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Even as a European*, I find this of interest, because of the level of corruption it shows.
Headline: "Clinton Was 'Extremely Careless' With Email But Should Not Be Charged".
In his statement, Comey said that the FBI's investigation had found 110 emails on Clinton's servers that had contained classified information when they were sent or received, of which eight contained material at the highest classification level of "top secret." Noting that this information was being stored on "unclassified personal servers" less secure even than commercial services like Gmail and that Clinton's use of the private account was widely known, Comey said it was "possible that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton's personal email account." Said Comey: "Any reasonable person should have known that an unclassified system was no place for that kind of information."
So: The FBI knows that she mishandled classified information. When you receive your security clearance, you are informed of the rules and the penalties for breaking them. Storing Secret, much less Top Secret information on a civilian server outside the control of the government violates those rules.
Yet, she will not be prosecuted. She was just "careless", no big deal. Laws are for the little people.
*Full disclosure: I used to be American, but turned in my passport some years ago. Various reasons, not least of which are the US tax policies. But the politics (The Shrub, Obama, and now...possibly Hillary!) - it's like a banana republic, only with nukes.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by mth on Tuesday July 05 2016, @11:55PM
but its obvious that this witch hunt is 100% partisan, as the summary kind of implies. the repubs have nothing 'good' on her so they use this.
FYI, I am not an American and I have no particular fondness for either major US party.
bush: he created wars and tortured people. he got off 100% scot free. he was a monster but everyone gave him a pass and nothing happened to him, after doing so many monstorous things.
True, but how is that relevant? Two wrongs don't make a right.
if all you have is 'info sec' on hillary, that's damned weaksauce, guys. everyone who is not wearing red can see that.
She shouldn't have used her own server for government e-mail even if it were the most secure server in the world. She either knew that or should have known that but did it anyway. The fact that the server was poorly secured only makes a bad situation worse.
Maybe what she did is not enough to send her to jail, but any party with integrity wouldn't pick someone like that as their candidate.
(Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Wednesday July 06 2016, @05:53AM
but any party with integrity wouldn't pick someone like that as their candidate.
I'll pay you one bitcoin if you find me ONE poltician who is spotless and clean, to your 'integrity' standards.
I feel quite safe that my bitcoin is not going to land in your pocket.
save the 'integrity' bullshit, I'm not a spring chicken, I've lived more than 5 decades and I know how life works.
we elect politicans TO LIE AND DO BAD THINGS, hoping that it will land on our side on not the opposition. sorry if that ruins your disney tv storybook view of the world, but at the levels these people are at 100.0% of them are crooks. no one else could GET the job, much less keep it very long.
grow up, guys. we live in a highly corrupt world and the lone ranger ain't gonna come ridin' up to save the say. we have shit and we'll get shit. sometimes its red shit and sometimes its blue shit.
but if they are a politician with any amount of power, just one guess how they GOT that power. go ahead, look it up. its spelled with a C and ends with orruption. every single one of our 'elected leaders' is a sociopath. and we badly need a reboot since small tweaks are not going to get us to where we want.
when you have rich and powerful playing that ballgame, you seriously expect them to follow RULES?
again, when you were born? yesterday?
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 06 2016, @06:35AM
There are spots and there is Black Square.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday July 06 2016, @06:28AM
... but 3 lefts do.
https://www.youtube.com/@ProfSteveKeen https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by mechanicjay on Wednesday July 06 2016, @05:32PM
... but 3 lefts do.
Ironically, only if those three lefts are equivalent to 3 right angles.
My VMS box beat up your Windows box.