So, if the Memo is a Big Nothingburger, Why Did McCabe Resign After His Boss Read it?

Well now, if it comes out that there was FBI intel operations directed at people in the Trump campaign that were contacting known Russian intel agents, then we should give the FBI a big hurrah. That is their job, to protect this nation against the kind of traitors we see in the Trump camp.
You use the word "IF' an awful lot pal.
So far Mueller has found ZERO evidence of 'collusion'.
'IF' he had the WAPO and CNN/MSNBC would have already been leaked the information.
Mueller's team has already leaked classified information numerous times........when it was politically advantages to the DEMs.
 
If you get a message saying the Russian government wants to give you DIRT on your political opponent, and you don't report this to the FBI you are, if not actively colluding clearly showing an interest in doing so. If the president fires a law enforcement officer to try to make an investigation go away you are obstructing justice. If 2 people lie about Russian contacts and one admits those contacts were with what he believed was the Russian government in order to get dirt on a political opponent you are AGAIN at least attempting to collude. And can I ask why should a complex case like that be over when the investigation isn't finished? Watergate took 4 YEARS to conclude.

"If you get a message saying the Russian government wants to give you DIRT on your political opponent, and you don't report this to the FBI you are, if not actively colluding clearly showing an interest in doing so"

BUT if you pay a second party to hire a third party to dig up or in this case "make-up" dirt using the resources of the very same country's intel that you believe is offering dirt to your opponent is "A-OK"????????

And no, Watergate was over in two years.
You can't "make up" something using intel. Make up means you are fabricating, no intel is needed for a fantasy. And you are right it was only 2 years. My point stands though the investigating has to be over when all relevant facts are uncovered not when you find it inconvenient. And in the case of the Steele dossier, lets forego it was initially started by a conservative website. There is a big difference between paying somebody money to get info on your opponent and directly asking a foreign adversarial government for that info. In the first case the cost is money. In the second case you are opening yourself up to blackmail and being used as an agent.


Let's just put it this way, Christopher Steele is hedging somewhat now that he is facing a libel lawsuit and to claim that "intel" can't be made-up or flat out wrong is a ludicrous claim......recall "Weapons of mass destruction"? The Gulf Of Tonkin incident?

"There is a big difference between paying somebody money to get info on your opponent and directly asking a foreign adversarial government for that info. In the first case the cost is money. In the second case you are opening yourself up to blackmail and being used as an agent."

If anyone was going to be used as a puppet of the Kremlin? It would have been the Hildebeast that took in over 140 million dollars in bribe money for Uranium One and spare me the "She didn't know that the Canadian Mining Company had ties to Russia" bullshit. If she didn't? Then that right there shows that she is too incompetent to ever be the CEO of USA.INC. The DNC paid for the "intel" gathered by Christopher Steele that had to use the same sources that you claimed were offered to President Trump to get dirt on her and that there is NO difference? Yeaaaaah, I don't think so........
So there is truth in the Steele dossier? Good, glad we agree. As to the rest, seems you are avoiding what my actual point is. Soliciting the Russian government to get dirt on Hillary puts you open to blackmail. If you want to use Uranium One as a cudgel I can only say, get a better story. The sale of uranium is something several agencies have to sign of on. And do you know the stock portfolio of ALL your friends? Do you react the same when Trump DIRECTLY and disproportionately profits from tax cuts. Or when he didn't divest his businesses. You are deflecting. You can find NO, as in ZERO proof the Hilary was compromised to Russia for anything. The best you can do is that a Canadian mining company was sold to a Russian one, and that that company has stockholders who have ties to Clinton. 5 Congressional inquires have found no evidence of wrongdoing, yet here it is. I on the other hand can claim definite evidence of wrongdoing on the side of the Trump campaign. As 2 Guilty pleas and 2 more indictments, plus a myriad of other facts prove.
You poor baby.
Is mommy going to remove all the sharp objects in your bedroom before Mueller finds ZERO cause to charge anyone with 'collusion' or 'obstruction'?
You'll be claiming that somehow Trump 'got to' Mueller and his crack team of radical LIB attorneys.
Actually my response will be the same as when Comey wrote the memo to reopen the Clinton investigation. The conclusions of the agencies charged with investigating a crime have to be respected. If you change your opinion on the validity of an investigation on the basis of political affiliation you are saying your side is above the law.That's not how it's supposed to work.
 
The Truth will out, friends. Webs of lies and deceit never last for very long.

Report: Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe Stepping Down

Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe is stepping down, according to NBC News.
He will remain on “leave” until spring, when he can officially retire from the FBI.

Update: According to Fox News, McCabe was “removed.” A source told the news outlet that this was the earliest date possible for the FBI to remove him and still leave him fully eligible for his pension. A CNN reporter has also shared this version of events.

McCabe’s departure has been expected for months. ABC News reported last year that McCabe planned to retire in March 2018, when he becomes fully eligible for pension benefits.


