Senator Whitehouse Questions FBI Dir. Christopher Wray About Congress's Unanswered Questions

[ancianita]

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Wray: "Let me be clear with you... there's no question in my mind... I will commit to you that I will do what I can... obviously we need to get better... "

Whitehouse: "That is your executive branch rigamarole. That is not a legitimate answer to a legislator's question... the courts have said we should hold up appropriations for the FBI ... when there's a political interest in getting info out to the committee, suddenly none of that rigamarole pertains, suddenly everybody gets their hands on all the information they need just as soon as they need it, and by the way I believe on a partisan basis, not shared with both sides of the committee.

We've got to get through the problem of why you're not answering our questions.

You run an organization that seems to have operated by very different rules, and it was you running that organization...

[SharonClark]

1. Whitehouse made me stop multi-tasking and listen to the hearing.

He was good.

[onecaliberal]

2. Boom! Get after it Senator.

[LiberalLovinLug]

3. K & R!

[left-of-center2012]

4. Remind me why we want to keep FBI Dir. Christopher Wray?

[ancianita]

5. AG Merrick Garland will get to the bottom of this "interagency process" and partisan rigamarole.

He can have an Inspector General get the unanswered questions answered, find out who sat on those questions for whoever could have answered them. It might take some rooting out of partisan biased agents and leadership.

Getting rid of Wray would only be the tip of the iceberg of secrecy.

[SheltieLover]

16. This!👆

[bdamomma]

20. I would like

to know that also??? Why is he still there??? Can you imagine all the underhanded things he has heard????

[movingviolation]

6. Love me some Senator Whitehouse!!

Call. Out. Their. Bullshit.

[BigmanPigman]

24. He is an all time favorite in my home.

He reminds me of a cross between Gregory Peck (especially when he wears his reading glasses) and Walther Matthau.

[LittleGirl]

7. Wow, wait for it.

The end is spot on!
Thanks for posting.

[Mike 03]

8. Senators Booker and Whitehouse were playing "Good cop, Bad cop" with

the F.B.I. Director, methinks. Whitehouse = Bad Cop.

[ancianita]

10. Methinks you're on to something. A little too much schmoozing there.

"Our robust concern for their recovery and their well being...you have allies here... " WTFF!

[ancianita]

11. Here's Booker on FBI diversity.

[iluvtennis]

17. + agree. nt

[KT2000]

9. My favorite senator

[Duppers]

12. K & R

[Evolve Dammit]

13. Whitehouse did a very good job of asking important questions of non-response to info requests.

Congress was stonewalled throughout Orange Man's reign by all agencies, intentionally. Should have been impeached for that too. USPS still doing it and agencies with embedded supporters will undermine all Biden wants to accomplish.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Wray has been good, but it's like he's still living in the little compartment Trump put him in.

Time for some transparency. At least with Congress.

[ancianita]

15. He appears good, but has been ineffective re domestic terrorism, imo. He's too conservative

in preserving a double standard of internal practices that favor Republican leaders. Wray's background as a wealthy elite shows in his leadership that does not rigorously demand action in living up to FBI personnel's oaths to protect and defend the US Constitution.

Some transparency is not enough.

The FBI's got to get operationally restructured to meet counterintelligence demands.
Wray won't be the one to lead that.

[bdamomma]

21. He doesn't

seem too enthused about his job.

[ancianita]

22. Nope. He knows he's guilty of allowing partisanship within the bureau.

[wildman76]

18. The FBI needs to be disbanded

They fail to connect the dots very single time ,if they can't figure out domestic terrorists then wtf good are they

[bdamomma]

19. Oh Mr Wray

do not think you are puling the wool over Senator Whitehouse's eyes, HE DOES NOT PLAY.