A slamdunk IMHO. Certainly "inadvertently" removing and losing documents related to the national defense qualifies as "gross negligence."
Negligence is a pretty low standard in the law. Gross negligence is much more difficult. I see the statute, as quoted here, says nothing about knowingly or wilfully. Troublesome. He may skate if this is an accurate representation of the statutory language.
He "'inadvertently' stuck it in his pants?????" The man's a liar and deserves to be in jail, BIG TIME. I'm glad he resigned from Kerry's campaign, too. I hope there is a HUGE uproar over this.