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TexasTowelie

(117,556 posts) Fri Sep 16, 2016, 04:34 AM Sep 2016

Elizabeth Warren turns the tables on FBI over investigation notes

WASHINGTON -- Elizabeth Warren is turning the tables on the FBI.

The Massachusetts senator sent a letter to FBI Director James Comey Thursday demanding he release notes and other documents the bureau has on its investigations into individuals accused of contributing to the devastating 2008 financial crisis.

Her argument: The FBI broke its longstanding practice of keeping its investigation notes private when it released dozens of pages of documents related to its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server as secretary of state. The FBI did so, Warren notes, claiming it was in the “public interest” to be more transparent in that particular case.

“If Secretary Clinton’s email server was of sufficient ‘interest’ to establish a new FBI standard of transparency, then surely the criminal prosecution of those responsible for the 2008 financial crisis should be subject to the same level of transparency,” Warren said. After all, she noted, millions of Americans lost wealth, jobs, and homes during the financial crisis.

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Elizabeth Warren turns the tables on FBI over investigation notes (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2016 OP

Precisely Sherman A1 Sep 2016 #1

You go girl! vlyons Sep 2016 #2

Damn, she's great.. whathehell Sep 2016 #3

A great idea many historical mysteries would be cleared up with release of FBI notes gordianot Sep 2016 #4

A lesson in how to turn athe image of a respected agency into a partisan justhanginon Sep 2016 #5

Failure to prosecute HAB911 Sep 2016 #7

Those bankers are rich Republicans, a special class of privileged human, Homo alba exceptionalis. Coyotl Sep 2016 #6

'The implication being: Clinton’s e-mail server did not cause such widespread suffering.' riversedge Sep 2016 #8

Loves me some Senator Professor Warren ladym55 Sep 2016 #9

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

1. Precisely

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 04:42 AM

Sep 2016

I too believe that we should know more of what happened in the debacle.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)

2. You go girl!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:00 AM

Sep 2016

Clearly criminal activity by some of the banksters. they need to be prosecuted.

whathehell

(29,874 posts)

3. Damn, she's great..

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:09 AM

Sep 2016

gordianot

(15,535 posts)

4. A great idea many historical mysteries would be cleared up with release of FBI notes

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:22 AM

Sep 2016

Notes from J Edgar Hoover days, the assinations of the 1960's, Watergate, Iran Contra the list is mind boggling what a potential gift to the people to really know.

justhanginon

(3,335 posts)

5. A lesson in how to turn athe image of a respected agency into a partisan

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:38 AM

Sep 2016

politically biased tool for the director. Tomey has, at least in my eyes, taken away all respect and trust I had for that agency and its investigations. He is just another one of many political hacks that the government and indeed the country would be much better off without them being in a position of power which they seem incapable of not abusing.

HAB911

(9,371 posts)

7. Failure to prosecute

Reply to justhanginon (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 07:09 AM

Sep 2016

Add the banking outrage du juor, Wells Fargo, and IRONY ALERT, the FBI ends up seemingly supporting lawlessness, i.e, why should anyone obey a law they can get away with ignoring, the big boys do it daily

truly sad