MAKES ONE WONDER HOW MUCH DIRECTOR WEBSTER HAD TO DO WITH THE STATE THE CURRENT FBI IS IN
If former FBI Director William Webster doesn’t think his former bureau is not in a sorry condition these days, either he was, in part at least, responsible for what it has become, or he hasn’t been paying attention.
If Webster can objectively consider the political bias exhibited throughout the Trump candidacy and presidency so far, and conclude that the FBI is still a credible law enforcement agency, he is no better than the McCabes, Strzoks, Pages, and Comeys that past presidential administrations and FBI leadership has spawned.
Webster seems typical of the many retired and former members of the FBI who have chosen to remain silent or claim ignorance of the abuses which are now available for all to see. While some may claim that it is only a matter of “some mistakes being made”, or “just a few ‘bad actors’ are involved”, one might suggest that they ‘take another look’…unless they’ve been part of the problem too.
One might think that Carter Page is a buffoon or a comic book character, but thoughtful consideration of what happened to him should make them realize it could happen to any American citizen unless there are major changes to what has apparently become a true “rogue agency” of the federal government! dlh
Ex-FBI Chief Webster Assails Trump’s ‘Slur’ on Bureau (John Jay College Publication)
The FBI’s integrity is “tragically, under assault from too many people whose job it should be to protect” it, writes former FBI and CIA director William Webster in the New York Times. Webster, a Republican, says he is “deeply disturbed” by President Donald Trump’s assertion that his appointee Christopher Wray cannot fix what the president calls a broken agency. Noting that FBI directors have 10-year terms, Webster assails Trump’s “thinly veiled suggestion” that Wray “could be on the chopping block, disturbs me greatly.”
Webster headed the FBI for nine years under Democratic and Republican presidents who “so respected the bureau’s independence that they went out of their way not to interfere with or sway our activities,” Webster says. “I never once felt political pressure.” Calling FBI professionals “scum,” as Trump did, “is a slur against people who risk their lives to keep us safe.” Attorney General William Barr’s charges of bias within the FBI, “made without providing any evidence and in direct dispute of the findings of the nonpartisan inspector general, risk inflicting enduring damage on this critically important institution.” Webster also takes Barr to task for claiming that the FBI investigation in the Russia probe “was based on ‘a completely bogus narrative.’ ” Webster says he has “complete confidence” in Wray and knows “that the FBI is not a broken institution.”
No comment by any former Bureau members? Seems the posting (“Slureau…”) has some merit?