FBI Director James Comey expressed no patience with reported turf battles between the FBI and other federal agencies, Politico reports.
Comey said he was rattled after reading a memo about the turf battles.
“That report made my head explode,” Comey said at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday. “I shared that head explosion with every leader in the FBI, to let them know how I think about it, which is that the FBI does nothing alone….The American taxpayer should have no patience for turf battles. I got none.”
Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-South Carolina, said he’s concerned.
“I appreciate y’all’s communication. I’m concerned about the communication where the rubber meets the road. And that’s where the communication needs to happen. And if you’ve got turf wars going on, I’m afraid that information may not be shared appropriately,” Duncan said.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said he met with Comey on Wednesday to discuss cybersecurity.
“One of our challenges is to make sure that what you refer to doesn’t happen, because that doesn’t do any good for the American people, for our government, for the taxpayers, to see us engaged in turf wars. So we have committed to setting the example at the top and instilling that example in the rank and file in our leadership,” the secretary said.
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