Déjà Vu: When Bill Clinton Pardoned His Former CIA Director over Classified Documents on His Home Computer
"Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton insists she did nothing wrong by running all of her government communications, including classified material, through her unsecured, home-brewed computer server. Perhaps she’s forgotten one of her husband’s final acts in the Oval Office: issuing a presidential pardon to former CIA director John Deutch.
Deutch’s offense? Keeping classified material on unsecured home computers. The pardon came just as Deutch was reportedly going to cop a plea with the Justice Department. Deutch headed the CIA from May 1995 to December 1996.
Several days after he left the agency, classified material was discovered on a government-owned computer at his house in Bethesda, Md. Additionally, unsecured classified magnetic media were found in the study. According to the CIA inspector general’s report, the computer had been “designated for unclassified use only.”
Unlike the current administration’s six-month delay in obtaining Clinton’s computer, the feds moved almost immediately in the Deutch case. Within ten days of discovering the errant material, they retrieved the hard drive from Deutch’s computer. A formal security investigation was opened within a month."
Read more at: Bill Clinton's Pardon for Classified Documents | National Review Online
Interestingly enough, Bill Clinton PARDONED someone who did the same thing Hillary did. And the hard drive was turned over 10 days after they found he was using a home server! Within a month, the investigation was started.
FEDS DID NOT WAIT 5 MONTHS FOR THE SERVER TO BE WIPED CLEAN PROFESSIONALLY AND THEN TURNED OVER.
But, let's face it. He was not a Clinton. Rules applied to him.
"Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton insists she did nothing wrong by running all of her government communications, including classified material, through her unsecured, home-brewed computer server. Perhaps she’s forgotten one of her husband’s final acts in the Oval Office: issuing a presidential pardon to former CIA director John Deutch.
Deutch’s offense? Keeping classified material on unsecured home computers. The pardon came just as Deutch was reportedly going to cop a plea with the Justice Department. Deutch headed the CIA from May 1995 to December 1996.
Several days after he left the agency, classified material was discovered on a government-owned computer at his house in Bethesda, Md. Additionally, unsecured classified magnetic media were found in the study. According to the CIA inspector general’s report, the computer had been “designated for unclassified use only.”
Unlike the current administration’s six-month delay in obtaining Clinton’s computer, the feds moved almost immediately in the Deutch case. Within ten days of discovering the errant material, they retrieved the hard drive from Deutch’s computer. A formal security investigation was opened within a month."
Read more at: Bill Clinton's Pardon for Classified Documents | National Review Online
Interestingly enough, Bill Clinton PARDONED someone who did the same thing Hillary did. And the hard drive was turned over 10 days after they found he was using a home server! Within a month, the investigation was started.
FEDS DID NOT WAIT 5 MONTHS FOR THE SERVER TO BE WIPED CLEAN PROFESSIONALLY AND THEN TURNED OVER.
But, let's face it. He was not a Clinton. Rules applied to him.
