The FBI 302 documenting the interview of Flynn shows that it did not probe possible violations of any criminal statute or examine counterintelligence issues. Instead, it focused on exploring what the Trump administration might do differently than the Obama administration. In other words, it was an interview about policy differences between two presidencies.

If one were to chisel a “Ten Commandments of the FBI” and descend with them, Charlton Heston-like, from Mount Capitol Hill, the first commandment would read: “Thou shalt not involve thyself with the politics of the White House.”

A politically manipulated FBI is a threat to the nation.