{"id":482313,"date":"2022-08-08T06:09:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T03:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fbi-director-christopher-wray-is-guiding-the-agency-the-wrong-way-fast\/"},"modified":"2022-08-08T06:09:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T03:09:05","slug":"fbi-director-christopher-wray-is-guiding-the-agency-the-wrong-way-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fbi-director-christopher-wray-is-guiding-the-agency-the-wrong-way-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"#FBI Director Christopher Wray is guiding the agency the wrong way, fast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a367f2fec28e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a367f2fec28e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fbi-director-christopher-wray-is-guiding-the-agency-the-wrong-way-fast\/#%E2%80%9CFBI_Director_Christopher_Wray_is_guiding_the_agency_the_wrong_way_fast%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;FBI Director Christopher Wray is guiding the agency the wrong way, fast&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fbi-director-christopher-wray-is-guiding-the-agency-the-wrong-way-fast\/#No_answers\" >No answers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fbi-director-christopher-wray-is-guiding-the-agency-the-wrong-way-fast\/#Turbulence\" >Turbulence<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFBI_Director_Christopher_Wray_is_guiding_the_agency_the_wrong_way_fast%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;FBI Director Christopher Wray is guiding the agency the wrong way, fast&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/miranda-devine222.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Miranda Devine\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/miranda-devine222.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/miranda-devine222.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/miranda-devine222.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/miranda-devine222.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/miranda-devine222.png 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Christopher Wray\u2019s disingenuous testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, before he left early on the FBI\u2019s private Gulfstream 550 jet, speaks volumes about the need to defund the FBI \u2014 or at least dump its unctuous director.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley and his team of Republicans expected to have the chance to ask a second round of questions.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley pleaded for just an extra 21 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>But Wray took an early mark, dismissing the committee\u2019s constitutional obligation to ensure he answers questions under oath to ensure the FBI complies with the law and is accountable to the American people.<\/p>\n<p>What was so urgent that he had to leave after just three and a half hours?<\/p>\n<p>Was he taking a long weekend in the Adirondacks where his family has a summer home?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth examining the exchange with Grassley in detail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just heard a half hour ago about you having to leave at 1:30,\u201d Grassley grizzled. \u201cWe were going to have seven minutes [each] for first round [questions and] three-minute second rounds. I\u2019ve got seven people on my side of the aisle want their additional three minutes. Is there any reason we couldn\u2019t accommodate them for 21 minutes?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Congress-FBI-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"FBI Director Christopher Wray shakes hands with Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley\" class=\"wp-image-23366997\"\/><figcaption>Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley Grassley pointed out that Wray has a private jet and can leave any time.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Manuel Balce Ceneta<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wray replied smoothly: \u201cSenator, I had a flight that I\u2019m supposed to be high-tailing it to outta here, and I had understood that we were going to be done at 1:30, so that\u2019s how we ended up where we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Grassley pointed out that the FBI director has a private jet at his disposal and can leave any time he likes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it\u2019s your business <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> you\u2019ve got your own plane. Can\u2019t it wait a while?\u201d he asked<br \/>Wray replied, \u201cTo be honest, I tried to make my break as fast I could to get right back out here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grassley, \u201cYou took more than five minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wray laughed and the silence that followed only emphasized the disrespect to all senators, but especially to Grassley, the president pro tempore emeritus of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic chairman Dick Durbin came to Wray\u2019s rescue, expressing his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciation that it was Wray\u2019s \u201cthird appearance in two years before this committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And every appearance a waste of time, that simply showcased that Wray is a master of evasion. On some of the most serious questions of national security and the politicization of the FBI, Wray had nothing to say. Like Mister Magoo, he sees nothing.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_answers\"><\/span>No answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unlike most things on Capitol Hill these days, the politicization and repeated failures of the FBI are a bipartisan concern.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1412908158.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Director Christopher Wray\" class=\"wp-image-23366970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1412908158.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1412908158.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1412908158.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1412908158.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Wray refused to classify the flood of illegal migration at the southern border as a \u201cnational security threat.