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About
James B. Comey Jr. is an American lawyer who served as Deputy Attorney General from 2003 to 2005 and as the seventh Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2013 to 2017. He was a central figure in the 2004 hospital room confrontation over the warrantless surveillance program, and during his tenure as FBI Director he clashed with technology firms over encryption access from 2014 to 2017.
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Apple Inc
attacked
Comey pressured Apple in 2016 to unlock an iPhone in the San Bernardino case, framing it as a national security threat; this escalated to public debates.
Since 2016
Rudy Giuliani
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Post-FBI, Giuliani repeatedly attacked Comey on Fox News and in Trump circles, accusing him of bias in the Russia investigation and calling for his prosecution, escalating partisan divides.
Since 2017
Dick Cheney
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In March 2004, Deputy Attorney General James Comey refused to reauthorize the Stellar Wind warrantless surveillance program, concluding it violated FISA. When Cheney office sent White House Counsel Gonzales and Chief of Staff Andrew Card to the hospital bed of the seriously ill AG Ashcroft to seek reauthorization over Comey head, Comey raced to the hospital and arrived first. Ashcroft backed Comey and refused to sign. Comey, FBI Director Robert Mueller, and other senior DOJ officials threatened mass resignation.
Since 2004
Recent Events
Comey book event disruption
Disrupted promotion of A Higher Loyalty
4/1/2018