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kpete

(71,981 posts)
Tue May 9, 2017, 10:54 PM May 2017

Trump's firing of Comey leading to tears and anger in FBI field offices. I'm sure that'll end well..

“I’m literally in tears right now. That’s all I have to say,” said a longtime special agent who’s known and worked with Comey for years, who first heard the news on the car radio.

FBI heads are appointed to 10-year terms in order to guarantee the political independence and integrity of the federal government’s top law enforcement agency. While nothing prevents a president from cutting short an FBI director’s term, such a move is typically reserved for instances of wrongdoing, such as President Bill Clinton’s 1993 dismissal of William Sessions amid an internal ethics investigation.

By Tuesday evening, the shock that initially spread throughout the ranks of current and former FBI officials was mixed with a growing sense of anger among the many Comey loyalists in the bureau, and demands for answers as to why the director had been fired – and why now.

“We just have no idea why this happened. No idea,” said one recently retired top FBI official who worked closely with Comey on multiple high-profile investigations. “No one knew this was coming. Everyone is just shocked that this happened.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/09/omey-firing-fbi-tears-238190

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Trump's firing of Comey leading to tears and anger in FBI field offices. I'm sure that'll end well.. (Original Post) kpete May 2017 OP
A lot of pissed off agents is not a good thing for criminals trying to prevent leaks. Amaryllis May 2017 #1
Yep. Completely agree. TDale313 May 2017 #6
Maybe next time they won't illegally sabotage the Democratic candidate with Giuliani's help. Squinch May 2017 #2
That constant drip will now be a torrent ProudLib72 May 2017 #3
BRING DOWN THE WHOLE REPUBLICAN CRIME MACHINE! Chasstev365 May 2017 #4
+100000000000000000000! 2naSalit May 2017 #12
YES +1 flamingdem May 2017 #14
"Deep Throat" was FBI. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #5
Yep. dalton99a May 2017 #7
Think about the agents in the field learning of this news. Tatiana May 2017 #8
what are they going to do about it ? JI7 May 2017 #9
If I had to guess start leaking like a fire hose BannonsLiver May 2017 #10
Trump has reaped the whirlwind. His day of reckoning is oasis May 2017 #11
no he is still in the planting stage lol grantcart May 2017 #13

Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)
1. A lot of pissed off agents is not a good thing for criminals trying to prevent leaks.
Tue May 9, 2017, 10:57 PM
May 2017

And the WAY they did it was so below the belt; humiliating. Pour gas on the fire.

Squinch

(50,941 posts)
2. Maybe next time they won't illegally sabotage the Democratic candidate with Giuliani's help.
Tue May 9, 2017, 10:59 PM
May 2017

The sins ye do by two and two you must pay for one by one.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,661 posts)
5. "Deep Throat" was FBI.
Tue May 9, 2017, 11:10 PM
May 2017

In fact, he was its Associate Director at the time he was leaking to Bob Woodward. Somebody's gonna leak.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
8. Think about the agents in the field learning of this news.
Tue May 9, 2017, 11:12 PM
May 2017

Oh they're going to have LOTS of motivation to gather the necessary evidence to prove collusion and corruption.

Comey's firing is the best thing that could have happened to us.

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