科米的规则

“最开始他像是好人，后来他像是坏人，再后来他又好像是牺牲了自己拯救了他人……天呐，詹姆斯·科米是斯内普教授吗？” 最初，科米觉得奥巴马一定不会选他当FBI局长，因为他们认为他是“亲布什的人”。在奥巴马对他发出邀请前，两人有一段交心的对话。奥巴马说：“在你上任后，我们就不能再这样交谈了，因为FBI局长必须和总统保持距离。” 这是《科米的规则》中两个非常重要的概念：两党之争，以及总统和FBI局长的关系。上下两集基本是分别围绕这两个概念展开的。 第一集主要聚焦邮件门事件。2015年，希拉里爆出邮件门，FBI经过一年的调查，认为虽然希拉里团队用私人域名邮箱处理工作邮件这种行为极为草率，但未发现任何违法意图。到了2016年大选前夕，突然从另一处来源又发现了大量上次调查中遗漏的邮件。 敏感的时间点让科米和FBI探员们都很纠结：如果此时重启调查，对民主党候选人希拉里会是致命一击；但如果把信息摁下，什么都不做，则违背了FBI的原则。最终科米决定照章办事，重启调查。虽然最终仍未发现违法意图，但科米依然背上了“偏袒共和党”的骂名，许多人认为是他把川普送上了台，包括他的妻女。 第二集主要讲川普上台后和这班“老臣”们的博弈。 比如，川普赢得大选后，中情局情报总监克拉珀向奥巴马汇报说，他们查知俄罗斯人可能干预了选举，并掌握了川普的黑料。奥巴马为此感到头疼，但又要维护下一届政府的利益，于是派克拉珀带着科米等人去跟川普团队汇报。那场对话极其精彩——其中一方不停地说：俄罗斯人这招玩得很阴啊，你们要小心；另一方的反应永远是：我不是，我没有，总有刁民要害朕……克拉珀走出川普办公室的时候极为郁闷（换我我也郁闷） 又比如，川普的手下迈克尔·弗林将军，受到FBI质询。FBI直接把他在电话上和俄罗斯人的谈话整段整段背给他听，显然他是被监听到并记录在案了。结果这哥们说：我没说过这些话……（全身上下嘴最硬） 再比如，自从FBI掌握了川普和俄罗斯人的往来资料后，川总就老想和科米局长一对一谈谈心。一次会议之后，川总遣散了包括司法部长（也就是科米的上司）在内的一众人等，和科米进行了一番私密对话。事后，科米找到司法部长，气急败坏地说：“你不可以走掉的，你应该挡在我和总统中间！“这是美国的制度规定，为了保证司法公正。结果司法部长不痛不痒地来了一句：“詹姆斯，你是个好人。” 就……无语+离谱，看来全世界官场都一样 第二集的一场大戏，是川总直接请科米到白宫共进晚餐。科米暗暗祈祷，最好不是跟我单独吃啊！结果，不想什么偏来什么，川总就是跟他单独吃，跳过司法部长直接密谈。这段对话可以用三句话概括。 川总：我需要你忠诚。 科米：我是诚实的。 川总：我需要你诚实的忠诚。 ……川普真的在用黑帮老大的那一套对付官僚。 吃完这顿饭后不久，在他出差途中，突然被解职。在此之前，司法部副部长萨莉·耶茨已被解雇。 《科米的规则》讲述了一场盛大的权力博弈。剧中几次点到一个关键词叫“领导力”（leadership），而几位不同身份的政府高官们也展现了迥异的领导风格。当手握大权、身居高位，是你支配权力，还是让权力支配你？如果是你支配权力，那又让你的哪些部分成为行使权力的主体？ 在我看来，这部片子讲述的是个人在面对选择困境时的挣扎和奋斗，尤其是当现实和自己原有的信仰和原则发生冲突时，该何去何从。面临抉择的不仅仅包括FBI局长科米，也包括他的上司司法部副部长耶茨，以及接替耶茨的罗森斯坦，还有其他更多无法置身事外的普通人。科米的原著叫《更高的忠诚》（A Higher Loyalty）。