Newsweek story this AM: "Comey is unfit for public service."

[kstewart33]

Eichenwald. Excerpts:

James Comey should not simply be fired as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He must be barred forever from any form of public service.

In the last 10 days, Comey has whipsawed the election for president of the United States. Now we know he did it for no reason. When his agents found information that suggested there were emails on a laptop that might have relevance to the investigation of Hillary Clinton and her email servers, Comey did not wait until he knew even a scintilla of information before announcing it to the world. Reasonably, lots of voters assumed there must be a there there—who could imagine a person with the power of the FBI director would turn the election on its head for no particular reason, on the basis of nothing?

Then, Sunday, Comey handed down another missive from on high: Never mind. His agents had looked through the emails and decided they were piffle. His majesty, the FBI director, has not yet deigned to officially inform his subjects—the American people—whether the emails related to the Clinton case or what they were. (However, people involved in the case tell Newsweek that almost all of them were duplicates of what the bureau already had or were personal.) He just said “nothing to see here” and waived us on our way.

Well, forget it, Jim. We’re not moving on. America has just witnessed one of the most—if not the most—egregious abuses of power in the service of one man’s ego in its history. Joseph McCarthy and A. Mitchell Palmer at least believed they were fighting a Communist threat. Richard Nixon, in Watergate, at least had the motive of retaining power and covering up wrongdoing. But Comey—who I do not believe did this for partisan reasons—has no such motive. This was about him, about preserving his now forever-destroyed reputation, about preening with his self-satisfied standing as a maverick who acts based on what he thinks is right, regardless of others’ opinion. But there is a very thin line between being independent and being reckless. And Comey has demonstrated he does not know the difference.

Link: http://www.newsweek.com/fbi-director-james-comey-unfit-public-service-517815

[patsimp]

1. kick

[AirmensMom]

2. Another kick.

[heaven05]

5. he did it for his Party

didn't he? What was all the brouhaha about violation of The Hatch Act. He just did it for himself, do I have this OP correct. And if the latter is true, then he is a very dangerous loose cannon if it was the former reason he's still a very dangerous loose cannon whose hands should be removed from the reins of power. Period.

[kwolf68]

6. Charge this guy

I can tell you right effing now if this had been done in the service FOR Democrats to sway an election the right wingers would be going crazy - as they should.

Do NOT let this guy slide. This was a contemptible act, a true perversion of our democracy and illegal.

[manicraven]

7. Time for hearings! Oh, and don't forget Rudy Giuliani!

They're stains on democracy!