Posted on 05/05/2016 8:17:51 PM PDT by Fasceto
Prosecutors and FBI agents investigating Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server have so far found scant evidence that the leading Democratic presidential candidate intended to break classification rules, though they are still probing the case aggressively with an eye on interviewing Clinton herself, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
FBI agents on the case have been joined by federal prosecutors from the same office that successfully prosecuted 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui — and who would handle any Edward Snowden case, should he ever return to the country, according to the U.S. officials familiar with the matter. And in recent weeks, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Virginia and their FBI counterparts have been interviewing top Clinton aides as they seek to bring the case to a close.
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Her itnent was to bypass normal proceedures and have a hoem computer with top secret information on it in an un-secured manner- endangering America- Her INTENT was NOT to follow the rules- KNowingly puttign classified informaiton at risk-
How the hell can they suggest otherwise?
Negligent Homicide also does not carry malicious intent, but it is a felony and you go to jail, and you sure as hell are not fit to be president.
A manslaughter driving conviction would never allow one to be a bus driver and mishandling of classified server information should never allow one to be president.
I don’t think only that applies. The fact they were miss handled by Hillary after her original briefing rises to criminal status from what I remember.
Her intent was clearly to evade public disclosure laws, not malice, and there is no need even to prove her real motive. The outcome though was obvious. Anyone in the business who didn’t think to hack her server would by now have been either fired or executed.
Malice is not a requirement for prosecution on this crime. I knew several people who “merely” mishandled Top Secret material who were prosecuted and imprisoned for the crime. It’s Hillary, so the rules don’t apply, but if she were a real person she’d already have been convicted.
"(f) Whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information, relating to the national defense, (1) through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or (2) having knowledge that the same has been illegally removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of its trust, or lost, or stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, and fails to make prompt report of such loss, theft, abstraction, or destruction to his superior officer—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both."
Just so much horse shit.
Intent has NO bearing.
I didn’t mean to kill him, just beat hell out of him.
Still going to jail for murder regardless.
Bitch Hill should already be behind bars.
Were it you or i we would be.
These unnamed "US officials" probably spoke on the condition of anonymity because they have no clue whatsoever how the probe is actually going and they're trying to "try the case in the court of public opinion".
That isn't going to happen and if you're too chickenshit to come out on the record, closeted "Shrillary!" supporter, don't expect me to believe you.
No, the law does not so require. Did Gen Petraeus have malice and intent to harm the country? Hell no!
Intent has no baring on the law.
Jim Snowden could say his intent in teleasing all his top secret info was not to hurt the US, well okay then here’s your pass.
so is avoiding FOIA malicious? I’d say so.
“She lied to investigators etc about her emails ...”
Is that not a crime?
The statute in question has NO PART that mentions intent.
Mishandling of classified material is a felony (IIRC) no matter if it is intentional or not.
And putting classified material in an “open” system speaks volumes about intent to commit espionage, IMO.
What the hell has intent got to do with it. A person running a clearly-posted stop sign and killing a family in a subsequent car wreck didn’t have intent. So “not guilty?” Total disregard for the law and personal negligence are in play here, not intent.
Incorrect.
First, the statute does not require intent. Mistaken mishandling of classified material is illegal, and has been punished severely in the past.
Second, the act of setting up a non-government server, while simultaneously shunning the secure system already in place for the Secretary of State position implies clear intent to avoid the secure system. I have read, IIRC, that Hillary did not even have a state department email address - that means she deliberately avoided the secure system.
Third, she was required (like all who handle classified info) to undergo a series of training sessions, complete with signed acknowledgements, on what was allowed and not allowed. To immediately violate the acknowledged rules signals intent, even though it is not required under the statute.
The only other alternative is that Hillary’s IQ is so low that she cannot understand the word “classified”.
Merely setting up the server, and having the first piece of classified data land on the disk drive, was enough for jail time for you and I.
Intention to avoid accountability is malicious.
Period.
Full stop.
End of story.
This is the new meme coming out of the White Hut. “She didn’t do on purpose, she meant no harm” So the Hillbots will give her a pass.
This is the new meme coming out of the White Hut. “She didn’t do on purpose, she meant no harm” So the Hillbots will give her a pass.
This is the new meme coming out of the White Hut. “She didn’t do on purpose, she meant no harm” So the Hillbots will give her a pass.
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