James Comey ébranle-t-il les fondements démocratiques des États-Unis?

À la question qui coiffe ce billet les deux auteurs, une démocrate et un républicain, répondent oui. La critique à l'endroit de James Comey est très dure.

 "As former deputy attorneys general in the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, we are troubled by the apparent departure from these standards in the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email server. First, the FBI director, James B. Comey, put himself enthusiastically forward as the arbiter of not only whether to prosecute a criminal case — which is not the job of the FBI — but also best practices in the handling of email and other matters. Now, he has chosen personally to restrike the balance between transparency and fairness, departing from the department’s traditions. As former deputy attorney general George Terwilliger aptly put it, “There’s a difference between being independent and flying solo.”"

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/james-comey-is-damaging-our-democracy/2016/10/29/894d0f5e-9e49-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-b%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.538e9c568f2e

Le clan Clinton attaque le Directeur Comey

La réplique vient de deux membres de l'équipe, John Podesta et Robby Mook.

 "“No one can separate what is true from what is not because Comey has not been forthcoming with the facts,” Podesta said, calling on Comey to release additional information about his probe beyond his letter to congressional leaders on Friday. He accused Comey of providing “selective information” that Republicans were using for political advantage."

  http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/hillary-clinton-fbi-james-comey-230491

James Comey va à l'encontre de l'opinion de Loretta Lynch

En informant le Congrès qu'il disposait de nouvelles informations concernant le dossier d'Hillary Clinton le Directeur James Comey est allé à l'encontre de l'objection de l'Attorney General (Ministre de la justice) Loretta Lynch. Il a agit de manière indépendante, ce qui respecte ses prérogatives, mais il n'a pas respecté la discrétion et les pratiques habituelles du FBI dans les dernières journées d'une élection présidentielle. Comey prétend que considérant l'importance du dossier et sa sortie sur le sujet pendant le mois d'août il était de son devoir d'informer le législatif.

 "The officials acknowledged there was little Lynch and Yates could do given the fallout over Lynch's controversial meeting over the summer with former President Bill Clinton.

Lynch and Yates objected after Comey gave advance notice to top officials at the Justice Department before sending the letter to lawmakers, law enforcement officials briefed on the matter said. Justice officials didn't sign off on Comey's decision and he didn't seek their approval, one official said.

Instead, he made an independent decision to go against longstanding Justice Department and FBI practice to not comment publicly about politically sensitive investigations within 60 days of an election, the official said."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/politics/fbi-reviewing-new-emails-in-clinton-probe-director-tells-senate-judiciary-committee/index.html

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"Hacksaw Ridge": critique dans le New York Times

Un autre "American sniper"? On se demande si le film de Mel Gibson connaîtra autant de succès que celui de Clint Eastwood.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/movies/hacksaw-ridge-mel-gibson-andrew-garfield.html?contentCollection=weekendreads&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=c-column-middle-span-region&region=c-column-middle-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-middle-span-region&_r=0

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Hillary Clinton demande au F.B.I. de s'expliquer dans les plus brefs délais

Nul doute que la sortie de James Comey interfère avec la fin de la campagne pour Clinton, en avance dans les sondages et dans les états pivots, elle semblait se diriger vers la victoire.

  “I’m confident whatever [the emails] are will not change the conclusion reached in July,” she said. “Therefore, it’s imperative that the bureau explain this issue in question, whatever it is, without any delay.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-to-conduct-new-investigation-of-emails-from-clintons-private-server/2016/10/28/0b1e9468-9d31-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

James Comey vertement critiqué par d'anciens procureurs.

J'affirmais pendant ma chronique d'hier après-midi que je ne comprenais pas la décision de James Comey. Je me demandais pourquoi en dire si peu à onze jours de l'élection alors que les enjeux sont si importants. Il ne précisait même pas si les nouvelles informations étaient significatives. Comey lui-même semblait hésitant dans une seconde lettre dévoilée plus tard (le texte sous la photo de Comey qui coiffe ce billet). Nous verrons dans les prochains jours si sa décision était avisée. En attendant il y a un certain nombre d'anciens procureurs qui critiquent le Directeur du FBI.

 ""I got a lot of respect for Jim Comey, but I don't understand this idea of dropping this bombshell which could be a big dud," said former federal prosector Peter Zeidenberg, a veteran of politically sensitive investigations. "Doing it in the last week or 10 days of a presidential election without more information, I don't think that he should because how does it inform a voter? It just invites speculation ... I would question the timing of it. It's not going to get done in a week."

Nick Akerman, a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, was more critical: "Director Comey acted totally inappropriately. He had no business writing to Congress about supposed new emails that neither he nor anyone in the FBI has ever reviewed.”"

  http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/hillary-clinton-fbi-james-comey-disclosure-prosecutors-230467

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