Thanks.
§1924. Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material
(a) Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(b) For purposes of this section, the provision of documents and materials to the Congress shall not constitute an offense under subsection (a).
(c) In this section, the term “classified information of the United States†means information originated, owned, or possessed by the United States Government concerning the national defense or foreign relations of the United States that has been determined pursuant to law or Executive order to require protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interests of national security.
This is the statute, I believe, for which Gen. Petraeus was convicted.
But I’m not sure that “knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location” pertains to removing the classified markings off the documents themselves.
Rather, it addresses the act of taking classified documents from a secure approved location and storing them at an unsecure, unapproved location.
Rather, it addresses the act of taking classified documents from a secure approved location and storing them at an unsecure, unapproved location.
Hillary's email server would definitely be considered an "unauthorized location".
Which Hillary and her staff and Blumenthal all did.
Hillary’s argument has all along been that the documents on her server were not marked classified so she could not have known that the document were classified. The email shows that she ordered the documents scrubbed of classification notices. Shows intent, prior knowledge and pants on fire lying.