News of McCabe’s retirement comes the day the House intelligence committee is expected to vote on releasing a classified memo that details alleged FBI abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in investigating the 2016 campaign of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The memo is expected to say that FBI officials obtained a FISA warrant to spy on Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page. Democrats and the FBI have been fighting the release of the memo, saying it would be “reckless” to do so.​

Honestly, I am glad that McKabe got to keep his retirement, that would have been over the top, IMO to take that from him over this kind of gray area violation of ethics.

But he has been needing removal and I am glad it finally happened so the FBI can work on repairing its reputation. All that is needed now is for Mueller to distance himself after the Russian snipe hunt is over.
Maybe because of this?
McCabe’s departure has been expected for months.
Hilarious, starting an OP posing a question that is answered in that same OP.

He is leaving his office NOW, doofus, not in March. He is being being put on 'leave' and kept on the payroll till then so he can get his retirement.

He will no longer have managerial role in FBI.

roflmao, big reading FAIL there bubba.
He started his retirement at the earliest possible time. The moment he was getting full benefits. He wasn't fired for cause, he wasn't forced to resign, he retired, all the rest is spin. Btw the only thing this memo is trying to establish, is that the FBI allegedly didn't substantiate the FISA warrant sufficiently. So it didn't say the charges brought are untrue but somehow the FBI didn't fulfill a legal requirement. Think about that logically. The FBI counter intelligence division found people in the Trump campaign had contacts with Russians ( something that by now is well established) and the best defense is a warrant wasn't sufficiently motivated? The memo isn't a legal documented, congress isn't trying to let the justice department investigate it, yet somehow to you and so many others it vindicates Trump and his campaign?
You seem to think we willfully remain ignorant of the facts like liberals. Top leaders in the FBI and DOJ were complicit in the conspiracy to undermine our election and remove our President in a coup.

Firing squads at dawn!
Calling for firing squads for what you deem political enemies. The Gestapo would concur, luckily the US still has actual laws.
 
Okay, so the guy was due to retire in March. But his boss reads the memo and, bingo, he's instead gone the next day. Them's the facts but you lefty dopes spin it any way you want since you've only got yourselves to convince.
 
McCabe was ass't. FBI director. Of all people he must have known what was in the memo. Something else is going on.
 
Okay, so the guy was due to retire in March. But his boss reads the memo and, bingo, he's instead gone the next day. Them's the facts but you lefty dopes spin it any way you want since you've only got yourselves to convince.
What do those facts mean? If he broke the law, he would be charged regardless of him retiring. It's not that him retiring will make this narrative go away. The only thing it does is save a lifelong federal agent of having accusations thrown at him he can't effectively respond too 1 month, before he retires.. Why doesn't Nunez want the FBI or the DOJ involved? If something criminal occurred the justice department would be his first step. Nunez, is using the rules in place to his advantage. He can publicly humiliate and cast doubt on the agency that has the leader of his party under investigation, and because the underlining intelligence is classified, nobody can respond without breaking the law. You think it's coincidental they refused to release the minority memo? It's so easy to see that truth has absolutely nothing to do with it. It's partisan clear and simple.
 
The D's memo will likely be released after everyone has had a chance to look at it, same as this one.
 
The D's memo will likely be released after everyone has had a chance to look at it, same as this one.

The memo will be released and McCabe was escorted out of the building and he was talking smack when he left....declaring that he better get his pension or that he was gonna "burn it down". That tells me that his deep state pals better have his back or he is going to throw them under the bus because if he goes down? The rest will go with him.
 
The D's memo will likely be released after everyone has had a chance to look at it, same as this one.
From what I am hearing, it is such an obviously partisan Shitsuuflet that the Dems will likely vote to keep it sealed from embarrassment
 
Okay, so the guy was due to retire in March. But his boss reads the memo and, bingo, he's instead gone the next day. Them's the facts but you lefty dopes spin it any way you want since you've only got yourselves to convince.
What do those facts mean? If he broke the law, he would be charged regardless of him retiring. It's not that him retiring will make this narrative go away. The only thing it does is save a lifelong federal agent of having accusations thrown at him he can't effectively respond too 1 month, before he retires.. Why doesn't Nunez want the FBI or the DOJ involved? If something criminal occurred the justice department would be his first step. Nunez, is using the rules in place to his advantage. He can publicly humiliate and cast doubt on the agency that has the leader of his party under investigation, and because the underlining intelligence is classified, nobody can respond without breaking the law. You think it's coincidental they refused to release the minority memo? It's so easy to see that truth has absolutely nothing to do with it. It's partisan clear and simple.
You dummy!
Wray read the memo on Sunday night. He fired McCabe Monday morning.
Because McCabe had sat on classified information regarding Hillary's emails FOR THREE WEEKS just before the election. He did FUCK ALL to bring the information to the DOJ or his fellow radical LIB Trump haters.
Basically he 'colluded' with the Hillary campaign to find critical evidence of Clinton's wrongdoing.
THAT'S WHY HE WAS FIRED!!!!!!
Fucking wake up!
 

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