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There was no disclosure in this case, so I guess you could call it a technical violation.
Abraham Lesnik, 62, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty last week to a single felony count of unauthorized possession of classified information, which he took home from his job at a Boeing facility in El Segundo, Calif.
Secrets Case Called a Puzzle - The New York Sun
Translator Pleads Guilty to Taking Documents
Translator Pleads Guilty to Taking Documents
So you were at this for a WHOLE DAY, and this was the best you could come up with. Okay- quick takedown.
Okay. Your first case was Abraham Lesnik, a nutcase who worked for Boeing who took classified documents home with him. The reason why the FBI was looking at him at all was that it was suspected he was actually spying for Israel.
When they found out he was just some schlub who brought his work home with him, they didn't want to show they had wasted their time and tried to charge him with bullshit. The Judge saw right through it and gave him probation.
Josh Gerstein: Lesnik Gets Probation
So first case- No jail time for a technical violation, and the only reason why there was an investigation at all was because something more serious was suspected.
Your second case was equally weak. In the midst of the Panic over the "War on An Emotional State", we got all afraid that some of the few guys we could find who could speak Arabic might be playing for the other team.
So big whoop, you found a case where America totally violated the rights of Muslims. That's nothing to be proud of.
Mehalba had been hired as an Arabic translator by Titan Systems Corp., a San Diego-based defense contractor, in September 2002 and began working at the Guantanamo Bay facility in January 2003. As part of his work there, Mehalba was granted an interim security clearance and given access to classified documents.
He was arrested at Boston's Logan International Airport in September 2003 after returning from a family visit in Egypt.
Assistant U.S. Atty. Michael D. Ricciuti, chief of the anti-terrorism unit in Boston's FBI office, told the court Monday that Mehalba had denied he was carrying "government-related material," but was found with computer discs containing 725 government documents. The prosecutor said more than half were marked "secret."
So again, this is a LOT more serious on it's face than not having a proper server. They guy walked out of a SECURE Facility and brought documents to a foreign country.
And they only went after him because- again- they suspected espinoge. When they found all he had done was mishandled documents, they let him plead guilty and let him go.
So, dude, you have two pretty weak cases where they didn't go to prison for what they were accused of, and you think that's good enough to go after a former First Lady, Senator/Secretary of State because she had a server in her bathroom.
Yup, you are going to sell that to a jury said no prosecutor, ever.