JAMES COMEY: A GOOD REPUTATION DESTROYED IN 15 MINUTES

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A PERSON'S GOOD REPUTATION IS A VERY SPECIAL THING.  IT TAKES A LIFETIME TO CREATE, YET IT CAN BE DESTROYED VERY QUICKLY.  SOMETIMES THE DESTRUCTION IS CAUSED BY LIES AND DECEIT OF OTHERS, IN OTHER CASES IT IS DUE TO A BIG MISTAKE BY THE HOLDER OF THE REPUTATION.  YOU SEE, EACH OF US HAS MOMENTS WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT CAN HAVE DRAMATIC IMPACT ON OUR LIVES, EITHER FOR THE GOOD OR FOR THE BAD.  IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT DECISION WE REACH AND THEN WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES.

JAMES COMEY, THE FBI DIRECTOR WHO HAD A REPUTATION FOR BEING A HARD-NOSED PROPONENT OF THE LAW, HAD JUST SUCH A MOMENT, A MOMENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN REPRESENTATIVE OF HONOR AND INTEGRITY, AND SADLY, IN OUR OPINION HE MADE THE WRONG CALL.  AFTER SPELLING OUT THE VIOLATIONS CLEARLY WHICH HILLARY CLINTON MADE WITH REGARD TO RECEIPT AND TRANSMISSION OF GOVERNMENT E-MAILS, INCLUDING TOP SECRET DOCUMENTS, COMEY GAVE HER A PASS, SAYING HE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND PROSECUTION.  WHAT A SAD DAY FOR THE MAN, FOR THE FBI, AN AGENCY ENTRUSTED WITH A KEY ROLE IN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM, AND THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE.

WE THINK COMEY WILL DISAPPEAR FROM PUBLIC LIFE FAIRLY QUICKLY THROUGH AN EARLY DEPARTURE FROM HIS POSITION. JUDGING FROM SOME OF THE TALK ABOUT THE PLUMMETING MORALE AMONG HIS STAFF, THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST HE CAN DO. AND I HOPE HE WILL PONDER WHAT HE HAS DONE AND PONDER HOW HE CAN MAKE AMENDS TO THE COUNTRY THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO SERVE.  CORRUPTION AND LIES CAN NEVER BE CONDONED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY LEADER IN A LAND THAT WANTS TO BE FREE. WHEN IT IS, TYRANNY CAN QUICKLY REAR ITS UGLY HEAD SINCE NO ONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOVE THE LAW.

I HOPE YOU'LL TUNE IN FOR OUR COMMENTARY.  YOU CAN BELIEVE WHAT YOU WISH, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE AT NORTH FLORIDA WRITER LIVE.