A major scandal was the leak in 1972 by "Deep Throat" on the activity of the Nixon administration at the Watergate Hotel in D.C. to Washington Post journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.
The exact motives for this procedure are still not completely clear, but a stated reason by Comey is that he wanted his memos released because he thought this might promote the appointment of a special counsel for the Russian investigation, which in fact it did.
Comey had agreed to FBI rules that forbid without written approval the release of information "That relates to any sensitive operational details or the substantive merits of any ongoing or open investigation or case." The broad general issue is whether Comey had the right to disclose or "Leak" confidential conversation, whether it came from an official document or private papers, as he claimed.
In December 2003, Comey was deputy attorney general and, acting after A.G. John Ashcroft recused himself from the case, appointed Fitzgerald, former head federal prosecutor in Chicago, with full plenary power as a special counsel to investigate leaks of information in the case involving the identity of Valerie Plame, a CIA "Operative." Fitzgerald, who may fairly be regarded as an overzealous and politically motivated prosecutor, led a federal grand jury to indict I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a prominent Washington lawyer and chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney.
Later revelations showed two other things: many other people in D.C. knew that Plame worked in some capacity for CIA, and the leak of her name did not affect any CIA operation or cause any national security harm.
Judicial inquiry will assess whether the material Comey disclosed, gave, or leaked was personal or official material.
Consider: what's in a name? What we call a "Leak" does not smell as sweet as the word "Give" for James Comey, former director of the FBI. Clarification of terminology in the endlessly running serio-comedy in which James Comey has been one of the leading participants concerning alleged Russian intervention in the 2016 presidential election appears too recondite for him and some other Washington officials, even for terms seemingly obvious, such as "Classification" and "Collusion."
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/05/you_must_remember_this_a_leak_is_still_a_leak.html
The exact motives for this procedure are still not completely clear, but a stated reason by Comey is that he wanted his memos released because he thought this might promote the appointment of a special counsel for the Russian investigation, which in fact it did.
Comey had agreed to FBI rules that forbid without written approval the release of information "That relates to any sensitive operational details or the substantive merits of any ongoing or open investigation or case." The broad general issue is whether Comey had the right to disclose or "Leak" confidential conversation, whether it came from an official document or private papers, as he claimed.
In December 2003, Comey was deputy attorney general and, acting after A.G. John Ashcroft recused himself from the case, appointed Fitzgerald, former head federal prosecutor in Chicago, with full plenary power as a special counsel to investigate leaks of information in the case involving the identity of Valerie Plame, a CIA "Operative." Fitzgerald, who may fairly be regarded as an overzealous and politically motivated prosecutor, led a federal grand jury to indict I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a prominent Washington lawyer and chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney.
Later revelations showed two other things: many other people in D.C. knew that Plame worked in some capacity for CIA, and the leak of her name did not affect any CIA operation or cause any national security harm.
Judicial inquiry will assess whether the material Comey disclosed, gave, or leaked was personal or official material.
Consider: what's in a name? What we call a "Leak" does not smell as sweet as the word "Give" for James Comey, former director of the FBI. Clarification of terminology in the endlessly running serio-comedy in which James Comey has been one of the leading participants concerning alleged Russian intervention in the 2016 presidential election appears too recondite for him and some other Washington officials, even for terms seemingly obvious, such as "Classification" and "Collusion."
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/05/you_must_remember_this_a_leak_is_still_a_leak.html
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