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/Alex Wong<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the short time they had with Wray, senators from both sides had urgent questions. Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein and Republicans Marsha Blackburn and Grassley were concerned about the FBI\u2019s botching of the Larry Nassar case. Why, when Nassar was convicted in 2016 of sexually abusing US gymnasts, did Wray wait until 2021 to fire one of the agents involved in slow-walking the case?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Grassley complained about a lack of transparency over why the Department of Justice had decided a jury wouldn\u2019t convict FBI agents for their handling of the investigation<br \/>Other Democrats were concerned about the FBI not investigating complaints about Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Wray had no answer, nor to questions about Afghan evacuees considered significant security threats after being brought to the US in last year\u2019s bungled withdrawal from Kabul.<br \/>\u201cI can\u2019t sit here right now and tell you we know where all of them are located at any given time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Wray refused to classify the flood of illegal migration at the southern border as a \u201cnational security threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked what the FBI was doing to track down 56 suspected terrorists that have crossed the border this year he waffled about \u201csharing watchlist information\u201d and \u201cinvestigating any number of individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/chuck-grassley-doj-hunter-biden-15-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Hunter Biden\" class=\"wp-image-23367008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/chuck-grassley-doj-hunter-biden-15-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/chuck-grassley-doj-hunter-biden-15-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/chuck-grassley-doj-hunter-biden-15-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Wray also refused to agree with one senator\u2019s assertion that Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop was not \u201cRussian disinformation.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He refused to admit that the Russia collusion hoax \u2014 in which the FBI treated seriously palpably false allegations that then-candidate Donald Trump was a Russian agent \u2014 was in fact a \u201choax\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He refused to agree with Sen. Blackburn that Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop was not \u201cRussian disinformation,\u201d and didn\u2019t respond to whistleblower allegations of an FBI coverup of derogatory information related to the Bidens in October 2020.<\/p>\n<p>He refused to explain to Sen. Ted Cruz why the FBI had blacklisted patriotic historical American symbols such as the Betsy Ross flag, the Gadsden Flag and the Gonzales battle flag as \u201cmilitia violent extremism\u201d in training documents.<\/p>\n<p>When Sen. Josh Hawley asked why the FBI was \u201csnooping around the concealed carry permit records\u201d of Missourians, he had nothing.<\/p>\n<p>When Sen. Tom Cotton asked why no FBI agent had thought to enforce the law broken by abortion activists parading outside the homes of Supreme Court justices, Wray was impatient: \u201cOur agents are up to their necks enforcing all sorts of laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1412908162.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Christopher Wray\" class=\"wp-image-23366971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1412908162.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1412908162.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1412908162.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1412908162.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Wray is required to reimburse the cost of a coach class airline fare for personal trips.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/Alex Wong<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the hearing ended at 1:30, Wray ambled over to Grassley to shake his hand. The microphones picked up some of the exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley, a courtly row-crop farmer from Butler County, Iowa, who has a shrewd Columbo-esque tendency to ask \u201cjust one more thing,\u201d leaned forward: \u201cI assume you\u2019ve got other business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah,\u201d said Wray.<\/p>\n<p>And off he sauntered, minions in tow.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Grassley\u2019s staff did not know where Wray was going after the hearing and FBI public affairs did not respond to an email Sunday by press time.<\/p>\n<p>But the luxury FBI Gulfstream Wray uses was recorded on Flightradar24 making the one hour and 12 minute flight later that afternoon to bucolic Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks, which happens to be a favorite summer destination since his childhood, when he used to hike the High Peaks and fish for trout, according to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>Wray, 55, who attended the Buckley School on the Upper East Side and the private Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., graduated from Yale University, the alma mater of his father, Cecil Wray, who was Adirondack Park Agency Commissioner for 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI\u2019s Gulfstream made another trip to Saranac Lake on Thursday, June 2, returning to Washington, DC on Sunday, June 5.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Turbulence\"><\/span>Turbulence<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While there has been controversy over the FBI director commandeering a plane originally intended for counterterrorism use, Wray\u2019s predecessor James Comey used it as his private conveyance as well.<\/p>\n<p>The director is required to reimburse the cost of a coach class airline fare for personal trips, a significant discount on the several thousand dollars an hour it costs to operate the Gulfstream, which is considerably more convenient than Delta.<\/p>\n<p>Wray ensured his testimony was useless, but if he did cut short his testimony to go on vacation at a time when his agency is under fire from all sides, then that is an act of disrespect and insubordination which requires a firm rebuke, or what is the point of Senate oversight?\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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