James Comey with Rachel Maddow last night on MSNBC
Wall Street Journal: Justice Department Watchdog Probes Comey Memos Over Classified Information
Former FBI director has said he considered the memos, which he gave to a friend to release to media, personal documents.
WASHINGTON—At least two of the memos that former FBI Director James Comey gave to a friend outside of the government contained information that officials now consider classified, according to people familiar with the matter, prompting a review by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog.
Of those two memos, Mr. Comey himself redacted elements of one that he knew to be classified to protect secrets before he handed the documents over to his friend. He determined at the time that another memo contained no classified information, but after he left the Federal Bureau of Investigation, bureau officials upgraded it to “confidential,” the lowest level of classification.
The Justice Department inspector general is now conducting an investigation into classification issues related to the Comey memos, according to a person familiar with the matter. Mr. Comey has said he considered the memos personal rather than government documents.
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WNU Editor: I predicted last week that the with time former FBI Director Comey will regret publishing this book. Case in point .... aside from this Justice Department probe, I am starting to see this shift right now on how the main stream media is reporting on him .... Trump calls treatment of Michael Flynn unfair compared to Comey (Politico). Another example .... Memos don't prove 'obstruction' — they further cement Comey's legacy as a leaker (James Gagliano, The Hill).
Update: The FBI is now starting to eat their own .... 'I could well be a witness' for the prosecution against McCabe, Comey tells CNN (CNN). And .... Ex-FBI deputy director McCabe ‘very upset and disappointed’ in Comey comments (PBS).
WNU Editor: And my friends accuse me of being the hopeful one in every situation .... McCabe to sue Trump admin for defamation, wrongful termination (The Hill).
