Barnicle with its suggestion of the crustacean that clings tightly to a ship hull, fouling it, sounds like a name that would be made up for a gangster novel. To think this played out in the last decade, much of it under George W. Bush (who didn’t purge the Rat-ridden FBI).
Yep,time to scrape the “barnicles” off.
I was thrilled when his hypocrisy was uncovered and he had to leave The Boston Globe.