It seems that the FBI’s Mr. Comey ignored his boss’s opinion and standing protocol when he sent that letter to Republican committee chairs yesterday. Even more infuriatingly, he and his agency hadn’t read any of those emails nor even gotten a warrant to do so before he sent it.

Top Justice Department officials were described by a government source as “apoplectic” over the letter. Senior officials “strongly discouraged” Comey from sending it, telling FBI officials last week it would violate longstanding department policy against taking actions in the days before an election that might influence the outcome, a U.S official familiar with the matter told Yahoo News. “He was acting independently of the guidance given to him,” said the U.S. official.

Comey insisted in his message to agents that he felt he had “an obligation” to inform Congress about the new material because he had previously testified that the bureau’s investigation into the Clinton email server was completed.

Somehow none of that kept Mr. Comey from throwing a hand grenade into a Presidential election with 11 days to go.

Does anyone doubt that the pressure and the complaints from Congressional Republicans after Comey pronounced the investigation into the whole email controversy done in July caused him to send them this letter just to stay in their good graces?

I call that either partisanship or irresponsibility.