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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, Funny) by linkdude64 on Wednesday July 06 2016, @12:47AM
Have you read any of those emails? They have recommendations from Hillary stating that the overthrow of Libyan and Syrian governments is in the best interests of Israel.
As our chief diplomat, Hillary used all of her power to:
1) Fund the little-known rebels who are now called ISIS
2) Destroy the stability of that region MUCH worse than Bush ever did...
3) ...So much so, in fact, that it caused a global refugee crisis potentially leading to the destruction of the European Union.
Every woman raped in Cologne, and every women raped and molested by Bill who was silenced can give Hillary Clinton a big fat thank you.
"Just infosec bro. She had no criminal intent bro."
Try reading those emails sometime.
(Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Wednesday July 06 2016, @05:57AM
I'll read the emails the minute the lincoln private communicatons are release, jefferson, washington, etc.
then go more modern and look at the last 20 or 30 years of politicians.
it sure would be interesting to read what THEIR private thoughts are!
you got one glimpse of the real world and now you're on a tirade. look around a bit more before you assume its just one person or party.
we have fundamental problems with authority and power figures in this country. and it happens to BOTH PARTIES.
that said, I still can't get worked up on emails that we see, since we don't have equiv 'private' emails from the other sons of bitches that we 'elected' (or who stole office).
show me a spotless record for bush and cheney and bush1. until you can show your guys are spotless, I could care less about your little 'we lost, waaaaah!' whining.
politicians lie and break rules and mostly get away with it. to think otherwise is to be a denialist (or troll).
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 06 2016, @07:25AM
Feh, I don't care about the private, i.e. non-governmental thoughts of politicians are. (The conduct of past politicians is also irrelevant when determining whether or not a crime has been committed.) I care about when the politicians commit crimes such as treason, fraud, etc., and then expect to go unpunished. Either we have the Rule of Law, where all are equally accountable, or we have Natural Law [constitution.org] which politicians and their supporters cannot seem to stomach.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 06 2016, @09:26AM
So your strategy is to make heavy use of red herrings? Nice try. I happen to think that pretty much all politicians should be in prison, including Clinton. But the fact that other politicians aren't going to prison doesn't mean Clinton shouldn't either.
(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Saturday July 09 2016, @03:37AM
Bush committed war crimes and should be in jail.
Hillary Clinton committed war crimes and should be in jail.
Donald Trump has committed no felonies, funded no mass-murders, started no civil wars, provided no weapons to known war criminals, overthrown no 3rd world governments, and has destroyed no international commonwealths, in his life, ever. Unlike Hillary Clinton. PERIOD.
Who exactly do you want to be in power again???
(Score: 1) by Chrontius on Wednesday July 06 2016, @05:58AM
Strictly speaking, she funded the little-known rebels who were crushed by ISIS.