Opinion: Choosing a law enforcement professional as FBI director is beyond politics

[rangerrebew]

 
Opinion: Choosing a law enforcement professional as FBI director is beyond politics
Opinion by Christopher M. Donohue, opinion contributor • 17h


Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks have been surprising. Will his pick for Federal Bureau of Investigation director equally surprising?

Rumors of FBI Director Christopher Wray retiring before inauguration day are probably correct. But while Trump supporters may hope for a hard-charging disruptor to clean house at the FBI, others worry he will appoint a blind loyalist bent on exacting revenge.
 
However, the right candidate can be the disruptor the FBI needs while restoring its reputation as an efficient, effective and apolitical agency. Trump’s biggest surprise should be to name a professional law enforcement officer or even a current or former FBI special agent as director. 

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[rangerrebew]

I see democrats are worried about blind loyalists.  They want someone who is open minded like Merrick Garland over at the DOJ.

[Bigun]

However, the right candidate can be the disruptor the FBI needs while restoring its reputation as an efficient, effective and apolitical agency.

I think that is entirely correct but finding that candidate might require thinking well outside the box.

[Fishrrman]

Christopher Donohue:
"Choosing a law enforcement professional as FBI director is beyond politics"

Not any more.
NOTHING is "beyond politics" today.

This isn't the fault of our side.
That's because in The Party, EVERYTHING is political.

Try to ignore that, and you'll be run over like Corrie v. The Bulldozer...

[massadvj]

I continue to hope that Trump will resist the temptation to extract revenge and stay laser-focused on disempowering the administrative state, and restoring integrity to our institutions of law enforcement. This is the time to show the public that we can govern. Making the same mistake the Democrats made will assure that we suffer the same fate they did.

No one likes a bully, most especially when that bully is the federal government.

[Kamaji]

I continue to hope that Trump will resist the temptation to extract revenge and stay laser-focused on disempowering the administrative state, and restoring integrity to our institutions of law enforcement. This is the time to show the public that we can govern. Making the same mistake the Democrats made will assure that we suffer the same fate they did.

No one likes a bully, most especially when that bully is the federal government.

[The_Reader_David]

I continue to hope that Trump will resist the temptation to extract revenge and stay laser-focused on disempowering the administrative state, and restoring integrity to our institutions of law enforcement. This is the time to show the public that we can govern. Making the same mistake the Democrats made will assure that we suffer the same fate they did.

No one likes a bully, most especially when that bully is the federal government.

Actually, disempowering the administrative state is the perfect revenge:  the administative state was party to the "Russia collusion" hoax, harrassed him all through his first term, and thanks to Congress being feckless at its actual duties and passing them off to regulators is the locus of most of the rot inflicted on the nation by the Democrats. 

[Smokin Joe]

Actually, disempowering the administrative state is the perfect revenge:  the administative state was party to the "Russia collusion" hoax, harrassed him all through his first term, and thanks to Congress being feckless at its actual duties and passing them off to regulators is the locus of most of the rot inflicted on the nation by the Democrats.

Actually, 'disempowering the administrative state' is not where I'd go, more like disemboweling it, figuratively speaking. Gutting it would be the appropriate response, not as a punitive measure, but because so little of it is Constitutional.

[verga]

I continue to hope that Trump will resist the temptation to extract revenge and stay laser-focused on disempowering the administrative state, and restoring integrity to our institutions of law enforcement. This is the time to show the public that we can govern. Making the same mistake the Democrats made will assure that we suffer the same fate they did.

No one likes a bully, most especially when that bully is the federal government.

I believe that it can be both. disempowering them is the single best revenge. They will have to sit and watch themselves be proven wrong. Of course they will still lie about it.