Uneasy
Well, what are we supposed to do then? If the top people in law enforcement can’t do anything then how do we deal with the dangerous enraged maniac who has a death grip on the throttle? Are we supposed to just sit there with our hands folded while he drives the plane into the ground?
The Post is frowning with concern at Andrew McCabe:
In addition to facing possible criminal exposure, McCabe has said he plans to sue the department over his termination, which he believes was retaliation for having opened an investigation into Trump. Barr’s commenting could affect both the criminal probe into McCabe and the litigation over his expected suit.
Some Justice Department officials were uneasy at the time about how quickly McCabe opened an investigation into Trump, people familiar with the matter have said. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) vowed to investigate the matter, using subpoenas if necessary.
“How quickly” – when it was after Trump fired Comey, and promptly told Lester Holt and all the rest of us that he’d done it because of “this Russha thing,” and equally promptly told Lavrov and Kislyak alone in the Oval Office that he’d done it to take the pressure off himself. It was a genuine national emergency, not the fake kind at the border. Why wouldn’t the new acting head of the FBI open an investigation into the crazed racketeer sitting in the president’s chair?
If there was impropriety — by Rosenstein, McCabe or anyone else — it would be up to Barr to determine whether they should face discipline or whether department policies need to change.
“Obviously, those are matters that raise really serious concerns and questions about what was going on inside the FBI at the time,” Terwilliger said.
But what about what was going on inside the White House at the time? It’s true that we definitely don’t want the FBI running amok and trying to run the government itself, nor do we want it investigating everything to the left of centrist Democrats, but we also don’t want a reckless self-willed criminal at the top of government.
Oh, Lindsay Graham was bothered by this. That makes it all better, right? Because Lindsay Graham wouldn’t suck up to and kowtow to the president at all, right?
And some people being uneasy is rather bad reporting. What does that mean? There are some people where I work who are uneasy with things like making sure students read and do math at college entry level before they graduate from our college. That doesn’t mean they are right; it just means that their worldview is different than that of the rest of us, who actually think graduating from college means doing college level work.
There will always be people who are willing to toe the line for the people in power. That’s just reality.
Yes, it’s pretty much like all that “Martina Navratilova drew criticism” bullshit on Sunday, isn’t it. It’s a pervasive journalistic habit.