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| Double standard? FBI agent who leaked under Comey, McCabe going to prison |
| 2018-04-21 |
| [Washington Examiner] Former FBI agent Terry Albury is likely to receive between three and five years in prison when he’s sentenced for giving classified information to reporters, raising questions of a double standard benefiting the men who led the bureau at the time of his leaks. Albury’s illegal activities, which his attorneys call "an act of conscience," began in February 2016, when the bureau was led by Director James Comey, and continued until August 2017, when FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s three-month stint as acting director ended. Albury, allegedly motivated by discrimination as the only African-American agent in Minneapolis, is believed to have sent The Intercept a guide to informant recruitment and rules for seizing records from journalists. Albury pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony counts, and prosecutors want 4-5 years in prison. Albury’s attorneys say 3-4 years would be appropriate. Comey and McCabe, meanwhile, face no criminal charges, though Republicans in Congress are clamoring for action in response to their interactions with the media. Comey admittedly leaked memos about his conversations with President Trump. Some of the memos reportedly contained classified information. McCabe, meanwhile, authorized a self-serving 2016 leak to reporters about an investigation of the Clinton Foundation, before allegedly lying about it to Comey, FBI agents, and Justice Department inspector general employees. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 “Double standard?” No standards. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-04-21 14:47 |
| #4 Over at The Conservative Treehouse it was pointed out that something major is being telegraphed here. I have little interest in anything other than public hangings. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-21 09:38 |
| #3 “Mr. Albury was entrusted by the F.B.I. with a security clearance, which included a responsibility to protect classified national defense information,” Bill Priestap, assistant director of the bureau’s Counterintelligence Division, said in a statement on Tuesday. “Instead, he knowingly disclosed that material to someone not authorized to receive it.” From the NYT Over at The Conservative Treehouse it was pointed out that something major is being telegraphed here. Bill Priestap is back in the public eye and being used to front a message that the law regarding disclosing classified information will be upheld. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2018-04-21 09:34 |
| #2 Little people |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-04-21 08:59 |
| #1 ...raising questions of a double standard benefiting the men who led the bureau at the time of his leaks. Um, no. The question of a double standard has not been raised; it's irrefutable fact, looking at ya right there, staring you in the face. Now apply that standard evenly, from the top down. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-04-21 06:52 |