We have military people who have been demoted, have lost their careers, and have been sent to prison for inadvertently posting classified information on Facebook or through texts on their phones.
Comey admitted during Congressional testimony that he leaked this information to a Colombia Law Professor, who was instructed to leak it to the New York Times and other media, so that it would "trigger" a Special Counsel (Mueller).
Also, let's remember one thing: Hillary went around official government protocol with her blackberries and illegal server so that she could cover up her illegal activities of selling her position as SECSTATE so that she could extort billions from foreign governments and donors and deposit the money into the Clinton Foundation - where it was further laundered through off shore accounts.
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“When I was active duty military, and if I had leaked classified information the press, I would have been crucified. ...”
Same goes for folks that work in the defense industry.
Classified is classified; this whole thing with illary, Huma, Comey, the unsecure server etc and them not getting brought up on charges goes to show that there is currently a double standard in this country.
One application of laws for the elite, and another for everyone else.
This double standard has —got— to stop.
One law. One constitution. One country.
“When I was active duty military, and if I had leaked classified information the press, I would have been crucified.”
Many of us for years maybe years/decades after our active duty was over might/could/would have gone to jail for even pillow talk let along a politically induced leak to the media.