Former FBI and CIA Director William Webster issued a surprising rebuke of President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr Monday over their reactions to the Department of Justice inspector general's report examining the origins of the Russia investigation. Webster, who notes he is a '
Former FBI and CIA Director William Webster issued a surprising rebuke of President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr Monday over their reactions to the Department of Justice inspector general's report examining the origins of the Russia investigation.
"The privilege of being the only American in our history to serve as the director of both the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. gives me a unique perspective and a responsibility to speak out about a dire threat to the rule of law in the country I love," Webster said."Order protects liberty, and liberty protects order. Today, the integrity of the institutions that protect our civil order are, tragically, under assault from too many people whose job it should be to protect them.
I don’t know what report current Director of the FBI Christopher Wray was reading, but it sure wasn’t the one given to me. With that kind of attitude, he will never be able to fix the FBI, which is badly broken despite having some of the greatest men & women working there! Webster's article is only the latest development in the political fallout from Inspector General Michael Horowitz's more than 400-page report examining the Russia investigation released just one week ago.
Barr in an interview said he believed Horowitz's non-determination"leaves open the possibility to infer bad faith" on the part of the FBI agents, which he said is what a separate ongoing investigation by U.S. attorney John Durham is looking to further explore.
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