我想这至少意味着不是忠于某个政党或者政客（所以这正是他反复强调川普要让他效忠的荒唐，而奥巴马与之形成鲜明对比），而是忠于FBI独立自主，伸张正义和维护民主法制这一理想和原则。因此，在处理民主党和共和党两位总统候选人的丑闻时，科米力主不偏不倚，保持FBI的超然态度。但他没有想到的是，FBI是政府组成部门，必然会受到政客和政党的干预。如果是像奥巴马那样爱惜羽毛的政客，FBI多少还可以拥有相对的独立和自由；但时过境迁，一朝天子一朝臣川普充分煽动和操控民意，让美国社会空前分裂和对立，所有的美国政府部门都无法置身事外，他们或是服从于总统的权势，或是屈从于汹汹的民意，只能选边站队。正因为如此，科米和FBI在处理希拉里邮件事件、以及床破通俄门上如履薄冰和进退失据。他以为自己做到了问心无愧，但在外人（尤其是不了解内情、容易被煽动和操控的民众）看来，他首鼠两端，两边不讨好，里外不是人。更具讽刺意味的是，他以为自己坚持了原则，展现了更高的忠诚，维护了FBI的独立。但恰恰是因为他的固执和保守，不愿变通，导致川普窃取大选胜果，对美国民主和法制造成了空前的损害，同时也让科米在乎和珍惜的FBI的声誉降到了历史低点，这让科米的坚持和牺牲变得毫无价值。 科米和奥巴马，乃至刚逝世不久的金斯伯格法官是同一类人。他们道德高尚、严格自律，同时也有崇高的理想和坚定的信念 （说真的他们让我看到了原来美国政府内还是有崇高信仰的人）。但越是这样的人，就越容易自以为是，越容易食古不化，囿于现状。而这种所谓的道德洁癖最终演化为沽名钓誉，在乎个人的得失远远高过他本应更在乎的公平、正义等更高的价值。他以为自己是圣人，我都可以入地狱，其他人当然也可以入地狱。但事实上，他们更热衷于把别人推入地狱，而自己却置身事外 。骄傲让他们丧失了对现实和未来清醒的认识。比如，早在几年前奥黑任上，他就曾婉言规劝年迈多病的金斯伯格法官退休，好让他在任内任命她的接替者。但金斯伯格醉心于公众人物所带来的光环，断然拒绝。结果自己死在床破任上，最终导致自由派法官在最高法院再失一城，很可能从此一蹶不振。科米、奥巴马和金斯伯格都是聪明绝顶、阅人无数的人精，他们怎能看不出床破是怎样的危险人物。但他们显然高估了自己，低估了川普，本着they go low，we go high的陈词滥调，以为我管不了川普和共和党，至少制度可以管住他们，最重要的是自己不趟浑水、洁身自好就行。但他们恰恰忘了制度是死的，人是活的。川普一旦当选，他就可以对制度造成多大的破坏和伤害，同时睚眦必报的他无所不用其极地诋毁谩骂和打击报复自己曾经的对手。而面对被操控、被蒙蔽的民众，科米等人根本就无法做到清者自清，只能承受被误解、被诋毁和被侮辱的无奈结局。其实，他们本可以不至于如此狼狈不堪，只要他们能够部分牺牲自己的骄傲。远的来说，美国历史上最伟大的总统林肯，之所以名至实归，不是因为他道德高尚到无可指摘，而是他为了完成更高尚的目标，不惜牺牲自己。包括在非常时期，用非常手段来对付非常的敌人。就像他为了在国会通过废奴法案，不惜采取收买议员等不正当乃至非法的手段。虽然从短期来看，林肯的所作所为违背了道德准则，但从历史长河来看，他无疑又是正确和伟大的。近的来说，科米的前辈，曾经担任FBI副局长的马克费尔特，水门事件中大名鼎鼎的“深喉”，当他发现通过正常手段无法伸张正义时，就冒着丢官乃至入狱的风险向记者爆料，最终通过媒体的力量成功地将尼克松拉下马。当科米面对同样的困境时，他为什么不能尝试类似的方式，让更多的人尤其是民众了解真相呢？ 看看川普上台后，一个混淆黑白、指鹿为马、不择手段，空前混乱、割裂、猜疑、敌对的美国和世界。而面对这样一个充满了谎言和欺诈的世界，科米是否会意识到他其实背叛了更高的忠诚呢？

