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Posted on 07/06/2016 5:41:30 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Beyond the FBI Probe
There were further important public issues not addressed by the FBI today. They involve public records laws and the cost borne by the public, due to Clinton’s failures.
Did Clinton allegedly violate public records laws? Yes, through use of the private servers and devices, failure to maintain required public records, temporary and permanent deletion of many records, and failure to fully disclose the records when asked.
Did Clinton turn over all her public work records to the State Department in 2014 when her public servers were discovered? No.
Did Clinton make all of the public’s records available when requested under Freedom of Information (FOI) law (as far back as 2012 or even earlier)? No.
Have all those records now been provided to FOI requesters? No.
Due to Clinton’s actions, the FBI said that recovering documents and piecing together facts was “a painstaking undertaking, requiring thousands of hours of effort.” And your tax dollars paid for it.
It’s Not All About Hillary
In some respects, the implications of the FBI’s findings aren’t about Hillary– they’re about the rest of us. As a layman, here’s my interpretation:
Any federal employee is now free, despite what the law may say, to make personal arrangements to communicate the public’s business using private servers, administrators, accounts and devices. They may send and receive classified material using these servers, even in hostile territory subject to hacking by sophisticated adversaries. They may routinely destroy the public-owned records they create–some of them permanently–and, if their actions are discovered, they may provide false public statements about their content.
They are free to violate public records law and fail to turn over public records upon request (making Freedom of Information law meaningless and toothless).
(Excerpt) Read more at sharylattkisson.com ...
A REAL journalist weighs in, finally.
Thank you, Sharyl!
Don't kid yourself. This is all about Hillary. If any federal employee thinks they will get a pass like Hillary they will be unemployed and or in prison.
It is time to kick over the tables and clean house.
Go Donald Trump!
I think Ms. Attkisson is referring to the decidely large criminal element in Washington politics.
People with something to hide, ESPECIALLY in a possible Hillary Clinton administration.
Only unconnected schmucks would subject to the sanctions that you suggest.
Thanks. Got it and agree
Correct. The law will be used to protect the co-conspirators and to punish and eliminate the opposition.
The FOIA part isn’t just her though. Senior Appointees at a number of departments, including the EPA and OST have tried the same trick with conducting official business on private servers to attempt to evade requirements to turn over correspondence regarding how decisions were made (and with whom). Unless they are all prosecuted, this will become the norm.
She is always spot on.
FYI
They’re going to have to create new categories of secret data, with new rules and laws to protect them.
I wonder what they’ll call the new categories?
Are all the servers and devices accounted for?
Was there a protocol for disposal of servers and devices containing top secret and or classified information?
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“Correct. The law will be used to protect the co-conspirators and to punish and eliminate the opposition.”
And that is the ugly truth.
To add insult to injury, after misstating the law while admitting Clinton violated it, Obama/Clinton stooge Comey said that they would reserve the right to recommend prosecution if there were identical or even less egregious violations, presumably depending on the identity of the person being investigated.
Equal protection under law/life, liberty and property/liberty and justice for all ... it’s breath-taking in its crass contempt for the Constitution, stare decisis, due process and American notions of fundamental jurisprudential fairness.
This is Obama/Clinton Chicago-style political corruption under a spotlight.
Would make a great VP!
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This is why Sharyl is one of my role models.
Look at they type of Journalistic integrity it takes to follow this Clinton Story since it's every beggaring. How many man hours have been spent researching?
Not to mention Sharyl's Reporting.
There is no protocol for conducting official, private and secret government business on a private server.
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