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Or....she didn't violate the law.
If she were a commoner or Republican, she would go to prison for her acts.
That the law does not apply to the party elite is understood.
Most likely no. They wouldn't.
The laws governing the misuse of classified information require that the offender knew the material was classified and either delivered it to someone who wasn't authorized to receive it or removed it from government custody “with the intent to retain” it.
Hillary Clinton didn't break the law
And the general consensus among the overwhelming majority of lawyers specializing in national security issues is.......Clinton did neither.
You disagree. Um.....so?
Of course I disagree with your sketchy journalistic excuses for her actions.. It was HER JOB to recognize classified material and to protect it. There is no doubt about KNOWING it was classified. And the bullshit about a requirement to "deliver it to a person" is NOT at all accurate. You only have to "remove it from government custody" or place in it in an unsecured setting..
Your agreement or disagreement isn't a factor. And as you demonstrated with your claims about her having to be 're-cleared' for security clearance if she becomes president, you really don't know what you're talking about:
flacaltenn said:Nope.. She needs to be RE-CLEARED into the appropriate programs.,. The ones that she violated the trust of.
That should never happen.. No need to get legal on her ass. Just make certain the rules and procedures are respected and mean something.
Which is explicitly contradicted by the Congressional Research Service's specialist in Intelligence and national security
"By virtue of his constitutional role as commander-and-in-chief and head of the executive branch, the President has access to all national intelligence collected, analyzed and produced by the Intelligence Community."
Congressional Research Service
December 14th, 2005
https://web.archive.org/web/20110114013512/http://feinstein.senate.gov/crs-intel.pdf
There's no mention of being 'cleared'. To say nothing of being 'recleared'. Remember, the Intelligence Community is part of the Executive Branch. The President can just order them to give her any information that she wants.
"The President is able to control dissemination of intelligence information to Congress because the Intelligence Community is part of the executive branch. It was created by law and executive order principally to serve that branch of government in the execution of its responsibilities. Thus, as the head of the executive branch, the President generally is acknowledged to be “the owner” of national intelligence."
Congressional Research Service
December 14th, 2005
Thus, as president, she has clearance as she is the 'owner' of national intelligence. Your 'cased closed' hypothetical doesn't take this enormous detail into account. Rendering your hypothetical functionally meaningless. And likewise demonstrates that you simply don't know what you're talking about on this issue.
Which her commercial server ROUTINELY and REPEATEDLY DID. Over and over and over again.. LATimes doesn't seem to know SHIT about how this stuff works.
Neither the LA Times nor AP are citing themselves. But lawyers that specialize in national security issues. With overwhelming consensus of those attorneys agreeing that no crime was committed. That you personally disagree is legally irrelevant.
She should NEVER AGAIN have access to security clearances. All the assertions you wanna make won't stop a showdown between a PREZ who is a KNOWN abuser of the process and the rest of the government charged with generating, acting on, and protecting those secrets. She needs to sign into every program she WANTS access to.. There is PROCESS for that. Because you are not just granted BLANKET access to ALL secure information.., AND --- because you need to be COUNCILED as to the scope of each "program", the details considered secure, etc..
That's certainly a personal opinion. But since you don't know what you're talking about regarding these issues, why would I ignore the Congressional Research Service's specialist in Intelligence and national security....and instead believe you?
Why would I ignore the lawyers specializing in national security issues cited by the LA times....and instead believe you? Why would I ignore the lawyers cited by AP and instead believe you?
I can't think of a single reason.
She is not de facto "owner" of shit if she is not eligible for security vetting.. And there will be wars over sharing that program access with anybody who's already violated that trust.. As there should be for this unique situation...
Says you citing yourself. You're certainly welcome to a personal opinion. But you have yet to explain to me why I would care what you thought on the issue.