“I also want to make clear this is not launching an investigation of the FBI. Frankly, to the extent that there were any issues at the FBI, I do not view it as a problem that’s endemic to the FBI. I think there was probably a failure among a group of leaders there in the upper echelon.” WaPo: Attorney general says he believes ‘spying did occur’ in campaign probe of Trump associates. (News Analysis: in between redacting the Mueller Report, William Barr is looking into the stuff Trump has been making up.) In explaining that he will be scrutinizing the behavior of senior FBI officials, Barr said, “I feel I have an obligation to make sure that government power is not abused.” (Insert laughtrack.)