导演在剧集里面一面极力给观众展现中立性，给观众自己评判意图，一边又巧妙用科米每次和特朗普新政府内阁成员会面时，对方都会介绍一下特大大室内装饰很有品味和水平的含意是佩服之至。回头再看看自家这些圈养的导演们猴年马月才有这样水准，这样不显山漏水的嘲讽，我不相信那些沈茶们能看懂啊！圈养里面或许有它们不敢，当然还有种可能就是完全不看圈养们拍的。

好莱坞这帮白左还是对川普当选总统耿耿于怀,仅仅对邮件门的调查是不可能让希拉里败选的,而川普所谓通俄门,在2020年经过民主党鸡蛋里挑骨头且抹黑式的弹劾案调查后还是不了了之 。

民主党的白左精英在移民.反恐.拥枪.堕胎.言论.人伦.环保.福利.税收的反常识行为让很多拥有传统价值观的人深恶痛绝!粗辱且口无遮拦的政治素人川普拒绝一切政治正确,说出了很多人心里想却不敢说出的话,希拉里和民主党的失败源自于自身的虚伪和傲慢,跟这部剧所里虚构想象出的邮件门和通俄门一毛关系都没有,经过四年民主党白左在政治正确上依然一意孤行,也助力了川普2020年必将连任!

Where law ends, tyranny begins.

In governance there are people who do the work, and there are showboats.

Politicians are awful.

Money is nice, stopping bad guys is better.

If you’re not happy, leave. There’s plenty of people that want your job.

You can’t run this place if you mind being resented.

If you’ve been doing this for ten years, and a president asks you to stay on for another two, say no.

I expect you to work hard because you owe that to the taxpayer. I expect you to exercise good judgment. Being here means you have the power to do good, or, if you abuse that power, great harm. I expect you to find joy in your work. You are part of an organization devoted to doing good, protecting the weak, rescuing the taken, and catching criminals. That is work with moral content. Doing it should be a source of great joy. And I expect you to protect this institution’s reservoir of trust and credibility, which makes possible all of our work. I expect you to fight for balance in your lives. You are all driven by our mission, and you are used to absorbing stress. That means you need more time with your loved ones, not less. So I order you to love someone, It’s the right thing to do. It’s also good for you. Crime in any form makes people feel powerless. Let’s fix that.

Did she mishandle classified information by using her personal e-mail system while serving as Secretary of State ? We’re looking for “corrupt purpose.” Did Secretary Clinton knowingly break the law either by using a personal e-mail server to handle classified information while serving at State, or by directing the deletion of e-mails from that server ?

Whatever this investigation yields, history will look at what we do here through a microscope, so our work needs to be letter-perfect. No leaks, everything buttoned down. We cannot cut corners, cannot screw this up in any way.

Trump? He’s an idiot. But he’s a man. And male voters are gender-loyal in a way that women aren’t.

The Trump supporters see Trump as political chemo. He may be toxic, he may kill every healthy cell in the bloodstream, but he is the only cure for the cancer that is Washington.

Everyone’s got an opinion, and the right to voice it.

I’d ask you to assess three things: the accuracy of the facts laid out in the draft, any policy or other limitations around making such a statement, and the wisdom and mechanics of presenting it to the American people.

Conventional wisdom might mitigate against it. But this is not a conventional circumstance. What I’m thinking is grand juries are secret for a reason. We don’t comment on the propriety of a subject’s conduct, especially during an election year. If the country ever starts to distrust the Bureau’s intentions, it’s a bell that can never be unrung.

And you remember that next time somebody tells you this country can’t be its best self. Or the law doesn’t matter. That jury did right anyway.

What if we announce and then don’t find anything? What if we don’t announce and then find criminal intent?

Down that road lies the death of the FBI as an independent force in American life. If I ever start considering whose political fortunes might be affected by a decision even for a second, we’re done. I know you believe in telling the truth. But there are all kinds of truths out there. That’s intelligence but it’s a truth. Concealing one truth and publicly announcing another is selective honesty. I told Congress and the country that this case was closed. If that’s revealed to be a lie, how would they ever believe us again?

I think norms and policies matter. And I think Direct Comey believes that his own ethics are now worth more than the norms that have always steered us.

