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He did not publicly hand over his notes. He secretly gave them to a friend to give to the media as an anonymous source..
Here is an excerpt from the FBI employment agreement. I guess he didn't care about this though.
As consideration for my employment, or my continued employment, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States Department of Justice, I hereby agree to be governed by and to comply with the following provisions:
1.Unauthorized disclosure, misuse, or negligent handling of information contained in the files, electronic or paper, of the FBI or which Imay acquire as an employee of the FBI could impair national security, place human life in jeopardy, result in the denial of due process, prevent the FBI from effectively discharging its responsibilities, or violate federal law. I understand that by being granted access to such information, I am accepting a position of special trust and am obligated to protect such information from unauthorized disclosure.
2.All information acquired by me in connection with my official duties with the FBI and all official material to which I have access remain the property of the United States of America. I will surrender upon demand by the FBI, or upon my separation from the FBI, all materials containing FBI information in my possession.
3.I will not reveal, by any means, any information or material from or related to FBI files or any other information acquired by virtue of my official employment to any unauthorized recipient without prior official written authorization by the FBI.
So he signed an agreement that doesn't make it a criminal issue for a Comey. Maybe he should be fired for... oh yeah
He did not publicly hand over his notes. He secretly gave them to a friend to give to the media as an anonymous source..
Here is an excerpt from the FBI employment agreement. I guess he didn't care about this though.
As consideration for my employment, or my continued employment, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States Department of Justice, I hereby agree to be governed by and to comply with the following provisions:
1.Unauthorized disclosure, misuse, or negligent handling of information contained in the files, electronic or paper, of the FBI or which Imay acquire as an employee of the FBI could impair national security, place human life in jeopardy, result in the denial of due process, prevent the FBI from effectively discharging its responsibilities, or violate federal law. I understand that by being granted access to such information, I am accepting a position of special trust and am obligated to protect such information from unauthorized disclosure.
2.All information acquired by me in connection with my official duties with the FBI and all official material to which I have access remain the property of the United States of America. I will surrender upon demand by the FBI, or upon my separation from the FBI, all materials containing FBI information in my possession.
3.I will not reveal, by any means, any information or material from or related to FBI files or any other information acquired by virtue of my official employment to any unauthorized recipient without prior official written authorization by the FBI.
He is no longer an employee and the docs were his personal notes.
I think it is sad that a man of principle such as Comey felt that he had to get the memo out there to corroborate the tapes and to initiate a special counsel. Sad that someone who honorably served the country for so many years had to protect himself from an unethical lunatic in the WH. I think he looked at it as falling on his sword because of the need for an independent investigation.
Technically, it can be interpreted two ways--private memo by a private citizen, or work product of the FBI. It's all in the legal interpretation. I think that he, being as familiar with the law as he is, did it in a way that could be legally defended. And, frankly, it was for the better good. Nothing Trump does is for the better good--only good for himself.
He certainly could not share it with the DOJ run by a Trump flunky that he couldn't trust. He admitted it publicly. Let's face it, Nixon was brought down by officials leaking privately to the media.
I agree and anyone who cannot envision himself in Comey's shoes deserves zero sympathy for any of their personal trials and tribulations.
The red part: exactly correct. And since Congress seems to be OK with it and Trump is POTUS and party to the conversations, let him direct the DOJ to initiate proceedings, rather than hiding behind Twitter.
I love how people race off to copy and paste some snippet they found online to support their argument, when it takes a full understanding of the law being cited, with examples of how it is applied and when it's not applicable, to be able to discuss it with any intelligence.
You don't believe violating the employment agreement with the FBI is probably a crime?
Violations of employee agreements are usually a civil matter not a criminal matter.
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