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Note the FBIs language about material omissions rather than errors of fact. Until this statement the FBI was pleading damage to national security. Now that rationale has given way to the claim that the House is omitting key details to reach judgments that the FBI apparently disagrees with. If Mr. Wray wants to fill in those omissions, he can always ask President Trump to declassify more documents to provide a more complete record. Wed love to see them, and Mr. Trump should give that transparency a boost even if Mr. Wray doesnt request it.

The FBIs public statement appears to be an act of insubordination after Mr. Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein tried and failed to get the White House to block the memos release. Their public protest appears intended to tarnish in advance whatever information the memo contains. The public is getting to see amid this brawl how the FBI plays politics, and it isnt a good look.