steven36 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 An annual survey of FBI employees found a sharp decline in confidence in bureau leadership amid a series of scandals, results published Sunday indicate. Although pride in working at the FBI remained about the same, faith in the "honesty and integrity" of senior executives plummeted -- going from an average employee rating of more than four out of five in 2017 to 3.5 out of five this year at the FBI's 56 field offices. Workers at FBI headquarters in Washington reported a slightly less dramatic erosion of faith in leaders' honesty. The survey data was collected in February and March amid significant internal uncertainty about the fate of top leaders including then-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and FBI agent Peter Strzok. Strzok, the former deputy assistant director of the FBI Counterintelligence Division, helped lead investigations of Hillary Clinton's private email server and possible Trump campaign collusion with Russia. He was removed last year from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe and remains under review for sending anti-Trump messages to former FBI attorney Lisa Page. McCabe was fired in March after the Justice Department's inspector general found he lied to FBI agents and former FBI Director James Comey about authorizing a leak about the FBI's Clinton Foundation investigation. But the survey suggests an even sharper erosion of faith in the FBI's director, currently Christopher Wray, who took office last year after Comey was fired by President Trump for alleged wrongdoing during the Clinton emails investigation. Support for the director's "vision and ideas" tanked from about 4.5 out of five in 2016 to about 3.5 in 2018 at the bureau's field offices, with only slightly less dramatic drop at FBI headquarters. Comey ostensibly was fired for inappropriate actions during the Clinton email probe -- including usurping the standard prosecutorial process to recommend against charges, and airing derogatory information about Clinton -- but Trump also noted in an interview he considered "this Russia thing" in making his decision. The survey data was not voluntarily released this year, leading to a lawsuit filed by the group Protect Democracy on behalf of Lawfare editor Benjamin Wittes, a personal friend of Comey. Wittes published the results Sunday. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vernster Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I lost all confidence in them even before they covered up the treasonous activities of we-know-who and so many others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisam Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 10 hours ago, steven36 said: Although pride in working at the FBI remained about the same, faith in the "honesty and integrity" of senior executives plummeted -- going from an average employee rating of more than four out of five in 2017 to 3.5 out of five this year at the FBI's 56 field offices. I just wonder WHO IS COLLECTING in the FBI this kind of a poll? How it's done? What's the confidence level? So someone just approaches some of the men in black and asks Agent Kay, "Do you trust Christopher A. Wray? And how do you feel about Andrew G. McCabe? Did you trust him more than David Bowdich? And ultimately do you agree with Trump about the removal of Comey?" So let me distrust DEEPLY about this "confidence poll" I'm afraid that, at least most of it came form the deepest of black hole some of Washington Examiner's editors brain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tao Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 29 minutes ago, luisam said: let me distrust DEEPLY about this "confidence poll" This FBI and Justice Department stuff is nothing but ugly and damaging politics. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisam Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 3 hours ago, tao said: This FBI and Justice Department stuff is nothing but ugly and damaging politics. ? A somewhat more objective appreciation might conclude that FBI and Justice Department stuff is contaminated by ugly and damaging politics. Probably professional personell feels uneasy under this situation. Criminial prosecution, fight against organized crime and terror had some important high points in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tao Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 1 minute ago, luisam said: A somewhat more objective appreciation Who can say whose appreciation is more objective. All one can say from observations generally is that the country is more divided than ever, no institution is respected or trusted , the definition of friend/foe among other things is rapidly changing, civility is virtually non-existent, and a lot of what was considered positive human values is declining. There is nothing bad or good about it. No one is to blame. That's how it is! The only constant in the universe is change. And all things decay. Thank you! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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