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Ex-FBI Official Questions Why There Were No Comey Memos On Obama, Clinton

volsrock said:
James Kallstrom, a former FBI assistant director who spent nearly three decades at the bureau, questioned why Comey felt the need to produce the memos on Trump, but failed to document incidents of political interference in the organization by the Obama administration.

"It just continues to amaze me ... the fact that [Comey] felt compelled to write these memos concerning his meetings with President Trump, but he apparently never felt compelled to write a memo when the Justice Department wouldn't allow him to use the word 'investigation' concerning the Hillary Clinton investigation," Kallstrom told Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Ex-FBI official questions why there were no Comey memos on Obama, Clinton | WACH


When you are on their team no need to take memo’s. When Comey was in “enemy” territory he was taking notes and hoping for a special prosecutor.
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I guess you didn't see comey's testimony. He explained why. Obama never asked Comey to have one on one meetings or clear the room of everyone but comey and then proceed to talk about an investigation on his administration. Had Obama created that inappropriate situtation, Comey would've documented it. Comey documented it because trump made sure there were no witnesses to what was said. Unless of course there are tapes... which we all know is just another trump lie.
 
poweRob said:
I guess you didn't see comey's testimony. He explained why. Obama never asked Comey to have one on one meetings or clear the room of everyone but comey and then proceed to talk about an investigation on his administration. Had Obama created that inappropriate situtation, Comey would've documented it. Comey documented it because trump made sure there were no witnesses to what was said. Unless of course there are tapes... which we all know is just another trump lie.
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i don't believe you can sustain that argument given that there is no indication Comey documented his meeting with AG lynch, during which he was told to use the expression "matter" instead of "investigation" to describe the investigation of hillary's email fubars: "The attorney general had directed me not to call it an investigation, but instead to call it a matter, which confused me and concerned me". had we the benefit of such documentation, we might know whether that directive was issued during a one-on-one meeting or an environment in which the veracity of the discussion could be verified by another party
 
justabubba said:
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i don't believe you can sustain that argument given that there is no indication Comey documented his meeting with AG lynch, during which he was told to use the expression "matter" instead of "investigation" to describe the investigation of hillary's email fubars: "The attorney general had directed me not to call it an investigation, but instead to call it a matter, which confused me and concerned me". had we the benefit of such documentation, we might know whether that directive was issued during a one-on-one meeting or an environment in which the veracity of the discussion could be verified by another party
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Comey said that he documented the meetings with trump due to it being the president and that the meetings were one on one making it weird. And that he thought trump might lie about the meetings if not documented. Had Obama put him in that same position, it stands to reason he'd document it.
 
ocean515 said:
Right. And "I hope" doesn't get the same pass. BS.
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No, it is not the same thing at all. If your boss called you into his office, kicked everyone else out , and then used that terminology, would you take it as 'I hope', or a directive. Sorry.. but that isn't the same thing at all. Context is everything.
 
RAMOSS said:
No, it is not the same thing at all. If your boss called you into his office, kicked everyone else out , and then used that terminology, would you take it as 'I hope', or a directive. Sorry.. but that isn't the same thing at all. Context is everything.
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BS. You believe that because of your ideological bias.

There is no difference. The President could have easily told Comey to drop the investigation. He has that power. Instead he had a private conversation.

There is no evidence that he demanded Comey drop the investigation. That is just your bias seeing only what you've been told to believe.

Context is everything, and you're clearly unable to see it.
 
ocean515 said:
BS. You believe that because of your ideological bias.

There is no difference. The President could have easily told Comey to drop the investigation. He has that power. Instead he had a private conversation.

There is no evidence that he demanded Comey drop the investigation. That is just your bias seeing only what you've been told to believe.

Context is everything, and you're clearly unable to see it.
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That is funny, that is exactly what I was showing to you, that you can't see the context. The 'I am rubber, you are glue' method of debate doesn't work you know.
 
RAMOSS said:
That is funny, that is exactly what I was showing to you, that you can't see the context. The 'I am rubber, you are glue' method of debate doesn't work you know.
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Nor does, "My way, or the highway".
 
poweRob said:
Comey said that he documented the meetings with trump due to it being the president and that the meetings were one on one making it weird. And that he thought trump might lie about the meetings if not documented. Had Obama put him in that same position, it stands to reason he'd document it.
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which causes a reasonable person to wonder why an inappropriate directive by the AG did not warrant such documentation. why no memo-to-file about lynch's instruction; especially recognizing that Comey offered that he had a “queasy feeling” upon hearing lynch's politically motivated directive
 
ocean515 said:
Nor does, "My way, or the highway".
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If I thought it would sink in, I could point to some articles quoting lawyers why it's different. Experience and observation tells me that it would not make a difference.
 
Paperview said:
Comey works for the American people.

POTUS works for US.
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I thought all government workers work for the American people. However most have superiors that they work under and report to.

The President is the top person in his branch of government. Hi is in the rare position of having no superior or person to report to other than the people. That is not the case with Comey. Comey works under the president and can be hired or fired by the president. That is why any investigation of wrong doing that implicates the president should not be continued by the FBI but a special prosecutor appointed by congress.
 
RAMOSS said:
If I thought it would sink in, I could point to some articles quoting lawyers why it's different. Experience and observation tells me that it would not make a difference.
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Good move. Very difficult to defend a double standard.
 
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