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originally posted by: marg6043
Is interesting that people wants to dismiss corruption and disregard of established laws in order to pursue what they believe is lies
If we are to apply justice as the way was intended for the regular joes to those in power and running the nation we will lose almost every politician we know today, they will all be convicted of crimes of corruption, treason and whatever else they have violated.
We will end up with not politicians at all.
originally posted by: russ212
All I can say is "wow you are blind"
The reason the policy is in place I'd to protect the files. It makes it easier to protect classified documents if they are already on a government secured server.
She is now the owner of now classified documents (illegally mind you) because she chose to use her own server. She would not be illegally in posses on of them if she hadn't done that.
She is now accountable for her actions.
If she had simply followed procedure she would not have had classified documents on an unsecured server.
a reply to: introvert
All I can say is "wow you are blind"
The reason the policy is in place I'd to protect the files. It makes it easier to protect classified documents if they are already on a government secured server.
"It's common" that people end up using unclassified systems to transmit classified information, said Jeffrey Smith, a former CIA general counsel who's now a partner at Arnold & Porter, where he often represents defendants suspected of misusing classified information.
"There are always these back channels," Smith explained. "It's inevitable, because the classified systems are often cumbersome and lots of people have access to the classified e-mails or cables." People who need quick guidance about a sensitive matter often pick up the phone or send a message on an open system. They shouldn't, but they do.
"It's common knowledge that the classified communications system is impossible and isn't used," said one former high-level Justice Department official. Several former prosecutors said flatly that such sloppy, unauthorized practices, although technically violations of law, wouldn't normally lead to criminal cases.
The transmission of now-classified information across Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email is consistent with a State Department culture in which diplomats routinely sent secret material on unsecured email during the past two administrations, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press.
Clinton's use of a home server makes her case unique and has become an issue in her front-running campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. But it's not clear whether the security breach would have been any less had she used department email. The department only systematically checks email for sensitive or classified material in response to a public records request.
Such slippage of classified information into regular email is "very common, actually," said Leslie McAdoo, a lawyer who frequently represents government officials and contractors in disputes over security clearances and classified information.
Too bad really. That a seemingly intelligent person is ignoring obvious law breaking.
You want others to do your research, then you ignore it and spew your nonsense.
I don't know what single issue makes you a Hillary apologist. Maybe just the Party.
But, it is your narrow minded short sighted partisanship that is ruining my Country.
Hillary thinks she is above the law. Apparently, you think she is too.
Oh, tell us again how it's nothing like Petareus. What a liar.
Potential criminal violations arise when officials knowingly disseminate documents marked as classified to unauthorized officials or on unclassified systems, or otherwise misuse classified materials. That happened in two cases involving former CIA directors that are cited as parallels for the Clinton e-mail issue, but are quite different. John Deutch was pardoned in 2001 for using an unsecured CIA computer at his home to improperly access classified material; he reportedly had been prepared to plead guilty to a misdemeanor. David Petraeus pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in April for "knowingly" removing classified documents from authorized locations and retaining them at "unauthorized locations." Neither case fits the fact pattern with the Clinton e-mails.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: yadboy
Pretty much does not stand up in the court of law. The goal is to convict her of something, correct? Where is the evidence and legal code to make that happen?
Everything else is just speculation.
originally posted by: introvert
Yes, she may have violated the law. A law that is consistently broken and is done so because it provided better reaction time, and the classified system is not any more secure than private correspondence. It's best to understand what you are talking about before you form an opinion, or try to push it on to others. Obviously, you are not informed on the issue.
originally posted by: sirlancelot
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: yadboy
Pretty much does not stand up in the court of law. The goal is to convict her of something, correct? Where is the evidence and legal code to make that happen?
Everything else is just speculation.
Here you go smart guy!
Section 793 of the Penal Code, Subsection (f)
‘Whoever being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note or information relating to the national defense …
through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust or to be lost, stolen, abstracted or destroyed ...
She set the server up in her Barn! Hardly secure! Dozens of classified material where received into that server. For god's sake even the state dept techs didn't know she had the server their which is referenced in a email from Huma.
Does anyone really think she did not break the law in a big way???
For god's sake even the state dept techs didn't know she had the server their which is referenced in a email from Huma.
originally posted by: russ212
Nothing in your last post proves anything except our government is corrupylt and our officials ignore laws and rules regularly. If i was in the FBI i would investigate those that made those statements.
a reply to: introvert
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: whyamIhere
Too bad really. That a seemingly intelligent person is ignoring obvious law breaking.
We all break laws, do we not? Who am I to judge, when if you look at the source material I provided above shows that it's common for those laws to be broken because the classified systems are not more secure and a waste of time in critical moments.
You want others to do your research, then you ignore it and spew your nonsense.
I did my own research, thanks anyway. Can you refute what I posted?
I don't know what single issue makes you a Hillary apologist. Maybe just the Party.
I've said many times that I do not support Hillary whatsoever, or the party for that matter. I like to deal with facts, and I take some satisfaction with engaging people in debate when it's obvious they have no facts supporting their stance. They are just anti-Clinton. I have yet to have one person provide any context that actually proves anything that is being claimed.
But, it is your narrow minded short sighted partisanship that is ruining my Country.
Your country? It's not just your country, comrade.
Hillary thinks she is above the law. Apparently, you think she is too.
No, I think there is very little meat to this issue because it's a widespread problem that prosecutors rarely take to court. You knew that right? You did your homework, right?
Oh, tell us again how it's nothing like Petareus. What a liar.
Potential criminal violations arise when officials knowingly disseminate documents marked as classified to unauthorized officials or on unclassified systems, or otherwise misuse classified materials. That happened in two cases involving former CIA directors that are cited as parallels for the Clinton e-mail issue, but are quite different. John Deutch was pardoned in 2001 for using an unsecured CIA computer at his home to improperly access classified material; he reportedly had been prepared to plead guilty to a misdemeanor. David Petraeus pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in April for "knowingly" removing classified documents from authorized locations and retaining them at "unauthorized locations." Neither case fits the fact pattern with the Clinton e-mails.
S ource
Quit being lazy and do the damned work it takes to become informed. Continual spewing of rhetoric and fantasy does not convict a person when guilty and it does not educate people around you to do the same.
You are spreading disinformation and half truths.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: Philippines
We don't know what classified information was in those emails. In one of the links I provided earlier it was stated that an entire email was deemed classified because the email was discussing a newspaper article on drones.
Show me a single person in the United States Government with their own Server.
Wait, you can't ?
Nobody, and I mean nobody has ever acted like this with sensitive material.