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FBI director makes Patriots joke in addressing ‘controversial’ issue during Boston visit

Though his name is being mentioned regularly in national news stories, FBI Director James B. Comey took time to address another issue he finds “controversial” while at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Chelsea, Massachusetts on Tuesday. Marking the bureau’s new Boston-area office was opening, Comey made a few quick remarks.

“I should hit an issue that I know is on the minds of many and that is controversial, so I should speak to it directly,” Comey said at the beginning of his short speech. Yet his meaning was not what was probably expected:

FBI Dir Comey addresses "controversial" issue.