Comments on: No wonder the FBI dragged its feet on Clinton’s emails

By: Yancey Ward

Yancey Ward — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 08:00:07 +0000

Here is what I think happened. McCabe learned of the e-mails from the people working on the Wiener investigation, and made the conscious decision to bury the material until after the election at the very least, but he knew this could have potential consequences if it is learned after the election that he had this material and chose to do nothing with it. Sometime between September 28th and October 28th, he decided that he didn't want to be that point man who made that decision should it turn out to be disastrous- so he informed Comey about the material and made Comey the point man to take the heat and the decision. However, McCabe might have been unaware that Comey had sent the Congressional committees a letter promising to inform them of any changes of status in the Clinton investigation, and felt he was no only trapped as the man in the seat with the material, but also having made a very specific promise that made his position even more precarious, so he sent the letter to Congress almost as soon as McCabe informed him of the new material.

By: Yancey Ward

Yancey Ward — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 07:45:27 +0000

You want to find out why McCabe helped Clinton at every turn- find out where the money donated to his wife's state senate campaign went- what checks were drawn and to whom. I think it likely that almost all of it ended up in the pockets of the McCabe's and their families and a few important friends and that the senate campaign was a front for laundering it.

By: Yancey Ward

Yancey Ward — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 07:41:47 +0000

The real question is this- at what point did Comey find out that McCabe was sitting on them? Remember the timeline here- McCabe apparently learned of them on or before September 28th, but Comey didn't send the letter to Congress until October 28th. And remember this- there was no effort to even examine the additional material until almost a week after Comey's letter. It is an odd story all in all. It would be very, very interesting to have all of McCabe's e-mails and texts from the time period in question, and I assume the IG has them. It would also be interesting to know exactly when Comey learned of the new material, because he also either sat on them for a month, or no one told him until late in October.

By: Geoffrey Britain

Geoffrey Britain — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:20:50 +0000

Zealousness that is willfully blind to prosecutorial misconduct is prima facie evidence of a lack of ethics. Mueller’s corruption is in service of a political agenda. He’s attempting to facilitate a political coup and should he succeed, he’ll be guilty of treason.

By: Geoffrey Britain

Geoffrey Britain — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:07:14 +0000

Matthew M,

The USS Iowa coverup is all too typical. Authority without accountability guarantees injustice.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:05:46 +0000

Matthew M Says:
February 1st, 2018 at 7:07 pm
When does the loyal organization man devolve into a zealot? When does the organization become so rotten as to be counterproductive?

Alan Dershowitz has Mueller’s number.

Reminds me of a story about self-interested dissembing by the navy.
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The Navy story shows that leaks, cover-ups, and malfeasance in office are not nowise new things.

Dersh had this to say, which intrigued me:
“Dershowitz then recalled his experience with Mueller. He stated that he talked to Mueller about prosecutorial and FBI misconduct and Mueller stated “It’s a non-starter to talk to me about FBI misconduct or prosecutorial misconduct. It’s a non-starter. He doesn’t want to hear about that. He is in the business of protecting the FBI, protecting prosecutors, at all costs. I don’t suggest he’s unethical, but he’s very zealous.”

He added that this makes Mueller “effective at his job, but the job of a prosecutor is to do justice, not to get as many notches on his belt as possible.””

But Mueller is an honorable man…

By: Matthew M

Matthew M — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:07:53 +0000

When does the loyal organization man devolve into a zealot? When does the organization become so rotten as to be counterproductive? Alan Dershowitz has Mueller's number. Reminds me of a story about self-interested dissembing by the navy.

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:53:01 +0000

“Clinton supporters have long argued that the FBI’s late decision to reopen the former secretary of State’s email investigation swung the election to now-President Trump.”

Gosh, I thought it was the Rooskies.

I really wish they’d make up their minds (such as they are) already…

By: Cornhead

Cornhead — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:48:33 +0000

Sophisticated point shaving. Maybe the giant contribution to McCabe’s wife campaign was the price to point shave the investigation. Not sure about the timing.

But money or favors were exchanged here. Quid pro quo.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:01:54 +0000

A pithy, albeit grammatically challenged, PowerLine commenter at this post today:
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/02/in-search-of-lost-texts-7.php

“They succeed in behaving corruptly because we assume they are as honorable as us and they assume we are as corrupt as them.”