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'The FBI is Trumpland': anti-Clinton atmosphere spurred leaks, sources say
Deep antipathy to Hillary Clinton exists within the FBI, multiple bureau sources have told the Guardian, spurring a rapid series of leaks damaging to her campaign just days before the election.
Current and former FBI officials, none of whom were willing or cleared to speak on the record, have described a chaotic internal climate that resulted from outrage over director James Comey’s July decision not to recommend an indictment over Clinton’s maintenance of a private email server on which classified information transited.
“The FBI is Trumpland,” said one current agent.
This atmosphere raises major questions about how Comey and the bureau he is slated to run for the next seven years can work with Clinton should she win the White House.
The currently serving FBI agent said Clinton is “the antichrist personified to a large swath of FBI personnel,” and that “the reason why they’re leaking is they’re pro-Trump.”
The agent called the bureau “Trumplandia”, with some colleagues openly discussing voting for a GOP nominee who has garnered unprecedented condemnation from the party’s national security wing and who has pledged to jail Clinton if elected.
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Sources who disputed the depth of Trump’s internal support agreed that the FBI is now in parlous political territory. Justice department officials – another current target of FBI dissatisfaction – have said the bureau disregarded longstanding rules against perceived or actual electoral interference when Comey wrote to Congress to say it was reviewing newly discovered emails relating to Clinton’s personal server.
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I hope all of you remember this the next time some civil libertarian talks about the need to have stronger mechanisms in place to stop abuse by the NSA, FBI, and DOJ when it comes to domestic electronic surveillance.
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Got it.
And, for those who say that they don't care what the FBI does because they don't like the Clintons.
Turn the FBI into a political weapon and the day will most assuredly come when they go after someone you DO like.
Last edited by Goose (11/03/2016 6:49 pm)
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As has been noted in another topic, the FBI has been used as a weapon before and it was NOT a good thing.
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FBI=anti-Clinton. How did it ever come to this?