I have been told that I have an epistemophilic personaltiy. In case you don’t have a dictionary close by, that means I love to learn, that I have an excessive thirst and reverence for knowledge, that I always have an impulse to inquire. In other words, I am curious, but I like being called an epistemophile better!
I feed this curiosity by reading news stories from reliable publications on the internet and of course watching television news. I can see some of you rolling your eyes, so I will tell you I really do watch news channels other than Fox. I like to keep my disgust fresh.
However, I’m beginning to notice that the more I learn from these sources, the more questions I have.
For example, why is Peter Strzok still on the government payroll? Sure, he has been demoted to the Human Resources department of the FBI, but wait a minute. That means he recruits, screens, interviews, and places workers in addition to handling tasks related to employee relations, compensation, benefits, and training.
In his new position at the FBI, does he screen applicants to see if they are having affairs with anyone else at the FBI? In other words, does employee relations also cover employee relationships between already married people? Inquiring minds want to know.
For the next question burning in my mind, I need to take you back to July 2. Vladimir Putin came to the U.S. to visit the President and spent a couple of days hanging out with him at the President’s home, being a guest at the family dinner. The two discussed several matters of the day - national elections, sanctions against Iran, the kind of stuff that friends talk about. Both the President and Putin said the weekend meeting was meant to bridge the distance between the two nations because tensions had been high in the weeks preceding the meeting. They talked about doing some fishing and the President took Putin for a speedboat ride. And oh yes, the Secretary of State and the National Security Adviser were also present for these meetings.
You say you don’t remember this? I guess I forgot to tell you it took place on July 2, 2007, and there were actually two U.S. Presidents at the meeting, former President George H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush, and the meeting took place at the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Now my question. Why wasn’t the liberal media elite upset over this meeting? Do we know if there were any reporters on the speed boat and the fishing trip? Were transcripts published in all the newspapers about what discussions took place, especially those where Secretary Condoleeza Rice and National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley were present? Was there any suggestion that President Bush be impeached because he met with Putin there?
Finally, Hillary Clinton recently criticized President Trump for not defending former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, saying she found this treatment of a diplomat “deeply troubling”. Excuse me, Hillary. I have a question. What is that blood doing on your hands? Does it have anything to do with your refusal to defend and protect Ambassador Chris Stevens in Benghazi? Don’t you remember how he begged you in the State Department to give him more protection? Have you forgotten how you went to your bed and slept soundly the night of September 11, 2012 while Ambassador Stevens was being tortured and murdered? We haven’t.
(Joan Hart is a lifelong Lebanon resident, a former Missouri Human Rights Commissioner, and a retired legal secretary, insurance agent and pastor. Also a poet, song lyricist, essayist and columnist. You can find her at “Straight From The Hart” on Facebook.)
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“There are no foolish questions, and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.” — Charles Proteus Steinmetz
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“Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.” — Arnold Edinborough
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Epistemophilic “Edison had an epistemophilic personality.” This states that Edison had an excessive love or reverence for knowledge. Can be used for – impulse to inquire.
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As of 2018, Strzok has been a career employee with the FBI for 22 years.[24] He was a lead agent in the FBI's "Operation Ghost Stories" against Andrey Bezrukov and Yelena Vavilova, a Russian spy couple who were part of the Illegals Program, a network of Russian sleeper agents who were arrested in 2010.[25] By July 2015, Strzok was serving as the section chief of the Counterespionage Section, a subordinate section of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division.[3]
He led a team of a dozen investigators during the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email server and assisted in the drafting of public statements for then-FBI Director James Comey.[26] He changed the description of Clinton's actions from "grossly negligent", which could be a criminal offense, to "extremely careless".[3] The draft was reviewed and corrected by several people and its creation was a team process. In his statement to Congress, Comey said that "no reasonable prosecutor" would bring charges based on available evidence.[3] Later, when additional emails were discovered a few days before the election, Strzok supported reopening the Clinton investigation.[27] He then co-wrote the letter[28] that Comey used to inform Congress, which "reignited the email controversy in the final days" and "played a key role in a controversial FBI decision that upended Hillary Clinton's campaign."[27]
Strzok rose to the position of Deputy Assistant Director of the Counterintelligence Division, and as the number two official within that division oversaw investigations involving Russia and China.[9][29][7] In that capacity, he led the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections,[3][30] and examined both the Donald Trump–Russia dossier and the Russian role in the 2016 Democratic National Committee email leak.[31][2][26] He also oversaw the bureau's interviews with then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn; Flynn later pled guilty to lying during those interviews.[32]
In July 2017, Strzok became the top FBI agent working for Robert Mueller's 2017 Special Counsel investigation looking into any links or coordination between Trump's presidential campaign and the Russian government.[33][34] He served in that position until August 2017, at which time he was moved to the Human Resources Branch.[35][36][37] According to The New York Times, Strzok was "considered one of the most experienced and trusted FBI counterintelligence investigators,"[20] as well as "one of the Bureau's top experts on Russia" according to CNN.[3]
Strzok left the investigation in late July 2017 after the discovery of personal text messages sent to a colleague.[38] At the request of Republicans in Congress, the Justice Department (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) began an inquiry in January 2017 into how the FBI handled investigations related to the election, and the IG announced it would issue a report by March or April 2018.[20][39] The report was eventually released on June 14, 2018, after several delays.
On June 15, 2018, the day after this IG report was published, Strzok was escorted from FBI headquarters as part of the bureau's internal conduct investigations.[40] The move put Strzok on notice that the bureau intends to fire him, though he has appeal rights that could delay such action.[41] On June 21, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that Strzok had lost his security clearance.[42]
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