes in a separate report.
Nor, I dare say, do you, tech, right?
Not sure why you think Comey is a "hero" to me.
Pretty sure that we'll hear much the same as Rosenstein critiqued.
Likely not "crimes", but some judgments that are certainly open to critique.
That said, yeah, I think Comey is way, way, way more a patriot than the knucklehead, dishonest jerks occupying the White House.
Whataboutism at it's finest. We're talking Comey here, try to focus.
But that's a disgustingly low bar, so it's not as if he didn't err in his judgments and deserving of critique and/or reprimand.
This is a pretty balanced reporting of this first report by the IG, worth reading to the end to get the full flavor of that balance:
"Balance," in the minds of resistance warriors such as yourself
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/29/opinions ... index.html
Once again, here are the facts, sans opinion, and despite your concept of "balance":
"The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report on Thursday that sternly reprimanded former FBI Director James Comey for his handling of a series of memos he created to document conversations with President Donald Trump in 2017."
"While the OIG does not find that Comey's conduct merits prosecution, it does conclude that "Comey's retention, handling, and dissemination of certain memos violated Department and FBI policies, and his FBI Employment Agreement."
"The OIG report is harshly critical of Comey, and rightly so. No, it does not appear Comey committed a crime -- for instance, by knowingly leaking classified materials -- and Comey made a hollow claim of vindication on Twitter, generously offering to accept quick "sorry" messages in lieu of formal apologies. But it is no small matter for the director of the FBI, who titled his memoir "A Higher Loyalty," to violate policy of the very organization he leads."
"As the OIG report concludes, by disclosing sensitive issues about the ongoing criminal investigation of Flynn and the broader investigation of Russian election interference to create public pressure on Trump, "Comey set a dangerous example for the over 35,000 current FBI employees." Most damning of all, the OIG report rejects Comey's explanation that he felt compelled by some moral duty, concluding that "were current or former FBI employees to follow (Comey's) example and disclose sensitive information in service of their own strongly held personal convictions, the FBI would be unable to dispatch its law enforcement duties properly."
I agree.
It also makes very clear that Trump's claims of exoneration are BS too.
That's included because Trump is making this about himself, not me or CNN.
He just can't help himself, can't stand not to be the center of attention
I responded to to the "hero" label because that's what you threw out. And, yeah, it's not a close call between those two who I'd trust more to have America's best interests in mind.