科米的规则

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.

倘若你曾在剧中所涉时段一直密追Trump这出真人秀，那么这两集共3小时的短剧内容应早已熟稔。观剧却能获得更多惊喜：主要是选角在外形上太像了！Kushner的角色简直怀疑是他本人在本色出演；Sessions、Priebus和Flynn都能看到明显像的点；Yates、McCabe、Clapper选角则在熟面孔的老演员身上找到令人叫绝的新相似。甚至Bannon扮演者，台词都没有，近看也不算很像，远看真的是像到无需介绍可以一眼认出。就连Mueller这样的外星人面孔，都找到了颇为传神的演员！（Obama不太像，但语气明显修炼过。）

最大挑战当然是Trump，大家对他都太熟悉。好在作为媒体人物的他，特点也很鲜明。Gleeson的诠释可以说是效果不错的。何况对Trump的呈现颇具巧思——他获得了电影《Valkyrie》中希特勒的待遇：出场先给暗光追镜背影。配上佳丽在侧，氛围立刻拉满，你都能在突然浓稠的空气中闻到罪恶的味道。（Gleeson发量还是有点嫌多。）

Comey的选角Jeff Daniels则明显比真人形象友善。Comey本人更瘦，面部线条也更凌厉。毕竟得过癌症就是不一样啊！Daniels表情台词没大问题，但还是让人感觉更像Daniels，温厚无害，刚和乔布斯谈完入伙的事就来了。三个小时看他晃来晃去，其实提升了Comey的公众形象。

Trump & Comey

剧本改编自Comey的自传，因此偏向性不言而喻。话说Page和Strzok的床戏是怎么回事，难道Comey当时也在场，因此写进了他的自传中？此二人各自已婚两孩，婚外出轨，且均参加了FBI的通俄门调查和随后独立检察官Mueller的通俄门调查。两人可谓志同道合，通奸之余不忘兴致勃勃在FBI配发的手机上互发大量短信，严重反对Trump和支持Hilary Clinton。官配手机信息本来就不受隐私保护，2017年FBI又对通俄门调查展开调查（背后政治倾向这就很明显了），获取这些短信后不久就有人爆料给纽约时报，引来国会议员要求调取这些短信。你也知道国会议员的党派属性，这批短信进了八面透风的国会之后很快也就尽人皆知了。Page和Strzok凭借自身的极端愚蠢，在当着全美公众羞辱自己和配偶子女的同时，为Trump对Mueller和FBI的疯狂攻击提供了搀有香艳佐料的炮弹。

Page & Strzok

所以怎么能忘掉你们呢？床戏是一定要加的。两人在短信事件后都提起诉讼，分别针对总检察长和FBI/DOJ。看了看被告抗辩逻辑，觉得胜诉没戏，两人只是拿诉讼打掩护，企图挣回一点公众形象罢了。媒体报道Page竟没离婚，2020年还担任了MSNBC的电视评论员。

所以朋友你看，剧评先要评剧，再评历史和现实。急屎急尿可还行？纵有Daniels晃来晃去，大选前夕Comey宣布重启邮件门那一幕还是唤回旧怒火。犹记当年见到这breaking news的第一感觉：Hilary Clinton就此完蛋了。受够了的中间选民已在distasteful边缘，这一暴击的效果无法挽回。

2017年1月，初任职的Trump尝试争取Comey当马仔，当众青眼有加。这是剧中此一幕所对应的真实照片。

剧中转译其自传中的解释，本文认为并不成立。宣布重启是因为更早时声明不起诉（所以要有始有终）；而当初违背旧例而声明不起诉则是为了维护机构声誉。然而在大选前夕宣布重启难道不恰恰是极大的损毁了机构声誉么？自视为圣徒，对自身的巨大盲点毫无自知之明，理由崇高而结果是灾难，巧的是同时也常常给自己带来头条。Comey神人共弃的结局警告我们，不要陶醉于自身充沛的道德感；强原则性也易骄纵傲慢、短视和私利，从而构成一种并不罕见的道貌岸然。

Comey、Hilary Clinton and the NDC: YOU DESERVE TRUMP.

