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No glory in James Comey getting away with his abuse of FBI power
The Hill ^ | 12/15/18 | Jonathan Turley

Posted on 12/15/2018 8:06:42 AM PST by yesthatjallen

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41 posted on 12/15/2018 10:54:03 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("The word 'racist' is used to describe 'every Republican that's winning'" --Donald Trump)
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To: GOPJ

“The FBI treating conservatives citizens like criminals while giving passes to liberals - is the essence of political corruption.”

The FBI, like so many government agencies these days, recruits from a limited number of universities. These are generally very liberal institutions, and those recruited form these places are, as expected, influenced by their educational background. As discussed previously on this board, to ensure equal representation in government, it is essential that those hired into government service reflect the diversity of opinion in the US.

ALL of the current Supreme Court Justices - ALL of them, come from one of two law schools, Harvard or Yale. The only quasi-exception is Ginsburg, who graduated from Cornell, but attended Harvard Law School. How does this lead to an unbiased interpretation of the Constitution, and a representative Judiciary - reflecting the whole of the US? Think about it.

There are a limited number of law ‘Professors’ that teach at these two schools - and thus the exposure of all our SCJ members is to essentially the same teaching. This is ludicrous. It is also the height of elitism, and ensures the same outcome as inbreeding among royalty. Does anyone truly believe that the brightest and best in the nation always wind up attending the same universities? Really?

Time to stop this nonsense.


42 posted on 12/15/2018 11:37:15 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: Ouderkirk

Good advice.


43 posted on 12/15/2018 11:45:09 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: A Navy Vet

Sorry, but the FBI needs eliminated. Totally.

The “rank-and-file” in the FBI are just as corrupt as its leaders. Otherwise, you would have heard from the “rank-and-file” during all this, even from just one person. What did we hear? Crickets. Absolutely nothing.

We do not need nor want a national police force. Especially a corrupt-to-the-core one.


44 posted on 12/15/2018 12:00:44 PM PST by LaRueLaDue
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To: LaRueLaDue

FBI = Gestapo.


45 posted on 12/15/2018 12:02:51 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: yesthatjallen

Phony Comey for Prison - 25 to life minimum.


46 posted on 12/15/2018 12:05:48 PM PST by Boomer (To Thine Own Self Be True)
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To: yesthatjallen

Rope...Lamp Post...Some assembly required!


47 posted on 12/15/2018 12:25:43 PM PST by Redleg Duke (Disarming Liberals...Real Common Sense Gun Control!)
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To: yesthatjallen

You know things are going to go very badly for Comey when Jonathan Turley turns against him.


48 posted on 12/15/2018 12:36:54 PM PST by riverdawg
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To: neverevergiveup
The FBI, like so many government agencies these days, recruits from a limited number of universities. These are generally very liberal institutions...

You're comment was right on every point...

The 'ruling class' is intentionally being created NOT to reflect the country. Think about it - WHO would benefit most from that insanity? ('our enemies' would be in the first five answers...

If we were capable of manipulating the Russians or Chinese what would work better than assisting with creating a ruling class for them that came from Universities most known for pushing Western values?

49 posted on 12/15/2018 12:43:21 PM PST by GOPJ (TERM LIMIT DC SWAMP BUREAUCRATS - a permanent un-elected ruling class is a threat to our freedom.)
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To: yesthatjallen

The face of the Deep State. These are the people who dropped two nukes on civilian cities and even experimented on their own citizens with drugs and radiation exposure. One must assume they desire hell, since that is what they have created here on earth.


50 posted on 12/15/2018 1:19:16 PM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: justa-hairyape
These are the people who dropped two nukes on civilian cities

WTH?

51 posted on 12/15/2018 1:25:16 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: central_va

“FBI = Gestapo”

Yep. And it is not that they will turn into the Gestapo, they are already there.


52 posted on 12/15/2018 2:30:28 PM PST by LaRueLaDue
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To: LaRueLaDue

A least Hitler had some control over his Gestapo.


53 posted on 12/15/2018 2:31:33 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: PGR88
"... can be transferred to other agencies."

Name them, please.

54 posted on 12/15/2018 2:56:59 PM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: Mariner
"“End the FBI. Its becoming America’s gestapo” There’s only ONE right answer, and that’s it."

I ask sincerely, so what do we do with all the outside and inside terrorists, not to mention individual criminals? Who has the resources to investigate the planners of mayhem?

I don't know how to clean out FBI. It would take a smarter man than me. However, I do know they bust criminals every day for crimes committed and those who are planning harm. It's not a big secret.

55 posted on 12/15/2018 3:06:35 PM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: outofsalt
If all liberals were like Jonathan Turley the country might be a more reasonable place where understanding and compromise could be possible.

My favorite Lib was Nat Hentoff. He could be a ridiculous leftist, but he was always self-honest and consistent, even in the face of politically-inconvenient conclusions he brought himself to draw.
56 posted on 12/15/2018 3:10:20 PM PST by nicollo (I said no!)
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To: LaRueLaDue
"The “rank-and-file” in the FBI are just as corrupt as its leaders. Otherwise, you would have heard from the “rank-and-file” during all this, even from just one person. What did we hear? Crickets. Absolutely nothing."

Bullshit. The rank and file keep their mouths shut because they have Mothers, Fathers, Wives, Husbands, Children, and extended family and friends. They still do their jobs in big ways, daily. The same goes with the military and first responders in every metropolis.

Like many, you expect immediate results when the Swamp has been building for decades. Lighten up Francis!

57 posted on 12/15/2018 3:20:03 PM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: yesthatjallen

IOW: The Trump administration were fools to think that a legally subordinate Federal agency was anything but devious and hostile toward them.


58 posted on 12/15/2018 3:20:39 PM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: GOPJ
"If we were capable of manipulating the Russians or Chinese what would work better than assisting with creating a ruling class for them that came from Universities most known for pushing Western values?"

Yes, the education system is a huge part of the problem, but Holy crap! Free Republic is turning into conspiracy central. What next? Trump is a clandestine mole for the Build-some-burgers or Free Masons? Then there is always the demolition charges in the Twin Towers to fall back on. Enjoy your paranoia. Don't bother - I'm naive after 69 years.

59 posted on 12/15/2018 3:29:10 PM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: A Navy Vet

Okay, a few things:

1) If you work for a corrupt organization, and have to keep your mouth closed about criminal acts you have knowledge of in your organization and leadership, just to keep your job, you are in the wrong job. You have a responsibility to leave and find a new job, or be complicit in the crimes. No excuse. (And I know what I am talking about, as I have left at least one job in such a situation.)

2) I haven’t seen where the FBI has done anything resembling their “job” for years now. They come off as bumbling, inept, and unqualified. They are not doing what the FBI is tasked to do: solve crimes.

3) I never, repeat never, equated FBI employment with the military or first responders. I never would, and you are putting words in my mouth that I would never think of saying.

4) I never said nor implied that I expect immediate results of anything. The FBI has been corrupt for decades, as anyone with eyes can see. I surely don’t expect it to get fixed immediately. But, it has been two years now since President Trump took office, and I would like to see at least some movement in the right direction. So far, I am unimpressed.

5) I am not “lightening up”. If we don’t get this train back on the track in a few years, we, as a nation, are toast. Anyone with eyes and brain can see that. We need to keep pushing and supporting the President.


60 posted on 12/15/2018 3:54:09 PM PST by LaRueLaDue
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