Comey should resign

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By Michael A. Cohen OCTOBER 31, 2016

James Comey really messed up.

The FBI director did not commit some garden-variety mistake. This is not an “oops” moment. For reasons that have more to do with protecting himself from dishonest Republican attacks, Comey committed an overtly egregious and political act that roiled the nation’s politics 11 days before Election Day — and undermined public trust in the nation’s criminal justice institutions.

And he needs to go ...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/10/31/fbi-director-james-comey-should-resign/10IGkgGMy5XKS6Zdw9Lz2I/story.html

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1. Time for Comey to go

By Paul Callan
Updated 9:55 PM ET, Sun October 30, 2016

... The FBI virtually never announces the commencement or termination of ongoing criminal investigations or the discovery of new evidence. Such inquiries are often conducted in relative secrecy, enabling a more efficient investigation ...

The old, sensible FBI rule book apparently has been thrown on the trash heap this year. While undoubtedly attempting to be open and "transparent," to protect the reputation of the FBI, the FBI director has tossed a Molotov cocktail into the presidential race ...

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/opinions/fbi-director-comey-should-resign-opinion-callan/

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2. Resign, Mr. Comey

http://www.wsj.com/articles/resign-mr-comey-1477955914

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3. FBI mad bomber needs to resign

FBI Director James Comey’s democracy-bending decision to inform America, 11 days before its presidential election, that the bureau is digging into a trove of additional emails demands the highest condemnation. And he must resign ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/fbi-mad-bomber-james-comey-resign-article-1.2851511?

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4. The FBI director’s long career as preening partisan hack

MONDAY, OCT 31, 2016 08:10 AM EDT
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON

... the damage is already done. It’s a mess that can be only cleaned up with Comey’s resignation.

http://www.salon.com/2016/10/31/so-much-for-the-upstanding-james-comey-the-fbi-directors-long-career-as-preening-partisan-hack/

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5. Great editorial-Comey needs to resign

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6. K & R