'Fabrication' is a loaded phrase. I would use the term 'zealotry' to the degree they ignored the unreliable evidence. If you are willing to mischaracterize the precise nature of what happened, it would indicate to me you are being overly partisan, and not being objective.
It is accurate and objective to call the Steele 'dossier' as fabricated.
The Inspector General highly criticized the FBI for it's reliance on the Dossier, but, in the end, still concluded there was predication for the investigations.
No 'predication for the investigations'. Could have just listened to Barr in his testimony before congress.
"I think spying did occur. The question is whether it was adequately predicated. … I think it’s my obligation. Congress is usually very concerned with intelligence agencies and law enforcement agencies staying in their proper lane,"
Attorney General Bill Barr testified Wednesday that he believes "spying did occur" on the Trump campaign in 2016, as he vowed to review the conduct of the FBI's original Russia probe -- and the focus of a related internal review shifted to the role of a key FBI informant.
www.foxnews.com
Now, years later after the fact, we find out that the fabricated Steele Dossier wasn't sufficient predicate for the Obama administration to unleash federal agencies spying on a an opposing presidential campaign.
Also noting that the FBI had historically been rather sloppy on FISA apps,
This doesn't make me feel any batter about it, nor your defending it. Frankly the top 1/2 to 1/3 of the FBI and DOJ need to be sent packing for letting this happen. Some of them already have, but more 'cleaning out' of the bad apples needs to happen. That's pretty clear.
which proves that Trump wasn't specifically being singled out due to 'bias', it's just that that is how the FBI rolls, that they are overly zealous in their actions.
Sorry, but I'm most certainly not in agreement with this conclusion.
But that zealotry isn't politically one sided, and that hasn't been proven. Yes, their actions and policies need review and things need to change in the FBI, but, alas, IG still said the investigation was predicated.
I find it rather partisan of you to defend these actions from federal authorities.
Let's do a thought experiment, shall we?
Bush set the FBI to spy on Obama's campaign, and the RNC candidate bought and paid for the Steele Dossier. FISA warrants issues, and spying on Obama's campaign occured. Would you still be as sanguine? I hardly believe that. I think you'd be screaming for blood and heads.
Remember, the objective of an investigation is either to bring charges, or to clear the air.
An FBI investigation is to determine if a crime occurred, and if so, who committed that crime.
If not, then the FBI is set out to 'clear the air' of every opposition campaign baselessly accused for perceived political advantage.
Since there was a lot of suspicion in the air, clearing the air is a good thing, and should have been welcomed by Trump if Trump was truly innocent and had nothing to hide.
Such BS. The 'nothing to hide' argument. That's not how dealing with federal LEO works, just ask Mike Flynn, destroyed by Mueller for political purposes for doing his job in the transition.
However, Trump did the opposite, which was to disparage the FBi and all concerned, and subsequently he cast more suspicion, not to mention he fired Comey, causing even more suspicion, which goes to Trump's incompetence, as well.
Comey was a crap FBI director, over stepping, and 'out of his lane' more often than not, and a political player, rather than what he should have been, a federal LEO with integrity.
He is a disgrace to the badge and everyone else in the FBI and DOJ. Just ask Hillary.
I mean, if incompetence bothers you, there's plenty in Trump's campaign and presidency, so if you are not a partisan, you need to be critical of incompetence, wherever it occurs.
I find your hyper-partisanship disturbing, excusing the politically driven malfeasance when it's in your side's favor. In federal law enforcement, in fact in all law enforcement, there is a single standard as is enshrined in the law. Nothing else. But here you are, excusing violations of those standards when you perceive it to be to your sides political advantage.
The political left: Politics uber alles, especially principals, especially for perceived political advantage.
Face it. We aren't going to find very much common ground here.
