[grandalf]

> It's not at all natural that he should argue for hollowing out the constitution, or favour the needs of own organisation over the rest of the state or over the entire society.

Very true. But I think it's safe to assume that no good, just individual would end up in the role of Director of an intelligence service. Who really aspires to be the leader of a team of secret police?

There are some professions that are not strictly speaking unethical, but that tend to attract an ilk of people who are unconcerned with ethics. Used car salespeople, brothel owners, chiefs of secret police forces, people hired to do telephone cold calls to sell shady investments to the elderly, etc.

If Comey is viewed in this light, we can see that he is acting predictably. Sadly, many people have the mistaken idea that people who dress in nice suits and wear medals and get appointed by presidents somehow deserve the benefit of the doubt. They do not.