Inspector Generals are like the human resource arm of a company.
Human resource divisions are not there to help employees but to help the company that they work for.
Human resource departments take care of problems and protect companies!
Inspector Generals can be said to work for the same reasons.
If there’s a way to say that the department didn’t violate the policy or law .. that is what they will do.
Words like
bad behavior and
errors in judgment are used to describe the actions of
rouge, (aka disposable employees) and are not a true representation of the agency itself.
Now that
that is out of the way, let's take a look at some reasons for why this report is very limited in scope.
The Inspector General has said that he was looking into the surveillance of a
certain person which we now know is Carter Page.
The problem is ... Carter Page was just one of Trump's campaign associates that was spied on.
(One area where Durham and Barr will dig further into)
The Inspector General is inhibited from speaking to anyone not working at the Department of Justice at the time of his questioning.
If they’ve retired or been fired, he can’t force them to cooperate.
(Think: James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Lisa Page Et al)
And let's not forget
Kevin Clinesmith!
Clinesmith became infamous for his
viva le resistance, (to Trump) while investigating the Clinton email fiasco.
The same Clinesmith who was forced off of the
Mueller Trump/Russian 'collusion' investigation after text messages showing his dislike/hatred of Trump were exposed.
If they work at a different agency or department the situation is the same and they can't be forced to cooperate with the investigation.
So now, you have an
IG report with a lot of words with very little substance!
If you have followed the
Investigation into Trump from the beginning you know that there were
numerous 'agencies' with their hand in the
Russian Collusion fiasco and most especially ... the
Steele Dossier.
The dossier that was paid for by Hillary Clinton and the DNC.
The dossier was
doled out by a number of agencies along with the DOJ and FBI!
(Again, those
agencies cannot be compelled to give testimony)
Remember how 'upset' the democrats became when they learned of Bill Barr's appointment as Attorney General?
I believe that they were 'upset' because they had reason to believe that he (Barr) would appoint a
Special Prosecutor to head up a real and in-depth investigation, regardless of where it led!
(The
Special Prosecutor can compel testimony from outside the agency.)
He did just that!
The Department of Justice has revealed that the probe led by federal prosecutor John Durham has become a criminal investigation due to the wrongdoing it has found.
And Finally ...
How it all began:
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These are but a few of the people that the
IG didn't interview.
(If I read the rules of engagement correctly)
I'd say that the
report could have looked quite different if they had been interrogated!
Peter Strzok, former deputy chief of counterintelligence
FIRED
Andrew McCabe, former FBI deputy director
FIRED
Lisa Page, former counsel to McCabe
RESIGNED
James Baker, former FBI general counsel
RESIGNED
Bill Priestap, former chief of counterintelligence
RETIRED
James Comey, former FBI director
FIRED
Bruce Ohr, former associate deputy attorney general
REASSIGNED
Christopher Steele, former FBI confidential human source
Steele has never been an FBI employee, but a former British spy
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