Under pressure from the white house, Mccabe fired hours from retirement.

[TreeFrogTrader]

Why do you leave me with the impression you didn't read my entire post, or if you did, you failed to grasp it. We have both made the same point, but I stated it in a more circumspect and careful manner without over reaction or hyperbole, such as your silly foray into the 'Espionage Act'. However you have not addressed why it was necessary for the Deputy Director to substitute 'extremely careless' for 'gross negligence'; whereas I have. Please read my post, carefully this time.

Wow. Let's stop here, again.

Went back and read more of it and it got worse just as I foresaw.

"It seems McCabe's edit was skillful and correct here. He is a careful reader, and was on this occasion at least, a good editor. "

Sorry. But that dog don't hunt and don't even begin to hunt. Total non-starter.

 

[gwb-trading]

At this point, I am just going to wait until more information comes out on the McCabe termination before rendering any final judgement IMO if it is justified or not.

I am sure more information will be coming out over the upcoming lights which will shine further light on the subject.

 

[jem]

an fbi man who is held to standards or an attorney who is beholden to proper ethics would have removed himself from that duty because he wife received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Hillarys well established bag man. He either had an actually conflict or the appearance of one and he therefore should have nothing to do with the investigation and certainly nothing to do with editing the final report. That the FBI brass allowed him to be involved reveals the depth of comeys and rosenstein's corruption as well. The fix was in with a headquarters special.

The should have bent over backwards to avoid the appear of conflict.

" a good editor" only in the same vein as "A Modest Proposal" .

"a corrupt editor" is more accurate.

Why do you leave me with the impression you didn't read my entire post, or if you did, you failed to grasp it. We have both made the same point, but I stated it in a more circumspect and careful manner without over reaction or hyperbole, such as your silly foray into the 'Espionage Act'. However you have not addressed why it was necessary for the Deputy Director to substitute 'extremely careless' for 'gross negligence'; whereas I have. Please read my post, carefully this time.

 

[UsualName]

"One interpretation is of course that McCabe was trying to protect Clinton by "softening" the language. When the layman reads 'grossly negligent' versus 'extremely careless', however, he doesn't see much difference, both seen bad, and one expression doesn't seem any "softer" than the other."

Let's stop right here, okay?

What a layman sees is neither here nor there. She was the subject of an FBI investigation. When a prosecutor or other lawyer sees the words "grossly negligent" THERE IS A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE. "Grossly negligent" is the exact definition of the crime in the Espionage Act. Why the hell do you think he changed it? What you should be pointing out is that when a prosecutor sees the words "exceedingly careless" that that is the very definition of "grossly negligent."

And then you said something below that in your post but no need to even advance that far if you are trying to fly with the above spin. Non starter.

You’re correct in that the two terms make a world of difference. That is why using grossly negligent was inappropriate for an unsubstantiated investigation. It was the right edit.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

You’re correct in that the two terms make a world of difference. That is why using grossly negligent was inappropriate for an unsubstantiated investigation. It was the right edit.

I see. Comey testified directly to Congress that no one helped him in writing his concluding comments. Then when it was revealed that Strzok helped out he or his defenders explained/evolved to saying that it was just minor editing. Now you come along and say that Strzok helped him to make a change that made A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.

Got it.

 

[elderado]

Okay kids, let's just shut this down, shall we?

 

[UsualName]

I see. Comey testified directly to Congress that no one helped him in writing his concluding comments. Then when it was revealed that Strzok helped out he or his defenders explained/evolved to saying that it was just minor editing. Now you come along and say that Strzok helped him to make a change that made A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.

Got it.

I find it hard to believe an adult of a certain age never had to sign off on a legally binding document. You should know Words that make a world of difference need to accurately reflect your intention, or in this case their conclusion to the Clinton investigation. Using the term gross negligence would have undermined their conclusion to not pursue charges, hence the change.

You also conveniently leave out Strzok also helped draft the letter that reopened the Clinton investigation.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

I find it hard to believe an adult of a certain age never had to sign off on a legally binding document. You should know Words that make a world of difference need to accurately reflect your intention, or in this case their conclusion to the Clinton investigation. Using the term gross negligence would have undermined their conclusion to not pursue charges, hence the change.

You also conveniently leave out Strzok also helped draft the letter that reopened the Clinton investigation.

Hey, don't fault me. I just listened to Comey's testimony. He directly stated that he had no help when Grassley asked him. Mr. Grassley: "Did you have any help in drafting it?" Mr. Comey: "No." I guess evolving is a good thing or not. Sometimes called perjury.

And in regard to Strzok and the re-opening. Well that is a whole nuther matter. McCabe found the Huma emails and sat on them and slow walked it and did not reveal it anyone else even though Comey promised to report back to the Committee if there were any new developments. Then McCabe and the emails were outed and they scurried their little arses around to do damage control fearing that if there was anything bad in there it would appear that Comey withheld it until after the election as McCabe was trying to do.

Although you disagree and dismiss it, I will assure you right here and now, once again, that the IG will have plenty to say the attempted hiding and slowwalking by McCabe unless he has referred it for prosecution in which case he will not reveal what is part of an active investigation/prosecution.

 

[CaptainObvious]

More and more talking heads, establishment hacks and pundits are hyperventilating about some sort of constitutional crisis if Trump fires Mueller, which is another fantasy based allegation in itself. Let me school you on what a real constitutional crisis is. When governors, mayors, state AG's and top cops openly defy federal law and refuse to enforce said law, go so far as to circumvent said law, that is a constitutional crisis. When top law enforcement agents conspire and collude to try and pull off some political coup of a sitting president, that's a constitutional crisis. When a political party fabricates Russian conspiracies to delegitimize a presidential election, that's a political crisis. Trump coming to a point saying times up, provide some actual evidence of the original charge, or this is over, that ain't a crisis. It's just a man doing his job, which I know is a foreign concept in D.C., but it's how things actually get done in the real world.

 

[Poindexter]

You’re correct in that the two terms make a world of difference. That is why using grossly negligent was inappropriate for an unsubstantiated investigation. It was the right edit.

Oh look... UsefulIdiot who doesn't even know the basic classification levels (according to him, "classified is the lowest level of secret") weighs in with yet another dazzling display of ignorant uberpartisan shilling.

The FBI found that Hillary's unsecure server had Top Secret, Secret and Confidential information on it -- information that the owning agencies determined was classified at the time it was sent or received.

So no, it wasn't the "right edit." It was the wrong edit. Hillary and everyone who enabled her illegal server crime spree need to be held accountable for both national security purposes and to restore equal justice under the law.