至于剧中颇加描画的金色淋浴，Fox在2021年报道其信息源是一个乌克兰裔美国居民，所供职的研究机构头目是Hilary Clinton的长期朋友兼同盟。此人已因向FBI撒谎而被美国政府起诉。他供认金色淋浴不过是俄国酒友电话里的流言，他拿来和Steele换钱，后者则对这些流言照单全收。

时间快进到2020年8月，Biden已选择Kamala做竞选伙伴。Comey在社交网路发了张自拍，穿着印有“Elect More Women”字样的T恤衫。

Hilary Clinton的助手很快回了一条：

A lot of us tried. You f---ed it up. But the tee shirt definitely makes up for it.

哈！

对于大多数中国观众而言（也包括我）该片恐怕彻底改变了对美国2016年大选的看法——立场倒是其次，主要是实在太复杂了。

首先理一理本文中的各个组织势力：

科米领导的FBI，从属于司法部，直接向司法部副部长汇报。负责国内警务，反恐，间谍调查，政府渎职等。局长由总统直接委任，任期十年。由于调查项目可能涉及政府，所以习惯上会与总统及其政党保持距离（避嫌）。科米本人是共和党人，这个特点反而使得他被奥巴马提名担任局长。

司法部，FBI的上级部门，起将FBI的调查结果规制化然后呈交给总统作为参考的作用。自己也可以命令FBI要做、或不要做什么事。

以上两个部门的目的基本上都是为了履行自己的职责，并维护自己部门地位的独立性（独立性不仅是保护调查者和法律尊严，也是保护被调查者）

川普的竞选团队，目的是赢得大选，被俄罗斯主动接触，被告知了邮件门的存在。

希拉里的竞选团队，目的也是赢得大选，发生邮件门错在先。在大选前现任总统奥巴马也算是这个团队的成员。

然后直接从竞选开始讲：

大选开始16个月前

希拉里使用私人服务器存储公务邮件事件曝光，司法部要求FBI立案调查。希拉里方面为应对调查采取了两个策略：1-聘请明星律师团拖延FBI进度；2-提交了在任国务卿时候使用的电子设备。由于这些设备是希拉里自己提交的，被清理过，所以其实在里面不会找到任何涉密或者可以定罪的信息。

大选开始15个月前

FBI发现了俄罗斯开始在社交媒体平台上发一些和希拉里有关的震惊体文章，如希拉里和列侬有一腿；得了艾滋病等。时任FBI副局长马克认为他们想破坏希拉里的选举，但无法确定为什么，这点消息也不足以立案。

大选开始前9个月

科米的得力干将，副局长马克24个月任满离职，这段时间FBI基本都在详细调查希拉里的邮件门。临走前嘱咐说分了总部分了太多的精力调查邮件事件，这很危险，一定要小心俄罗斯方面。在科米打了哈哈过去之后有跑去找了继任副局长安迪，后者也没太上心（事实上剧中表现来看安迪的能力比马克差了很多，他和科米一样都没什么政治嗅觉）。马克临走前只能无奈地说：照顾好老大。

与此同时，川普竞选团队中的成员开始频繁和俄罗斯官方接触，以期来自其的帮助。

2016年6月6日

俄罗斯代表团直接来了川普大厦，双方在这里谈了一桩交易——俄罗斯用自己的方式帮助川普当选，川普政权承诺一系列上台后的举措。

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联邦调查局属于司法部，司法部属于总统，那么联邦调查局的独立性肯定会受到影响。

一般的办案可能影响不大，但是涉及选举，那就真的是考验人心而不是制度了。

科米是个职业官僚，而不是政治家，所以他处事比较简单，可说是办案专业主义，面对特朗普的效忠，只有扫地出门一条路。

但是如果他真的孝忠了，那么联邦调查局也就完蛋了，完全可以睁一只眼闭一只眼。

美国的制度也是很脆弱的，很多时候靠的是人心。

制度失灵，会有告密者，会有吹哨人，会有媒体，议员，反对党的监督。

所以，人心不足，制度来凑，新闻制度，国会制度，如果最后都失灵了，还有弹劾制度，最高法院制度。

制度不足，人心支撑。背后就是美国一统的价值观，简简单单。

除非这种价值观开始撕裂，开始变成两种互相争斗的价值观，人心思变，于是制度也不可靠了，选举人制度要改，最高法院任期要改，总统辩论要改......

