Чистка ФБР
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#DYK The #FBI has a long history of combatting organized crime. The FBI is dedicated to eliminating transnational organized crime groups that pose the greatest threat to the national & economic security of the United States. https://t.co/v5WdFrZMFn pic.twitter.com/NoOH7a4efq
— FBI (@FBI) August 14, 2018
Вчерашнее увольнение Питера Строка, специалиста по борьбе с российскими спецслужбами, продолжило зачистку руководства ФБР. Строка уволили решением дирекции несмотря на внутреннюю рекомендацию ограничить его наказание временным отстранением от работы. Это законно, но нарушает прежнюю практику.
Deeply saddened by this decision. It has been an honor to serve my country and work with the fine men and women of the FBI. https://t.co/iET9SbeTrv pic.twitter.com/7VTswzjoxE
— Peter Strzok (@petestrzok) August 13, 2018

Решение принял David Bowdich, последний из руководства ФБР при Коми, кто сохранил свою работу. Он был повышен в должности до заместителя директора.
Когда на брифинге в Белом доме директора ФБР Рэя спросили про нападки на Мюллера, он был краток.
Q I have a question for Director Wray. Thank you. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted more than 20 Russian officials based on work by the FBI for meddling in the 2016 elections.
Now the President has tweeted that that investigation by the Special Counsel is a hoax and should be shut down. I know you’ve said that you don’t believe it is a hoax. But why would the American people believe what you’re saying about the FBI when the President says that the investigation by the Special Counsel is a hoax, and when the Press Secretary, yesterday, said that there was a lot of corruption within the FBI? Do you have any response to those statements coming from the White House?
DIRECTOR WRAY: Well, I can assure the American people that the men and women of the FBI, starting from the Director all the way on down, are going to follow our oaths and do our jobs.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/press-briefing-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-national-security-officials-08022018/
Долгое время ФБР гордилось своей независимостью и своей способностью расследовать политиков несмотря на их партийную принадлежность. Для того, чтобы гарантировать свою неприкасаемость, некогда бессменный директор Гувер собирал компромат на политиков. Позже сотрудники ФБР с одинаковым рвением делали анализ ДНК Билла Клинтона на платье Моники Левински и расследовала сотрудников администрации Джорджа Буша в Плеймгейте.
Ныне для восстановления репутации и духа независимости потребуются серьезные усилия.

Месяц назад, пользуясь FOIA (Freedom of Information Act), Benjamin Wittes раздобыл результаты ежегодного опроса сотрудников ФБР. Они показывают рост авторитета руководства ФБР при Коми и его падение после увольнения Коми.
To be fair, all of the 2018 responses discussed here remain above the 3.0 threshold for what the FBI considers “potential areas of concern.” But the drop does move most of these metrics below the threshold of what the FBI considers success—some of them significantly so. Regardless, such a sudden and marked decline in how employees view the director and other senior executives should be a significant concern for the bureau’s leadership. At a minimum, a strained relationship with his employees could make Wray’s own job more difficult and his subordinates less willing to take risks or innovate for fear that he will not support them. While these tensions do not appear to have substantially affected overall morale as of yet, at some point in the future they could, weakening the FBI as an institution.
https://www.lawfareblog.com/climate-change-real-fbi-and-here-data-prove-it