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2016 Postmortem

jalan48

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9. No matter how many times we go round and round on this it comes back to the question of

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Thu Dec 22, 2016, 01:52 PM

Dec 2016

Last edited Thu Dec 22, 2016, 06:55 PM - Edit history (1)

why was Comey in a position to do this in the first place? Why was a Republican hack leading the FBI in a Democratic Administration? We couldn't find a qualified Democrat?

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The attorney general could have ordered FBI Director James Comey not to send his letter [View all] still_one Dec 2016 OP

My take from this and from the Podesta hack HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #1

I think the AG dropped the ball big time on this one. The result of this wasn't just about "losing still_one Dec 2016 #5

Lynch was afraid of seeming biased in favor of Clinton woolldog Dec 2016 #2

Yeah, I heard the tarmac-torment from a pundit a week ago. Kolesar Dec 2016 #4

As the article indicates, she could have recused herself, and someone else at the Justice Department still_one Dec 2016 #6

She was covering her own ass zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #3

The article suggests she could have recused herself, and let someone else make that call still_one Dec 2016 #7

If Lynch stopped Comey (or recused herself and let someone else do it) SFnomad Dec 2016 #8

No matter how many times we go round and round on this it comes back to the question of jalan48 Dec 2016 #9