I wonder what part of “serves at the pleasure of the President” the loonie left doesn’t understand.
But if they insist on “cause” as the standard let’s start with these:
The Tsarnaev bothers: Despite being warned by the Russians (Russia! Russia! Russia!) and despite the fact that the FBI secretly flagged at least one of the “Boston Marathon bombers” as a terrorist threat in his immigration records, (despite publicly denying it had done so). This designation existed right up to the time the bombs went off at Boylston St. on April 15, 2013. Mistakes were made - under someone else’s watch, but Comey did nothing to clean it up.
Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood shooter: the FBI failed to even interview him before his shooting spree despite significant warning signs that he was an Islamic extremist bent on killing civilians. Apparently emails from an Army shrink to a known Islamic terrorist cleric (Al-Awlaki – may he rest in pieces)
plus visits to terrorist sites does not rise to the level of “concern” in a Comey FBI. Political correctness took precedence over the lives of Americans. Again, mistakes were made -under someone else’s watch, but again Comey did nothing to clean it up.
You might think he’d be interested in stopping these dropped balls, uncrossed t’s and unconnected dots from happening again. Evidently not, as evidenced by the following incidents:
San Bernardino, December 14, 2015. The perps were radicalized under the watchful eyes of the FBI online before Tashfeen Malik was allowed entry to this country. Oh well, mistakes were made.
Orlando, June 12, 2016. Omar Mateen, 29, opened fire at a gay nightclub, killing 49 and injuring 53. The FBI investigated Mateen twice before his rampage, but did not take any substantive action. Officials believe Mateen was self-radicalized but he pledged fealty to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before his death. "The real muslims will never accept the filthy ways of the west," Mateen posted on his Facebook page after committing his heinous act at Pulse nightclub. "I pledge my alliance to (ISIS leader) abu bakr al Baghdadi..may Allah accept me," he wrote. Mistakes were made, needless to say.
These, along with 8 other similar terrorist attacks seem to indicate that Comey’s FBI was less interested in Islamic terror and more in non-terrorist politically motivated crimes, which he also screwed up.
Lois Lerner and the IRS scandal: Despite clear evidence Lerner willfully took part in criminal activity during her tenure as the Exempt Organizations Division director (from using a phony email to approving the targeting of conservative groups for investigation) the FBI came down on the side of Barack Hussein Obama who stated categorically there wasn’t a “smidgen of scandal” associated with the IRS.
Because normally what you say can and will be held against you
Mistakes were made. Not cleaned up.
Hillary Clinton and her toilet server.
A clear violation of so many statutes it would make you woozy. Despite exposing confidential emails to foreign (Russia! Russia! Russia!) hackers, the FBI did not deem it a problem because Director Comey did not see fit to prosecute. Because he could not establish “intent” which isn’t and never was a standard for enforcing the law. Mistakes were made, most definitely not cleaned up.
But key the looney left outrage – who were themselves demanding Comey’s head when he tainted Saint Hillary’s doomed presidential bid. They will now be insisting that the firing is because he was getting too close in the Russia! Russia! Russia! – Trump investigation; the one Comey and Clapper testified 3 days ago had not turned up one smidgen of evidence. Conspiracy theories to follow.
I say time to just move along; just lock ‘em up and move along.
Bring in the new sheriff in town:
The one in a white hat.
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