Mr McCabe Out

For John, BLUF:  FBI Deputy Director McCabe has gone on terminal leave.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe steps down

The URL is for The Boston Globe, but the reporter is Mr Adam Goldman, of The Old Gray Lady,♠ datelined 29 January 2018.

Apparently not fired, but going on vacation until he has the time to retire.♥

Here is one of the story paragraphs:

McCabe, 49, holds a unique position in the political firestorm surrounding the FBI. He was former Director James Comey’s right-hand man, a position that involved him in most of the FBI’s actions that vex President Trump and in the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state, a matter that still riles Democrats.

First, the use of the word "vex".  That this pretty ambiguous, in my mind.  From my computer dictionary:

make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters: the memory of the conversation still vexed him | (as adjective vexing) : the most vexing questions for policymakers.

So Russiagate is a trivial matter?  I think so, but does everyone?  For a trivial matter it is sure soaking up a lot of Government time.  On the other hand, with the Government, at least two branches, focused on Russiagate it means they aren't focused on imposing more laws and regulations on regular citizens, and that is good.

Then there is the line about the EMail Server, still riling Democrats.  Yes, those in the Hillary Wing of the Democratic Party think they were done dirty by the FBI.  Those to the left of the Hillary Wing probably are also riled, because they believe it was sloppy work on the part of the DNC.

In what I find an irony, Mr Dimitri Alperovitch, of Crowdstrike, has an article, "Stopping the Next Cyber Conflict", published with a dateline of 28 January 2018, at The Cipher Brief.  It was Crowdstrike who seemed to bollocks up the cyber attack on the Democratic National Committee, although there have been alternative explanations.

Hat tip to my Wife, who found this out on the World Wide Web.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  I suspect there are residual agreements from the divorce back in 2013.
♥  Frankly, that is exactly the way I would like to see these things handled.  No vindictive action, just an opportunity to slide out the side door quietly, after a session with the boss, where he thanks the person and his family and wishes the person good luck in the next stage of their life.  And colleagues get a chance to shake hands in farewell.