So the journalists who relayed leaks lack competence to evaluate the credibility of claims by (apparently) senior officials that there is an investigation into a President, which must presumably resemble a typical investigation, which must lead to a prosecution, which would involve arguing before a jury (which requires its own form of competence)...

Isn't politics ultimately the evaluation of claims?


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On Saturday, July 6, 2019 12:47 AM, jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:



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On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 11:28, Ryan Carboni
<33389@protonmail.com> wrote:>According to this, the number of people the FBI employs is about 35,000

>35,000 is a lot of people. What makes you think 35,000 mindlessly obedient persons make any relevant decision?



I wasn't vouching for the competence or ethics of FBI personnel in general.   I was pointing out that getting rid of only one FBI person out of 35,000 is highly unlikely to have any significant effect on the ability of the FBI to do anything it is supposed to do.

The people who allege that Trump obstructed justice by firing Comey seem to be unable or unwilling to explain how firing Comey actually achieved an obstruction of justice.

          Jim Bell