John M. Deutch
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Former CIA Director John M. Deutch
John M. Deutch
Appointed CIA director by President Bill Clinton in 1995, Deutch resigned in 1996 and was investigated for mishandling classified information.
The
similarities between his case and Hillary Clinton’s are striking.
Both she and Deutch:
- Stored hundreds of classified documents on their unsecured home computers.
- Had information on those computers classified as top secret.
- Used computers considered vulnerable to hackers.
The one big difference was the Justice Department prepared criminal charges against Deutch, while the FBI has recommended no such action against the Democrat’s presumptive presidential nominee.
The government never claimed Deutch intended to mishandle the information.
But, the Justice Department reportedly was set to file criminal charges against him until the president intervened.
On Jan. 24, 2001,
the Washington Post reported Deutch had struck a plea bargain to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of mishandling government secrets, which would have spared him a prison sentence.
But, on his last day in office in 2001, President Clinton pardoned Deutch.
CIA Director George Tenet Deutch had stripped Deutch of his security clearance in 1999. The State Department has refused to say whether Hillary Clinton still has her security clearance.
Sandy Berger
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Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger
President Clinton’s former national security adviser pleaded guilty in 2005 to a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material documents from the National Archives, by stuffing them in his clothes.
According to the
Washington Post, his attorney, Lanny Breuer, said, “the Justice Department affirmed that Berger had no intent to hide the contents.”
The paper said a government report showed “Berger’s main motive was to prepare himself for testifying before a commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, it makes clear that he not only sought to study the documents but also destroyed some copies and – when initially confronted – denied he had done so.”
Berger paid a $10,000 fine and had his security clearance revoked for three years.
Three years later, he became a foreign-policy adviser to Hillary Clinton during her 2008 presidential campaign.
Bryan Nishimura
Naval Reservist and Regional Engineer Bryan Nishimura was
prosecuted by the Justice Department in 2015 for mishandling classified information while serving in Afghanistan from 2007-2008.
As was the case with Hillary Clinton, “The investigation did not reveal evidence that [he] intended to distribute classified information to unauthorized personnel.”
And, like Clinton, Nishimura
stored classified material on his personal devices.
Also like Clinton, he destroyed “a large quantity of classified materials.”
Unlike Clinton, however, he was prosecuted, sentenced to two years’ probation, fined $7,500 and had his security clearance permanently revoked.
Kristian Saucier
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Kristian Saucier
Petty Officer 1st Class Kristian Saucier is facing up to 10 years in prison for mishandling classified information.
The Department of Defense could have handled the sailor’s case, but the Justice Department decided to pursue felony criminal charges.
Saucier pleaded guilty in May to a felony count of unlawful retention of national defense information after the Navy mechanic took photos inside the classified engine room of a nuclear submarine, then destroyed the evidence after he learned he was under investigation.
His intent was never a factor in the case because, as
Politico reported, “no public suggestion has been made that he ever planned to disclose the photos to anyone outside the Navy.”
“Clearly, a double standard [exists],” Saucier’s attorney Derrick Hogan told the website
Hotair after Comey’s statement on Tuesday. “To me, there’s really nothing that Mrs. Clinton did that was any different than what Mr. Saucier did.”
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