The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, which simultaneously serves as the nation’s prime federal law enforcement agency. This is a quote from Wikipedia. I believe this best describes the FBI and its importance to our way of life here in the United States. The current Director, Mr. James Comey, is a former United States Deputy Attorney General, who was appointed to that Position by President George W Bush. Prior to that position he was a US Attorney for the southern district of New York. Mr. Comey is a man of impeccable reputation, and he was born in my hometown of Yonkers, NY.
During the Republican National Convention, two former US attorneys publicly questioned the judgment and reputation of the FBI, various agents, and its director. Many of you may have heard both these former prosecutors make speeches regarding their opinion of the legal issues regarding the Democratic Candidate for President, but what I heard was two people that should have known better. Let’s look for a second at the issue here.
The FBI spent months accumulating thousands of pieces of evidence. They reviewed all this evidence. They had exhaustive interviews with all the principles involved in this issue. The various agents assigned to this issue analyzed all the data. They reviewed all the data with the Director. Then based on all this review and analysis, the FBI Director presented their recommendation. Now these two former federal prosecutors, without access to ANY of the evidence or review with any of the agents assigned to this issue, decided that the FBI was wrong.
But you can’t blame them because they took their lead from the House Committee on questioning everything. What I find most disturbing about this is that all these people and committees are basically saying that the FBI, the nation’s prime federal law enforcement agency, can be compromised by a private citizen. That even though there must be enough evidence to convict a private citizen, that agency, its agents, and its Director can be influenced and compromised. That means these people are saying the FBI is corrupt.
Let’s just stop right here for a second and let that sink in. Do any of us really believe that the FBI is a corrupt law enforcement agency? I for one don’t. For this basic reason we have to start and accept something. We need to stop all the yelling and start to look at facts. And just maybe accept that people that have devoted their life to security and law enforcement might know what they are doing. And people that have spent their life in the military might also know what they are doing. Without FACTS and DATA, and the knowledge to use that information, a person that claims to have all the answers is a fool.
And without offending anyone only a fool follows a fool.
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