NEWSLINK: “It Was Inevitable That Trump Would Fire James Comey; The FBI director repeatedly ventured into matters above his pay grade” – The National Interest/ Jacob Heilbrunn

“It was probably inevitable that Donald Trump would fire FBI Director James B. Comey. The surprising thing may be … that Trump waited as long as he did. Comey has repeatedly displayed lamentably bad judgment. … [In]Washington … [i]nstitution after institution has come into disrepute because of bungling by top government officials. Comey’s missteps are not an aberration, but part of a broader pattern …. * * * … On the Russia investigation, Comey has also engaged in questionable actions. He was the head of the FBI. Yet he went beyond his purview in testifying to Congress. He made claims on the order of stating that Russia is the “greatest threat” to the United States. It isn’t the job of the FBI director to indulge in geopolitical analysis. Anyway, how would he know? Comey, who has devoted his career to domestic legal matters, has never evinced any deep or profound knowledge of foreign countries. His testimony to Congress, in fact, has mostly consisted of banalities and conventional wisdom repackaged as cutting-edge analysis based on secret information. …  There is no cogent reason to believe that Comey possessed any great insights that were occluded to most Americans. Quite the contrary. His hapless, serial bungling suggests that he was totally out of his depth as FBI director. …”