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2019-08-15 -Land of the Free

Judge rejects FBI plea to keep Comey memos redacted

[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] A federal judge ruled against the FBI’s efforts to keep some redacted documents related to former FBI Director JamesThe spine of the FBI is the rule of law Comey
The disgraced, except in his own mind, former head of the FBI...
’s memos hidden from the public.

The ruling comes after the FBI asked Judge James Boasberg to reconsider a district court ruling earlier this year that CNN and other media organizations and watchdog groups were entitled to information related both to Comey's memos and to how those memos were used in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation, which concluded earlier this year. But the FBI battled against disclosure.

The bureau was claiming it had "effectively asserted" a Freedom of Information Act exemption as the basis to protect its redactions. But the judge said the FBI never actually made this assertion in the relevant filings. Nevertheless, the FBI wanted the judge to act like it had and to rule accordingly in its favor to stop more information from being released. The FBI also argued that, even though it invoked the National Security Act, it had actually meant to invoke the Freedom of Information Act instead.

The judge denied these requests Monday, calling the arguments a bridge too far and pointing out the FBI never made the arguments it now wanted him to consider.

Media and watchdog groups have fought to obtain documents relating to Comey's notes through federal open records laws since May 2017, when the existence of Comey's memos was first made public. Those memos recount hotly disputed conversations between Comey and Trump that are hotly disputed.

Posted by Fred 2019-08-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Comey teaching an Ethics Course is like Stormy Daniels teaching celibacy at a Convent.

Posted by anymouse 2019-08-15 01:41|| 2019-08-15 01:41|| Front Page Top

#2 I would trust a whore to understand why celibacy is a good idea more than I would understand a conniving bureaucrat to understand ethics.

As far as this goes, the FBI really have some chutzpah, don't they? They wanted this judge to just pretend that they had filed some paperwork that they never had? Really? What a bunch of crooks.

Posted by Vernal Hatrick 2019-08-15 10:53|| 2019-08-15 10:53|| Front Page Top

#3 He's teaching DC Ethics

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-08-15 11:32|| 2019-08-15 11:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Since when was DC Ethics a course of study?

Posted by Bobby 2019-08-15 11:51|| 2019-08-15 11:51|| Front Page Top

#5 ^Only for people who want to succeed in life.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-08-15 11:52|| 2019-08-15 11:52|| Front Page Top

#6 But are they hotly disputed?

Posted by Frank g 2019-08-15 13:12|| 2019-08-15 13:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Tuesday's lecture: "Welding Yourself to the Desk"

Posted by Matt 2019-08-15 13:35|| 2019-08-15 13:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Don't Super Glue your wang to your desk. Someone may use boiling water to loosen it.

Posted by Snavimble Bucket1794 2019-08-15 19:22|| 2019-08-15 19:22|| Front Page Top

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