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  • The Comey crisis is unprecedented. Or is it?

    Tobin Harshaw, Bloomberg View|Jun 15, 2017

    Journalists are warned to never use the word “unprecedented” in their articles, and for good reason: There is very little that is new under the sun. That said, plenty of commentators have used that adjective to describe the Great James Comey Roadshow in recent weeks, be it about his firing as FBI director by Donald Trump, his seven-page advance statement to Congress on Wednesday or his appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. So, is this a legitimate exception to the “unprecedented” rule? To answer that questio...