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As word spread Wednesday that James Comey is President Obamas pick to lead the FBI into the next decade, the potential nominee was meeting with a group of law professors.
Over lunch, Comeywho served as deputy attorney general under former President George W. Bushwas asked about oversight of government surveillance programs in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling related to the issue. Lawyers, Inspectors-General, and Congress all have oversight roles, he said.
No one knows that better than Comey, who nearly resigned after discovering that Bushs own surveillance program had operated outside the law. Comey stayed after Bush agreed to fix the program.
The 52-year-old registered Republican is expected to replace Robert S. Mueller III, a 12-year veteran who has overseen the FBIs transformation from chasing bank robbers to overseeing counterterrorism in a post-Sept. 11, 2001 world.
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http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/05/30/fbi-nominee-comey-the-man-who-told-bush-his-eavesdropping-was-illegal/
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)since Obama and the Dems voted to make what was illegal, legal, freeing up the telecoms, and "looking forward" while expanding the domestic surveillance started under Bush.
According to the ACLU, Comey's a fan of torture, so he's got that going for him, too.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)I admire Dr. Dean a great deal. I hope he's right.
calimary
(81,546 posts)Him I trust. STILL wish he'd been President.
Pragdem
(233 posts)There are right-wing groups paying a lot of good money to left-wing posers to oppose any appointments this President makes, since it would look bad for them to do it themselves.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)He seems like a good guy.