06-15-2018, 12:37 PM
(06-15-2018, 12:33 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Okay, so written expression of personal bias among agents is fine, so long as it isn't demonstrated in their work. In the case of James Comey, I might argue that he showed bias in his decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton in 2016. Why? Because we now know that he, himself was guilty of using personal email for official business. His charging of HRC may have brought out the revelation of his own guilt, much earlier than yesterday.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-takes-james-comey-task-ig-report/story?id=55909157
But is there evidence that bias affected his decision? The IG also concluded that the decision not to prosecute was the correct one. With that determination by the IG it is hard to argue the decision was made due to bias.
FTR: Investigators making biased statements should be removed, as they were when it was discovered, and their work reviewed. Biased statements do not automatically mean their work is biased, but it can and should call it into question. Everyone has bias, but openly expressing it can damage your work even if you don't introduce it into your actions and so it is stupid and grounds for removal from a project.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