没有一个国家可以长盛不衰。

川普当选之后，得罪可能不仅仅是希拉里，还包括整个好莱坞，尤其是好莱坞的女性演员们。美国的政治，我们一直弄不懂，川普得罪了这么多人，还是感到意外。

好莱坞可以说是扛起了反对川普的大旗，几乎涉及政治的影视剧，都不忘对川普嘲讽。当然，在极尽手段嘲讽川普的同时，对民主党也不是一味好感。《傲骨之战》里只要出现民主党的人，这段剧情就看不下去了，拖拖拉拉，不知道在讲什么。

川普当年击败希拉里，当选美国总统，隔着太平洋，我们都能感受到美国精英层幽怨的情绪。各种版本的传说就开始在世界流传起来了，尤其是“八卦”之国的中国，更在川普彻底得罪中国人之后，热度从来就没有削减过。

当然希拉里失败的一个重要导火线就是“邮件门”事件，至今依然蒙上一层薄薄的迷雾，为什么说是薄薄的，而非厚厚的，就是希拉里在邮件门事件中并非是无辜的，而为什么成为谜案，原因在于爆发邮件门的同时，俄罗斯这个美国人难以克制想象的假想敌总是伴随着美国政治，所以这个事件就被民主党定义为导致其失败的原因。总结来总结去，能够抓住的事件，也就这件事情了。

问题在于当年的FBI局长还是奥巴马任命的，至于说当年的FBI是否存在私心一直存在争议。问题在于后来也没有妥协于川普，被川普开了，可见这件事情孰对孰错更难定义。

这部美剧就是基于这个大背景。

可能因为涉及的事件很敏感，甚至难以给予结论，尤其是在美国新一轮大选期间。所以，最终把锅还是甩给了俄罗斯人。

作为政治题材的作品，整体质量与内容还是不错的，算是优秀的一部剧。前提是，你首先需要了解下这部剧当年的一些事件的背景，可能帮助你消化一些剧中的信息。

电影改编自科米本人的畅销书《更高的忠诚》——其实这是一部蛮闷的片子，用了三个晚上的睡前时光才看完，要不是因为现在这个时候翻出来看正好应景，估计还真看不下去。 可能是因为太长吧，影片剪成了两部分。第一部分主要讲“希拉里邮件门”：FBI的刚正不阿的局长和他的一众尽忠职守的干探们明知可能会影响大选结果，但是出于“更高的忠诚”还是顶住各方压力展开调查。调查的结果显示——用剧中台词的话说——“从几万封邮件中没有发现任何足以起诉希拉里的证据。”希拉里唯一的过失是“她太聪明了，以为自己可以不理会那些规则”。但是调查本身还是影响到了大选结果，影片的上半部分在沉郁的背景音乐中以特朗普洋洋得意地推门而出的一个背影画面结束。 第二部分则把重点放在了“通俄门”上：——我们知道你通俄可是我们暂时还没找到证据；我们知道你撒谎可是我们拿你没有办法因为你是总统；你要我们停止相关调查这个我们做不到因为我们要信守“更高的忠诚”……于是乎在好莱坞惯用到烂俗的音效、取景、画面调度（几个特写镜头让人忍不住好奇：特朗普你是多招好莱坞恨啊？）和煽情桥段烘托下，正直的局长被直播免职、忠勇的FBI干探们被一一清算，影片的最后打出一行字幕：“美国情报机构目前认为俄罗斯正积极干预2020年美国大选，与其2016年所为如出一辙，总统尚未承认这一说法。”——影片上映于2020年美国大选前夕。

好吧，作为远在大洋彼岸的吃瓜群众，最喜欢看的就是这类“一本正经的胡说八道”了。前两天FBI的探员们又和特朗普杠上了，这回是直接抄了他的家。

——这真是“好戏连台唯灯塔，吃瓜群众欢乐多。”