Hillary Clinton’s immediate FBI woes ended on Sunday with a letter whose five sentences signaled James Comey’s troubles have only begun. Beyond the director himself, the coda to the Clinton email inquiry has exposed the FBI as a politicized agency, a development with serious repercussions over the next several years. Beyond the email inquiry, the FBI also has had the Clinton Foundation, the family’s charity, under some form of scrutiny. Should the FBI recommend indictment, Clinton’s voters and congressional Democrats will presume Comey acted for political reasons, or caved to such motives within the bureau. James Comey: Hillary Clinton email inquiry is FBI chief's latest controversy Read moreComey’s political imbroglio coincides with his attempt to persuade Congress that sophisticated commercial encryption poses a security threat.

Source: The Guardian November 06, 2016 23:34 UTC