Enemies: The President, Justice & The FBI

I've seen several of Alex Gibney's documentaries so far and I find myself noticing the glaring, blatant, intelligence-insulting manipulations.

I was really enjoying this documentary (more than many of his others, which were lousy and incredibly one-sided and manipulative) until the final episode. I am a Democrat and I loathe Trump, so I have no bone to pick in terms of "owning the libs." But to claim that not a single FBI Agent was happy about Comey being fired is, on its face, implausible. No leader is 100% beloved. In fact, career agents are not particularly impressed with political appointments. Imagine being at a company for 30 years and suddenly your new CEO is plucked out of a totally different industry and put in charge. Sure, in many ways it's a figurehead position, but respect still has to be earned. I'd say Louis Freeh came the closest to having that respect the day he started, but only because he'd previously been an agent. And still, there were those who said, "Sure, but he quit after 6 years."

Comey may have been somewhat popular in his early days as director, especially in contrast to the dour Mueller, because he was more extroverted and friendly and seemed to have more of an open door policy. But he certainly carried a lot of baggage. He had a reputation in DC as kind of a holier-than-thou, self-aggrandizing, "I'm the only honest man in DC" persona. He may have tried to play the humble aw, shucks role, but the guy was full of himself. Everyone knew it.

Add to that his relentless PR campaign to make the FBI more open and transparent, complete with TV appearances, speeches, you name it, and suddenly the FBI was in the spotlight all the time, which made many agents uncomfortable and miss Mueller's discreet and quiet leadership style. But yeah Comey had some burning desire to blaze a new trail.

That Alex Gibney actually used an official FBI internal memo to "prove" that Comey was so beloved and going to be missed is utterly laughable. Like the FBI is really going to have an internal memo that said "Phew, glad to see the POS is getting the boot!"

How stupid and naive do you think the viewers are? Many agents resented Comey and were glad to see him go. I had to take off 2 stars just for that jaw-dropping segment. I'm still shaking my head.

Absolute garbage left ist propaganda piece against trump now proven garbage by trump exoneration.

If you believe in democracy you need to see this. All the dots are connected between those political "leaders" who think themselves above the law and their lawless behavior. The role of pardons in their criminal enterprises is especially frightening. Must see for all. You won't be able to hang onto your alternate fact sets after seeing this.

I reluctantly watched to see how the spin would be on our President. It delivered as expected especially Episode 4. Of course it ends before the Mueller Report was even presented to the House. It's clearly an attempt to sway the 2020 vote. It paints Comey as a frickin Patriot for Gods sake. When everything is said & done, it will be interesting if they come back with an Episode 5 showing what the results will be with Fisa Abuse, Clinton Foundation, Seth Rich Murder, FBI Abuse, on & on.

I felt this was fairly well balanced and factual look at our current situation. Until the Trump election I was a life long Democrat. My first time voting for President was for Bill Clinton. Funny how time changes a person. I voted for Donald Trump not because I agreed with him but because he represented a drastic change from the staus quo in Washington. I felt America needed a wake up call. Well we got it, let's see how we learn from it.

I highly respect Jim Comey and this series illustrates a couple of key things Comey did that shows he is a man of character and exactly the guy you want running the FBI.

Only time will tell how the Muller investigation will pan out. Hopefully, we'll see a season two of this show.