Mishandling Classified Information Leads To Prison (If Your Name Isn’t Clinton)

hotair.com ^ | May 27, 2016

[Helicondelta]

Today Politico has an important story on the fate of Petty Officer First Class Kristian Saucier. Saucier pleaded guilty Friday to taking cell phone pictures of the engine room of his submarine:

Last July, Saucier was indicted on one felony count of unlawful retention of national defense information and another felony count of obstruction of justice. He pleaded guilty Friday to the classified information charge, which is part of the Espionage Act, a prosecution spokesman confirmed. No charge of espionage was filed and no public suggestion has been made that he ever planned to disclose the photos to anyone outside the Navy.

Politico reports Saucier faces up to 10 years but will likely get a sentence of 5-6 years in prison for keeping cell phone pics which he never disclosed, or planned to disclose, to anyone.

The comparison to Clinton’s email server is obvious. In neither case was there any intent to damage national security; nevertheless, there was mishandling of information which could potentially have harmed national security if it had fallen in to the wrong hands.

[Talisker]

Hotair directly referencing and linking Politico. Click the link, Politico is on the attack.

[NorthMountain]

The comparison to Clinton’s email server is obvious. In neither case was there any intent to damage national security;

I find that difficult to believe in Hildebeeste's case.

[Old Yeller]

Maybe not her, but her personal carpet cleaner, Huma, no doubt sure as hell is.

[GOPJ]

http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/05/11/judge-nap-why-fbi-could-prove-hillary-violated-espionage-law

How the FBI Could Prove Hillary Violated Espionage Laws

He pointed to one specific email which he said appears to show that she violated espionage laws.

There is one email in which Mrs. Clinton says to one of her underlings: “I want that document that says ‘secret’ on it. White-out the word ‘secret’ and fax it to me from your home fax to my home fax.” That is an intention to remove a state secret from a secure location to a non-secure location. What is that called? Espionage.

Napolitano also reacted to new reports that a Wall Street whistleblower is set to release damning information about the Clinton Foundation, alleging large-scale fraud.