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Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust by James Comey
3.0
Comey offers contradictory explanations for his actions throughout his career that can, at best, be described as cognitive dissonance in his self-proclaimed desire to uphold (or ‘save’) Justice at every chance. He dismisses working for and defending asbestos manufacturers and railroad companies against workers who became violently ill, but focuses inordinate time on explaining the moral imperative to disclose the exact contents bequeathed by the state to a cooperating convict in a mafia trial, and the moral weight and imperative he felt to disclose in order to ensure full transparency.
He seemingly is able to swallow his qualms after essentially being asked, and agreeing to, demonstrate loyalty to a president he alleges not to respect.
He betrays his evident desire to advance professionally despite claiming to eschew the political considerations required to progress in the hyper-politicized state and federal landscape. Despite claims to the contrary, he demonstrated time and again willfully choosing to take actions beyond the scope and limits of the offices he represented.
As one political staffer so succinctly put it, ‘There is no telling the damage one can do in a republic when you mistake your will to do good with an authority to do what you judge to be right.’
He seemingly is able to swallow his qualms after essentially being asked, and agreeing to, demonstrate loyalty to a president he alleges not to respect.
He betrays his evident desire to advance professionally despite claiming to eschew the political considerations required to progress in the hyper-politicized state and federal landscape. Despite claims to the contrary, he demonstrated time and again willfully choosing to take actions beyond the scope and limits of the offices he represented.
As one political staffer so succinctly put it, ‘There is no telling the damage one can do in a republic when you mistake your will to do good with an authority to do what you judge to be right.’