Cybersecurity
Clinton Aides Rip ‘Double Standard’ as Quick Action Vowed
- Comey comes under renewed pressure to say more on e-mail probe
- FBI winnowing down newly discovered files to speed review
Comey Chaos: Who’s Spinning It Better?
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign accused FBI Director James Comey of applying a double standard by disclosing a renewed inquiry into her e-mails, an hour after the Justice Department offered a bare-bones promise to lawmakers that it would act “expeditiously” to settle the matter.
Clinton campaign officials seized on a CNBC report, citing an unnamed former FBI official, that Comey balked at joining with U.S. intelligence agencies on Oct. 7 when they blamed Russia for hacking the e-mail systems of U.S. political figures and organizations -- including the Democratic National Committee and Clinton’s campaign chairman -- because it was too close to Election Day.