About Jim Comey -- not well understand facts of his career.He was the Chief of the Richmond Division of the Eastern District of Virginia when he was tapped to lead the investigation team in EDVA of the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996. An indictment was returned in 2001, but no trial was ever held because all the defendants were outside the US.After the World Trade Center attack, Comey was named U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, which became the location for many investigations into terrorism against the U.S. In 2003, Comey was nominated to be Dep. Attorney General. In 2005 Comey left DOJ and became General Counsel for Lockheed Martin.The reputation of Comey among DOJ people who worked with him between 1996 and 2005 -- and I know a few -- is pretty strong. He was an excellent attorney, a good leader, and generally effective at every step along the way. Those people remain -- for the most part -- friendly and supportive.BUT, I've been told by others who know him that the James Comey named as FBI Director in 2013 was NOT the same guy. Some off-putting character traits that were merely annoying in 1996 to 2005 came to dominate his personality as FBI Director. Most who only knew him as FBI Director -- including a large majority of FBI vets I knew from that time period -- did not like or respect him. The primary difference as described to me was that Dir. Comey was sanctimonious and moralilzing, incapable of admitting his own errors, and unwilling to consider the views of others if they differed from his own. There was a distinct view that Comey was interested in his legacy, building upon the successful career leading him to be FBI Director, to the detriment of simply being a good FBI Director. His decision-making, and his treatment of others, all passed thru the prism of how their work would reflect on him when his service ended.That was the James Comey that most were not sad to see terminated by Pres. Trump in 2017. To the extent Comey has supporters and detractors in the DC establishment and NatSec/Law Enforcement community, it is often according to the timeline when people first met and came to know him.
