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Comey: Principled or Self-Righteous?

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Fans of Obama's FBI choice praise him for taking principled stands, while critics look at the same episodes and see something less admirable. Daniel Klaidman reports.

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There aren’t many appointments a president makes that are more sensitive—or potentially perilous—than FBI director. That’s obvious to anyone even casually familiar with the fraught relationships between U.S.

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