So the journalists who relayed leaks lack competence to evaluate the credibility of claims by (apparently) senior officials that there is an investigation into a President, which must presumably resemble a typical investigation, which must lead to a prosecution, which would involve arguing before a jury (which requires its own form of competence)...
Isn't politics ultimately the evaluation of claims? Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Saturday, July 6, 2019 12:47 AM, jim bell <[email protected]> wrote: > [Sent from Yahoo Mail on > Android](https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature) > >> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 11:28, Ryan Carboni >> <[email protected]> wrote:>According to this, the number of people the >> FBI employs is about 35,000 >> >>>35,000 is a lot of people. What makes you think 35,000 mindlessly obedient >>>persons make any relevant decision? >> >> I wasn't vouching for the competence or ethics of FBI personnel in general. >> I was pointing out that getting rid of only one FBI person out of 35,000 is >> highly unlikely to have any significant effect on the ability of the FBI to >> do anything it is supposed to do. >> >> The people who allege that Trump obstructed justice by firing Comey seem to >> be unable or unwilling to explain how firing Comey actually achieved an >> obstruction of justice. >> >> Jim Bell
