Just pruning the tree, gettin' rid of dead leaves and branches so the tree can be healthy again. The tree will stand and grow stronger.
BREAKING NEWS: Memo finally released!!!!!!!!
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Just pruning the tree, gettin' rid of dead leaves and branches so the tree can be healthy again. The tree will stand and grow stronger.
countryboy
Verified User
You said repubs refused, then said otherwise. Which is it?
that is a very good way to describe it.cut out the diseased parts and add some SUNLIGHT and grow it healthy againJust pruning the tree, gettin' rid of dead leaves and branches so the tree can be healthy again. The tree will stand and grow stronger.
hvilleherb
Verified User
apparently the Dem meme is full of classified data, while the Nunes memo was written to be released
( despite the hype and lamentations it was going to give away sources and methods)
But I think there is agrowing consensus, once the Dem memo is redacted -it should be released.
AS SHOULD THE FISA applications -since we all know by now the contents
#ReleaseItAll
christiefan915
Catalyst
Because previously I read that repubs wouldn't let the memo go out and then today I read that it's being vetted for release. Capisce?
"The Republicans voted down the release of the Democratic response, which was quite breathtaking, because they said they were offering their own memo in the interest of full transparency."
countryboy
Verified User
Fair enough. I personally want it released.
blackascoal
The Force is With Me
Wow .. I wonder if that will make as big a splash as the 'memo' and the 'secret society?'
Gotta' be hard to top those epic faceplants.
blackascoal
The Force is With Me
Just pruning the tree, gettin' rid of dead leaves and branches so the tree can be healthy again. The tree will stand and grow stronger.
Honestly I find it absolutely mind-boggling incredible that anyone actually believes that.
He's trying to save his own ass.
The IG report will be a lot tougher on the those involved.
From what?
I haven't heard a single word in the media........ANY media...that ANYbody wants the FBI & DOJ closed down and done away with.
It's like with cops. We don't get rid all police departments EVERYWHERE when investigation, discipline and riddance is needed of just SOME.
blackascoal
The Force is With Me
blackascoal
The Force is With Me
If you don't see the attacks on the FBI and Justice, I don't know what to tell you. They don't want to shut it down, just control it enough to get Mueller off Trump's ass.
If he isn't guilty, what is all this about?
money laundering
Althea
Althea told me...........
You agree with Guest about funding for the Steele dossier?and it doesn't matter anyway. Liberals, believing in identity politics and sucking the almighty dick of labels, think we actually give a shit if say... a rino is on record for saying everything is above board. It was made abundantly clear last election that trump was running against both the democrats and PLENTY of republicans. At least when it came to the establishment. For a liberal to trot out "DURRRRR A REPUBLICAN SAID X Y Z DURRRRR"is the most moronic fucking thing in existence. It's political thinking reserved for like the 1990s.
I don't personally care if Mueller stays or goes. Russian collusion (by Trump, not Hillary) is dead, obstruction is dead.......now they're going for money laundering? Go for it. If he's guilty, he's guilty. If the opposition is guilty, they're guilty. Let it roll.
Darth Omar
Russian asset
Depends whether the IG is part of the little ‘Club’ or not.
He certainly has the authority to upset some apple carts.
True enough..................
Michael E. Horowitz: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
The Inspector General for the Department of Justice will be launching a review into the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton e-mail case, the Office of the Inspector General announced on Thursday.
Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz will be heading this review. He will look at FBI Director James Comey’s actions from July through November 2016, as well as how other aspects of the Clinton investigation were handled by the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
“In response to requests from numerous Chairmen and Ranking Members of Congressional oversight committees, various organizations, and members of the public, the Office of the Inspector General will initiate a review of allegations regarding certain actions by the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in advance of the 2016 election,” the Office of the Inspector General said in a statement.
In a statement, FBI Director James Comey said he is grateful that this review is going to take place.
“[Michael E. Horowitz] is professional and independent and the FBI will cooperate fully with him and his office,” Comey said, according to ABC News. “I hope very much he is able to share his conclusions and observations with the public because everyone will benefit from thoughtful evaluation and transparency regarding this matter.”
So who is Michael E. Horowitz, the man who will head this review? Here’s what you need to know about him.
1. He Was Confirmed as the Justice Department’s Inspector General in 2012
Michael E. Horowitz was announced as President Barack Obama’s nominee for Department of Justice Inspector General in July 2011.
“The extraordinary dedication these men and women bring to their new roles will greatly serve the American people,” Obama said in a statement when he announced Horowitz and four other administration posts. “I am grateful they have agreed to serve in this Administration and I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come.”
