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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's firing of Comey leading to tears and anger in FBI field offices. I'm sure that'll end well..
Im literally in tears right now. Thats all I have to say, said a longtime special agent whos 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 governments top law enforcement agency. While nothing prevents a president from cutting short an FBI directors term, such a move is typically reserved for instances of wrongdoing, such as President Bill Clintons 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
Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)And the WAY they did it was so below the belt; humiliating. Pour gas on the fire.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Squinch
(50,941 posts)The sins ye do by two and two you must pay for one by one.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Dumb move orange clod.
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)2naSalit
(86,518 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)In fact, he was its Associate Director at the time he was leaking to Bob Woodward. Somebody's gonna leak.
dalton99a
(81,433 posts)Tatiana
(14,167 posts)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.
JI7
(89,244 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,357 posts)oasis
(49,370 posts)on the horizon.