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Looks like Comey printed the "We want answers by Monday" memo on 2-ply, and used it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fbi-clinton-james-comey_us_5816b6b7e4b0990edc31e263
WASHINGTON ― Three days have passed since FBI Director James Comey made the unprecedented decision to insert the bureau into the 2016 presidential campaign. There’s just over a week left until Election Day. Yet voters trying to determine the potential impact of a newly uncovered trove of emails that may or may not implicate Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton have virtually nothing to go on other than reports sourced to anonymous law enforcement officials with differing agendas.
And so, with eight days until the election, the world waits on the word of James Comey. There’s been no indication so far that he’ll say much more before Election Day. In the meantime, voters are left to decipher news stories mostly based on anonymous sources inside the FBI and the Department of Justice. The sources have widely varying agendas. There are the Clinton-supporting political appointees inside the DOJ who think Comey’s decision was inappropriate and broke with tradition; there are the Comey defenders within the FBI who are seeking to protect his reputation as an independent-minded investigator; and there are the law enforcement officials inside the bureau who still believe Clinton should have been prosecuted or further investigated.
While initial polling has shown little impact on Clinton’s substantial lead over Trump, that could change as Comey’s letter continues to dominate the news cycle. Voters who are on the fence or still undecided in one of the longest and most divisive presidential campaigns in modern history seem unlikely to delve into the nuances of the FBI’s investigative process, so the basic narrative that Clinton is under federal investigation will likely be the one that sticks in their mind.
That’s left Clinton in the awkward position of condemning the actions of the man whose 10-year stint as FBI director could last until 2023, near the end of a theoretical second Clinton term. Comey’s move left her with little choice but to portray the FBI director as simply a political actor seeking to bring down her campaign.
WASHINGTON ― Three days have passed since FBI Director James Comey made the unprecedented decision to insert the bureau into the 2016 presidential campaign. There’s just over a week left until Election Day. Yet voters trying to determine the potential impact of a newly uncovered trove of emails that may or may not implicate Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton have virtually nothing to go on other than reports sourced to anonymous law enforcement officials with differing agendas.
And so, with eight days until the election, the world waits on the word of James Comey. There’s been no indication so far that he’ll say much more before Election Day. In the meantime, voters are left to decipher news stories mostly based on anonymous sources inside the FBI and the Department of Justice. The sources have widely varying agendas. There are the Clinton-supporting political appointees inside the DOJ who think Comey’s decision was inappropriate and broke with tradition; there are the Comey defenders within the FBI who are seeking to protect his reputation as an independent-minded investigator; and there are the law enforcement officials inside the bureau who still believe Clinton should have been prosecuted or further investigated.
While initial polling has shown little impact on Clinton’s substantial lead over Trump, that could change as Comey’s letter continues to dominate the news cycle. Voters who are on the fence or still undecided in one of the longest and most divisive presidential campaigns in modern history seem unlikely to delve into the nuances of the FBI’s investigative process, so the basic narrative that Clinton is under federal investigation will likely be the one that sticks in their mind.
That’s left Clinton in the awkward position of condemning the actions of the man whose 10-year stint as FBI director could last until 2023, near the end of a theoretical second Clinton term. Comey’s move left her with little choice but to portray the FBI director as simply a political actor seeking to bring down her campaign.
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it's all anonymous sources, speculation and innuendo.
Jesus wept. 
Mission accomplished.
