Posted on 07/08/2016 7:52:37 AM PDT by Olog-hai
FBI Director James Comey told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Thursday that he thinks the Justice Department is worried that the 1917 law criminalizing gross negligence in handling classified material is “invalid” and “would be challenged on constitutional grounds, which is why they’ve used it extraordinarily sparingly in the decades.” […]
“Do you believe that since the Department of Justice hasn’t used the statute Congress passed, it’s invalid?” (Tim) Walberg asked.
“No, I think they’re worried that it’s invalid, that it would be challenged on constitutional grounds, which is why they’ve used it extraordinarily sparingly in the decades,” Comey said. In fact, the statute was only used once — in an espionage case, he said. …
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James Cumonme/. Rickin overpriced eunuch.
The Communists disdain to conceal their aims; they openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. …That has always been their goal.
— Manifesto, Ch. IV
I have zero confidence it is redeemable no matter who is put in charge.
Yeah, only against their political enemies.
Regards,
I wish people would quit calling him an idiot or saying he's stupid.
He is neither.
I’m just waiting to hear that SOMEBODY, either the FBI, DoJ, State Department or whoever, is going to hold accountable the persons who deliberately removed the classification markings from the material and posted it (probably by manually transcribing it from the classified server) to Clinton’s private email server.
They have the email threads; they KNOW who inserted the material into the stream. Well? WELL!!??
Apologizes for double post. Got interrupted and forgot I had already hit the post button when I got back.
Thank you. This is something I cannot get people never associated with the intelligence business to understand. They think this is nothing more serious than sending work email to/from your personal account -- "everyone does it".
When you work with this information, security policies and procedures are part of everything you say and do. It becomes second nature, and it's an extremely difficult habit to break. You simply cannot break the rules without intent, or you are so careless it constitutes gross negligence.
After I moved on to another phase of my career, those habits still governed my behavior. I took NDA's very seriously, to the point that I got complaints from people who didn't. But, once a customer knew about my background, they realized they didn't have to worry about unauthorized disclosure.
That makes no sense as does the comic Comey defense of Hillary Clinton. The DOJ knew Hillary Clinton clearly violated the law. That’s what they were afraid of.
Toady Comey solved their problem.
Comey will resign today.
“My version of the US Constitution says the JUDICIARY decides these issues according to RULES SET FORTH BY CONGRESS.”
Actually, the Constitution does not say that. Nowhere is the judiciary given the exclusive right to interpret the Constitution. In fact, many of the founding fathers held otherwise (look up nullification on google).
If he does, then that just paves the way for someone even more corrupt.
You can wish all you want, but; the man obviously is STUPID and thinks he knows the law better then most judges and attorneys.
If only it were comic.
More “commie” than comic.
No, he is not stupid. Obama put him where he is for a reason.
We are living in the age where Hanlon’s Razor is inverted.
I’m thinking this guy is going to commit suicide. He knows Trump will dump him...but before he dumps him....put him through hell.
He just needs to say “Some people are above the law”. He’s looking more and more lame the more he tries to avoid stating the truth.
By saying that if “anyone else” attempted the same thing they would get punished, he effectively did say that.
Comey: just another Obamanite deciding (on his own) what laws should be enforced.
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