You came here to do good. You’ve all made sacrifices to keep that promise. You stay up late working on a summation to explain why a drug dealer or child pornographer is guilty. You chase materials to organize court exhibits that some yo-yo from the Bureau mislabeled. And you shrug pleasantly when people speak of the “awesome resources of the federal government,” as you eye the fancy supplies at a law firm and think about swiping some stuff to take back to your office. Despite obstacles, you do the work. You protect people. That’s noble. What makes that work possible is a reservoir of trust and credibility, a reservoir that was built for us and filled for us by those who went before us in this work, many of whom we never knew. Our obligation is to protect that reservoir, to keep it full or make it fuller, for those who will follow us into public service. The problem with reservoirs is that it’s hard to fill them and one tiny hole can drain them. And that’s what happens if our vigilance fails, if, even for a second, we ever put anything--politics, partisanship-- above the primacy of truth and justice. I love the Bureau. I love its mission. That guides me every day, in everything I do. And if it leads me to make mistakes, I know they’ll be honest ones.

The boss gets absolute power, absolute loyalty, and no one outside the inner circle counts. My soul should burn if I ever betray Cosa Nostra. Ours is an apolitical culture.

The country needs to know that the FBI is completely divorced from politics.

You ever start to feel shaky, go outside and look at the buildings up and down Pennsylvania Avenue. They’ve been there a long time. And they’re gonna be here a long time. Because what they represent is eternal-- institutions, the rule of law, no matter who is in power.

Law alone can give us freedom.

The job is about protecting people. Every decision comes back to that. Everything the entire department does will run through this office, so you need to be at your best. You need to eat well, exercise, get enough sleep. You need to be with your family to recharge yourself. That goes for all of your staff as well. Try to get out of the office by 6, 6:30 every night, because no one will leave before you do, and you want them spending time with their loved ones.

Workaholics make soulless choices.

Leaders like that throw you back to first principles, you just have to keep remembering what they are.

Every one of you is personally responsible for protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution of the United States. The FBI’s values are bigger than any single person, so it’s the same mission no matter who’s running it.

Because they’ve always been here. Doesn’t matter who the president is, which party is in power. The institutions, the rule of law. Nothing ever knocks them down.

2017年6月8日，美国联邦调查局(FBI)前局长科米在参议院情报委员会听证会上作证，直斥白宫“充斥着谎言和诋毁”。“维基解密”始创人阿桑奇揶揄科米，称他是“情报界的艳星”。中央情报局(CIA)前特工斯诺登则为科米辩护，称泄密有时“无可厚非”。

他还在洛克希德马丁公司这个著名军火商处供职过，所欲美国政客的双手沾满人民的献血不是假话。

如果James comey、奥巴马、Andrew MCcabe真的如剧里表达的，感觉有点像"许仙"——不存在的、忠于信仰的老好人。本质上，我并不相信爬到高位的政治老手，行动准则会像幼儿园一样"不能说谎"、"乖乖就能得徽章"。

如果这样，boss也太好当了。

美剧的内核总会讲到家庭。最近看的没胃口的《瞬息全宇宙》、《beef》是这样，《comey rule》也是这样。这已经不是我看的第一部美剧，为了激励女儿"you can be anyone you want"而去投票，或基于自己"上层人"的能力身体力行影响希拉里的竞选。这是一件我价值观并不认可的事。还是应该Hilary deserve it才对啊。从古代来讲有埃及艳后、武则天，当代德国/丹麦/冰岛/澳洲/菲律宾/韩国/巴西最高领导人也都有女性。有很多可以树立的女偶像？而且为什么女孩的偶像不能是男性呢？我从小时候想做外交官，也并没有是因为哪位女外交官而有这个想法。很多人想做一只猫、一只考拉、一只鸟，也是跨越性别的啊。

美国比较好的一点是，你觉得你遭受到了不公平，你表达的途径很多，还能因此获利。comey的畅销书版税，应该远比他一年18.5万美金的FBI局长的薪水要高。三个女儿的tuition应该不需发愁了。看到他的副手说因为孩子大学学费不能再做公务员，还是心酸了一把。

comey选择了自己的duty，用他自传的话叫"higher loyalty"，而又因为出书和几大调查的名声，也应该没耽误family。很幸运了。

就像他在剧中跟Trump的对话，遇到困难怎么办？

"跟你一样，靠family，Mr president."