Horowitz was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 29, 2012, and he was sworn in on April 16, 2012.
In this position, Horowitz oversees 400 employees and is in charge of detecting fraud, abuse, waste and misconduct in the Department of Justice, according to the Office of the Inspector General’s website.
2. He Was Previously Commissioner for the U.S. Sentencing Commission
Before being nominated to be inspector general of the U.S. Justice Department, Horowitz was a partner at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. While working as a lawyer for this firm, Horowitz focused on white collar defense, internal investigations, and regulatory compliance, according to a 2011 White House press release.
Prior to that, though, Horowitz served as commissioner for the U.S. Sentencing Commission from 2003 through 2009. This is the independent agency that determines sentencing guidelines for federal courts.
From 1999 to 2002, Horowitz served as deputy assistant attorney general and then chief of staff for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice; it’s this division that develops and enforces federal criminal laws. From 1991 to 1999, Horowitz was assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. And from 1997 to 1999, he was chief of the Public Corruption Unit in New York.
Horowitz graduated from Brandeis University with a B.A. and then from Harvard Law School with a J.D.
3. He Worked For James Comey in the Early 1990s
Michael E. Horowitz will now be looking into the actions of FBI Director James Comey. In the early 1990s, Horowitz briefly worked for Comey while the two of them were in the Southern District of New York.
From 1987 to 1993, James Comey worked at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, serving as deputy chief of the Criminal Division. Horowitz also worked for Southern District of New York for some of that time; Comey and Horowitz were both there from 1991 through 1993, with Horowitz being assistant U.S. attorney.
In an interview with The New York Times in 2007, Horowitz said that Comey is an aggressive prosecutor.
“Jim was not a prosecutor who was afraid to use all the available tools in serious cases as long as you were doing it within the law,” Horowitz said of Comey.
4. He Has Complained About the FBI Withholding Documents
In 2015, Horowitz wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post entitled “Give Inspectors General Access to the Records They Need to Do Their Jobs.”
In the piece, Horowitz says that having access to all of an agency’s records is a vital part of his job but that in the 2010s, FBI attorneys have been seeking to withhold some crucial records.
“For decades, there was no controversy over what the words ‘all records’ meant,” Horowitz wrote, referring to the language of the 1978 Inspector General Act. “But that changed in 2010 when FBI attorneys suggested, soon after several critical reports by my office as inspector general at the Justice Department, that ‘all records’ might not include some records the FBI was seeking to withhold. This was the first time anyone in the department had asserted that the broad powers of the IG Act did not apply fully to our oversight.”
Specifically, Horowitz said that the FBI had recently decided that inspectors general no longer have the right to access certain records involving grand jury testimony, wiretap information and credit reports.
“Allowing officials whose agencies are under review to decide what documents an inspector general can have turns the IG Act on its head and is fundamentally inconsistent with the independence that is necessary for effective and credible oversight,” Horowitz wrote in The Washington Post.
That same year, Horowitz testified about this issue in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. In December 2016, President Obama signed into law the Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016, a bill which amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 and ensures that inspectors general can get their hands on the documents they need while conducting an investigation.
“Inspectors General work on behalf of the American people to ensure that our government is open and accountable – and the President is grateful for their service,” the White House said at the time. “That’s why he’s pleased to sign the Inspectors General Empowerment Act of 2016, which will safeguard access to the information Inspectors General need to do their jobs.”
5. His Department’s Review Will Be Wide-Ranging
Michael E. Horowitz said in a press release today that the Office of the Inspector General’s review of the FBI’s actions will be wide-ranging. He identified five areas that the investigation will be focusing on.
First, Horowitz will look into allegations that FBI and Department of Justice policies were not followed when FBI Director James Comey held his July 2016 news conference, during which he said that Clinton was “extremely careless” in her handling of classified emails even though the department was not recommending criminal charges. Horowitz will also be looking into whether policies were followed when Comey sent two letters to Congress in the final weeks of the presidential election saying that the FBI was looking into emails found on a laptop belonging to Anthony Weiner, the husband of Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Those emails did not end up being relevant to the Clinton email probe, and some pollsters, including Nate Silver, have speculated that Hillary Clinton would have become president had Comey not sent this letter.
https://heavy.com/news/2017/01/mich...ion-james-comey-hillary-clinton-email-review/
Uranium One is still on the event horizon, Ms. Stretch. Many of the same players.
No, Nunes said he's going after the Obama/Clinton DOS next.