Posted on 07/06/2016 3:48:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Will careless security-clearance holders get a pass? Time will tell.
Attorneys for people who allegedly mishandled classified information say the outcome of the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton could be good news for their clients.
Though many see a double standard in FBI Director James Comey’s decision not to recommend charges against the former secretary of state who used a personal and unsecured email system for official business, others see possibilities.
Mark Zaid, a defense attorney for national security whistleblowers and people accused of mishandling secrets, says he plans to ask for “the Clinton deal” in the future.
And Zaid says he probably can get it.
In 2015, shortly after former CIA Director David Petraeus received a plea deal featuring probation and a fine for sharing highly classified information with his mistress Paula Broadwell, Zaid says he called the Justice Department on behalf of a client accused of taking classified records home....
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Good luck with that
“Attorneys Intend to Ask for ‘the Clinton Deal’”
It usually requires a transfer of a large amount of cash.
...and the culture further erodes.
Little people think they are so smart.
The applicable legal principle is: Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi.
The ox doesn't get the same treatment as Jupiter.
The applicable legal principle is: Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi.
The ox doesn't get the same treatment as Jupiter.
They won’t get it because the top level of law enforcement is corrupt.
To be clear, this is not to suggest that in similar circumstances, a person who engaged in this activity would face no consequences. To the contrary, those individuals are often subject to security or administrative sanctions. But that is not what we are deciding now.
“Comey made it clear that this is a one time special rule for the Clintons only: “
The judges may see it differently and send a clear message to the FBI that they made an irreparable mistake. I think it will be very difficult to convict anyone of mishandling classified information until the Clinton situation is revisited.
It will be real interesting to see if judges start granting defense requests for a specific intent jury instruction instead of a gross negligence instruction. That’s what Comey did - rewrite the law.
What does Bon Jovi have to do with it?
:-)
“That’s what Comey did - rewrite the law.”
Yep.
I always thought being tried as a Kennedy would be good for day to day types of situations like ramming a school bus full of children while drunk as a skunk. But the new Clinton defense will be great for those times you just can’t help but commit some good old fashioned treason.
Actually, with a precedent like that, if they DON’T get a similar deal, they win on appeal on the theory of “equal justice under law”. . .
Comey gives justice a bad name.
Didn’t former Clinton aide Sandy Berger pretty much set this precedent? What “sanctions” did he receive for stuffing the classified documents in his britches for totally illicit purposes? Another example of someone who should be making gravel from boulders at Leavenworth...if not feeding the worms!
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