Posted on 07/06/2016 7:48:10 AM PDT by b4its2late
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Wednesday that Congress could step in and try to deny Hillary Clinton access to classified information during the presidential campaign, if the Obama administration doesn’t take that step itself.
Given that the FBI found Mrs. Clinton “careless” in handling top secret information, Mr. Ryan said Director of National Intelligence James Clapper should deny her the regular intelligence briefings a party’s presidential and vice presidential nominees get.
But he said if Mr. Clapper doesn’t do that, Congress could step in.
“We’re not going to forego any options,” he said — though he insisted the administration should do it “on its own.”
FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that Mrs. Clinton and her aides were “extremely careless” with classified information, and may well have broken the law, though he doubted, based on precedent, that a prosecutor would try to make a criminal case against her.
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He is all talk. I don’t think this would pass.
There's probably some classified info. remaining that Hillary has yet to sell to the highest bidder.
Congress should impeach Obama. That will keep the cRATs in Congress too busy to aid Clinton, and deny Obama as a positive resource to Clinton.
IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!!
Screw The GOP/RNC!
Could’ve would’ve sure like we’re going to believe anything coming out of the establishment ...freakin cowards! They only attack their own party members with venom ! it’s all talk... I despise all of them all of them I hate them I hate them!!!! Anyway what difference does it make now! You can’t insert the toothpaste back into the tube!!! The bitch got away with it they are above the law will be and always continue to be! PLEASE LORD, NOT ANOTHER CLINTON TERM...PLEASE NO!!!
Ryan ... change “could” into WILL and I’ll regain a little trust in the system. Until then it’s just more lip service
‘And the shi’ite goes on....’
As someone who worked as an investigator with the DOD, I can state unequivocally that any individual who mishandled classified information in a manner similar to what happened in this case would, at the very least, have their security clearance immediatey suspended and, after a hearing, the clearance would likely be permanently revoked.
Addtionally, any access to Special Access Programs(SAPs) would be immediately revoked without a hearing as there is are no appeal rights for SAPs.
should have been done when she left Government
They will do no such thing! They are afraid of their own shadow.
Too late...
We can’t depend on Congress.
We can’t depend on talk radio or media.
The realization is that WE HAVE TO DO IT OURSELVES
But do we have the will?
Paul Ryan can stop pretending he’s on the citizens’ side.
A lot more people will see through the game you had been playing, Mr. Speaker.
Show us, Ryan. Then do it!
Two seconds!! Darn.
Ryan is grandstanding and is about to politicize this in a way that will allow democrats to recover.
I wonder whether the vetting process for cabinet appointees even includes a security clearance application. I've never seen the topic discussed and now I suspect that's part of the reason this investigation was spiked. The entire upper tier of the executive branch is probably leaking like a sieve.
Ryan’s overplaying his hand, considering there is no indictment forthcoming. Two wrongs don’t make a right, IMO.
highly impossible. Conservatives have been on defensive for more than 10 years, control less money, less political power, less market share in media...........
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