Comey: 'Nobody' Uses 1917 Law Making Gross Negligence in Handling Classified Material a Crime

CNS News ^ | July 7, 2016 | Susan Jones

[bgill]

But did you slip up with classified stuff a dozen times a day, every day of the week for years?

[SERKIT]

If that law is reserved only for the gross-grossly incompetent, and used sparingly so sparingly this would have been only the second time it was used in 100 years, it would be an indication that she grievously and overtly broke even the most seldom used law on this topic. It would have been fitting.

[sten]

Hillary used her email server as a dead stop for enemies of the state. Enemies that they wish to support, but cannot do so directly

[scrabblehack]

I didn’t think so....so what statutes were they charged with breaking?

[Chewbarkah]

Few others have been prosecuted since 1917 because their “gross negligence” was either relatively penny-ante, or the perpetrators were charged for willful misconduct, not neglect. The killer fact is that no one in the last 99 years has “mishandled” classified information on such a vast scale or over such a long period of time as Hillary Clinton. The scope of Hillary’s misconduct is unprecedented; evoking prior non-enforcement to excuse her is ridiculous.

The whole issue of gross negligence is a red herring in this case. A mountain of evidence indicates that Hillary’s misconduct was willful, and part of an elaborate scheme. There can be no doubt that Hillary desired to “mishandle” the information. Whether her reason to mishandle it was to espionage, or to hide incompetence, graft, political corruption, etc., is irrelevant.

[TEXOKIE]

I think I’m living inside some kind of “Other” world...

I know, right? We all went sideways “Through the Looking Glass” in 2009.

[freefdny]

I believe we are living in the age of the death of reason. No reasonable prosecutor could be found because reason is in short supply. Wise Latinas,the meaning of the word is, and Executive Orders are the new legal standard.

[cynwoody]

How were Jonathan Pollard and Christopher Boyce charged?

I'm not sure about Boyce, but Pollard was definitely charged under the 1917 act.

Of course, both those guys went way beyond gross negligence. They deliberately sold secrets for cash.

The lead prosecutor of Pollard was Joseph diGenova. Last March he made an incorrect prediction regarding the current case:

“No honest FBI will ever not [recommend] criminal charges in this case,” former U.S. Attorney Joseph diGenova said during an event hosted by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch. “There are going to be referrals for a series of criminal charges involving violations of the espionage statutes, the grossly negligent mishandling of classified information, the grossly negligent storage of classified information.”
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“[The FBI] may not recommend felonies, as a courtesy to a woman who was the first lady for eight years, a senator and the secretary of state,” diGenova said. “They may as a courtesy try to do what they did with General Petraeus, and recommend misdemeanors. But make no mistake, they are going to recommend that she and others be charged with crimes.”

[Kickass Conservative]

When was the first Law making Murder a Crime written in the United States?

I guess it’s cool to Murder someone now because that Law is obviously archaic.

Heck, the other day he implied that Involuntary Manslaughter should be abolished because it lacked Intent, right?

How about “negligent” Homicide?

[cynwoody]

The whole issue of gross negligence is a red herring in this case. A mountain of evidence indicates that Hillary’s misconduct was willful, and part of an elaborate scheme. There can be no doubt that Hillary desired to “mishandle” the information. Whether her reason to mishandle it was to espionage, or to hide incompetence, graft, political corruption, etc., is irrelevant.

Why have we not heard anything from the FBI regarding the purpose of Hillary's email server, which was to evade quite deliberately the Federal Records Act and the Freedom of Information Act?

And her motivation for evading FRA and FOIA? Could it have been to keep Clinton Foundation dealings secret?

[Hotlanta Mike]

MSNBC (Yes THAT MSNBC) Eviscerates Hillary’s Lawlessness & Obama’s Corruption

http://lidblog.com/msnbc-yes-that-msnbc-eviscerates-hillarys-lawlessness-obamas-corruption/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#

[Hotlanta Mike]

JAMES COMEY’S BAFFLING TESTIMONY (3) — CRIMINAL INTENT

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/07/james-comeys-baffling-testimony-3-criminal-intent.php

[Yaelle]

Let’s not arrest black people ever. Probably, no one will
Prosecute them anyway.

[eyeamok]

How Dare You start bringing up pertinent facts in an emotional argument on equal treatment for women.

[poinq]

The problem that NOBODY from either party is talking about. Is that top brass from both the republican and democrat parties would go to jail for being reckless with Top Secret material.

Hillary is far more fragrant than anybody else. But, its hard to hold her to the law when Obama himself and republicans before him broke security laws.

The US Government has horrible productivity, ancient processes and holds a secret like a sieve holds water.

[Pit1]

+++1

[faithhopecharity]

My Lord, he is either a sell-out traitor or else a total fool.
Nobody in their right mind and with even the least smattering of knowledge about the law requiring the keeping of state secrets......could ever come up with a vapid, lame line of BS like that!

so i think he must have just crassly sold our country out, money talks (again)!

[justa-hairyape]

So Comey is okay with a President who is guilty of gross negligence of classified material, even though that person will be responsible for defending Comeys entire family from foriegn attack ?

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Lavoy Finicum is unavailable for comment.

[Seruzawa]

Comey belongs in jail with Hillary.