Clinton Emails: FBI Recommends 'No Charges'

[rrggrr]

I wonder how John Deutsche and Samuel Berger feel about this. Both were charged for retaining classified data. And the many regular people whose clearances have been revoked or who faced administrative sanctions and lost jobs. The FBI recommendation is statutorily correct, but the absence of any accountability doesn't seem just.

[simbalion]

Statutorily correct, what does that mean? They claim a lack of precedent. The only reason there's a lack of precedent is that email is a young technology.

[wesnerm2]

The difference between Hillary Clinton and others who were charged for retaining classified data is that Hillary Clinton had the authority bestowed to her by Executive Order 12958 and 13526 to classify and declassify information at the "top secret" level that originated from the State Department.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/02/...

[tynpeddler]

I guess we would have to read the emails to know if she had the authority to reclassify them. Otherwise “This authority(...) did not extend to information generated by other agencies, such as CIA.”

[ethanbond]

Ah, so she's not an sketchy outlaw... she's a sketchy lawman.

That puts my mind at ease.

[devillius]

I'll just leave this here. Eerily similar: https://www.fbi.gov/sacramento/press-releases/2015/folsom-na...

[arkem]

I wouldn't call the two cases eerily similar.

One is about operating a private email server and using it for official business that occasionally included sensitive information that shouldn't be held on internet connected computers.

The other is removing classified information from secure systems (I think it's implying SIPRNET) and keeping copies of them in your home.

One case is a person not saying "hey guys, we shouldn't talk about this here" when topics get sensitive and the other is a deliberate copying of classified information.

One constitutes careless handling of sensitive information, one constitutes intentional mishandling of classified information.

[appleflaxen]

This isn't fair to the men and women charged for the same or similar actions.

[nikdaheratik]

Nothing about the process is fair, and neither outcome in Clinton's case would change that. The government needs to stop classifying material indiscriminately, and stop treating all whistleblowers like criminals. And that's just for starters.

[PopsiclePete]

Gotta be careful, don't wanna piss off your future boss.