Comey tweet praising Josh Campbell, the FBI agent whose NYT op-ed explains why he's leaving

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

Special Agent Josh Campbell will be missed at the FBI, but his voice is an important addition to the national conversation. @joshscampbell

Campbell's explanation:

Why I Am Leaving the F.B.I.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/opinion/leaving-the-fbi.html

One of the greatest honors of my life was walking across the stage at the F.B.I. Academy and receiving my special agent badge from the director at the time, Robert Mueller. After 21 weeks of intensive training, my class swore an oath and became federal agents entrusted with the solemn duty of protecting Americans and upholding the Constitution.

After more than a decade of service, which included investigating terrorism, working to rescue kidnapping victims overseas and being special assistant to the director, I am reluctantly turning in my badge and leaving an organization I love. Why? So I can join the growing chorus of people who believe that the relentless attacks on the bureau undermine not just America’s premier law enforcement agency but also the nation’s security. My resignation is painful, but the alternative of remaining quiet while the bureau is tarnished for political gain is impossible.

A small number of my current and retired colleagues have said that we should simply keep our heads down until the storm passes. I say this with the greatest respect: They are wrong. If those who know the agency best remain silent, it will be defined by those with partisan agendas.

F.B.I. agents are dogged people who do not care about the direction of political winds. But to succeed in their work, they need public backing. Scorched-earth attacks from politicians with partisan goals now threaten that support, raising corrosive doubts about the integrity of the F.B.I. that could last for generations.

-snip-

[BSdetect]

1. Right on

[tblue37]

2. K&R and thanks! nt

[tazkcmo]

3. thank you for posting this

While it sucks to lose highly qualified people from our government, this man is doing it for a good reason. In addition, this isn't about jpr. Another Plus. Thanks again.

[Blues Heron]

4. Fuck a bunch of Comey

That dipshit is part of the problem

[babylonsister]

7. So what's the solution? nt

[Blues Heron]

8. He needs to put down the twit machine

and stop looking for attention.

[babylonsister]

10. dt? I agree, but this isn't about him.

Comey is a citizen entitled to his opinion, not our supposed 'leader'*. Do you have a hard-on for the FBI?

I am glad they're there and fighting back.

[Blues Heron]

12. And Comey put him there

I'll always remember that, no matter what he Tweets after the fact

[lunamagica]

14. This

[lunamagica]

13. How about an apology to Hillaty and those who voted for her?

[maddiemom]

17. Yes! That would go a long way toward his sincerity.

"What goes around, comes around" happened for him with Trump, bigly.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

11. I will file that away somewhere...

... under poor language usage.

[mopinko]

5. partisan goals? no. corrupt goals.

[NoMoreRepugs]

6. Let's be direct and call them conservative goals.

The phrase "partisan goals" is interpreted by many to mean both sides are participating....lets be specific in calling out the scumbag culprits please.

[Duppers]

15. +100

[ffr]

18. +101

This is a conservative which hunt, lead by deep state colluders up and down the congressional ranks.

I read the story beginning to end. I disagree with this agent's premise that leaving FBI is the best thing he can do to save it. The agency will need every agent it has with integrity to weather this storm, just as America needs every American to resist the conservative march to chaos.

[Scruffy1]

20. Even more direct "criminal fascist bastards."

I think the word "conservative" only gives them the cover of actually having a philosophy. In reality its just money and power and doing whatever it takes to get it,

[NoMoreRepugs]

22. I concur Scruffy....criminal fascist bastards it is.

[pangaia]

9. My only edit would be "Republican" goals!

[world wide wally]

16. You can do all those things and still be liberal minded.

I suggest more of them give it a try. See what happens when you don't?

[AlexSFCA]

19. wouldnt fbi exodus mean that dt is winning?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

21. hold the line, please!

I hope there is not a mass exodus from the FBI and all civil servants. This would accomplish the same thing as that thing in the Whitehouse getting the power to purge and fill government with loyalists.

We need experienced people to continue doing their work, as best they can, for as long as they can stand it in order to limit the devastation of the criminal usurpers.