Elizabeth Warren turns the tables on FBI over investigation notes

[TexasTowelie]

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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[Sherman A1]

1. Precisely

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

[vlyons]

2. You go girl!

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

[whathehell]

3. Damn, she's great..

[gordianot]

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

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]

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

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]

7. Failure to prosecute

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

[Coyotl]

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

They are above the law.

[riversedge]

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

I think it was so wrong--releasing Clinton's notes. so so so

[ladym55]

9. Loves me some Senator Professor Warren

It will be interesting to see how the FBI (or should I say FIB?) responds to this request. Hmm.