Craintes et contrariétés au sein du FBI

Ce n'est pas la première fois qu'on critique l'agence, mais on s'inquiète chaque fois pour sa stabilité et sa crédibilité. Au moins un agent a récemment démissionner en invoquant comme cause principale de son départ les attaques répétées de l'administration Trump. Il semble que le moral de plusieurs agents soient également affectés.

 "The public attacks from the president have diminished morale inside the FBI, according to current and former officials. Among themselves, senior officials and rank and file frequently debate the best way forward. Several law enforcement officials said they agreed with Wray’s low-key approach, as a means of what one called “getting back to Mueller’s FBI.”

That is a sentiment not without irony because Mueller is now the special counsel leading the Russia investigation so despised by the president and his allies. On Saturday in his tweet, Trump said the “Russia Witch Hunt goes on and on . . . This is an American disgrace!”

 Others express doubts about emulating Mueller’s detached approach, worried that Wray’s calculation not to publicly spar with the president may lead to a gradual erosion of the bureau’s reputation and clout. One law enforcement official expressed worry that they might not be able to return to an earlier era because, as he put it, “this Pandora’s box of politics has been opened, and we may never get rid of it.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/inside-the-fbi-anger-worry-work--and-fears-of-lasting-damage/2018/02/03/899a7442-086f-11e8-94e8-e8b8600ade23_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_fbi-1244pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.0f3a7e715a56