Friday, February 2, 2018

My experience with Andy McCabe: No criticizing James Comey allowed

Based on my one and only experience with McCabe, it proved to me that he has a "Circle the wagons and protect James Comey at all costs" approach that is inconsistent with the type of behavior our nation should expect from a man who, at the time, was leading the FBI. Here's what happened.

In January 2017, I was invited by then FBI Director Comey to deliver the keynote address for a major meeting of law enforcement directors from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

In addition to the FBI director and his foreign counterparts, the heads of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement were to attend.

As someone who is an admirer and supporter of the FBI, I looked forward to going and sharing what I learned about how to communicate in a crisis.

One month before the event, Comey was fired, and McCabe became acting FBI director.

The day prior to the event, Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

The next morning, about an hour before I was due at the 9/11 Museum, I was on another TV show and again was mildly critical of Comey.

http://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/371902-my-call-with-andrew-mccabe-proves-he-should-have-left-the-fbi-long-ago 

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