Posted on 07/05/2016 10:22:00 AM PDT by Mariner
There is no way of getting around this: According to Director James Comey (disclosure: a former colleague and longtime friend of mine), Hillary Clinton checked every box required for a felony violation of Section 793(f) of the federal penal code (Title 18): With lawful access to highly classified information she acted with gross negligence in removing and causing it to be removed it from its proper place of custody, and she transmitted it and caused it to be transmitted to others not authorized to have it, in patent violation of her trust. Director Comey even conceded that former Secretary Clinton was “extremely careless” and strongly suggested that her recklessness very likely led to communications (her own and those she corresponded with) being intercepted by foreign intelligence services.
Yet, Director Comey recommended against prosecution of the law violations he clearly found on the ground that there was no intent to harm the United States.
In essence, in order to give Mrs. Clinton a pass, the FBI rewrote the statute, inserting an intent element that Congress did not require. The added intent element, moreover, makes no sense: The point of having a statute that criminalizes gross negligence is to underscore that government officials have a special obligation to safeguard national defense secrets; when they fail to carry out that obligation due to gross negligence, they are guilty of serious wrongdoing. The lack of intent to harm our country is irrelevant. People never intend the bad things that happen due to gross negligence.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Only PUTIN can save us now. He has ALL of Hillary’s emails. But I think he’ll wait and see if she’s elected. There’s PLENTY of material to BLACKMAIL her with once she’s elected.
ALTERNATIVE HEADLINE: “FBI DECLARES HILLARY CLINTON TO BE COMPLETE LIAR”
“Remember, she can still be prosecuted.”
That’s hilarious
We do not have the rule of law, we have kings and queens. Hillary is Queen. She is a very unlikable queen.
Now.. how do you like the visual of Hillary boarding AIR FORCE ONE, immediately following Comey remarks.
Talk about.. “ moving on”.
Justice changes the language of law to avoid prosecution of the elite Left.
How this manipulation of language can stand, even a misdemeanor, gives license to all government agencies to do the same.
Here’s the money quote:
“The FBI has told the public that because Mrs. Clinton did not have intent to harm the United States we should not prosecute her on a felony that does not require proof of intent to harm the United States. Meanwhile, although there may have been profound harm to national security caused by her grossly negligent mishandling of classified information, we’ve decided she shouldn’t be prosecuted for grossly negligent mishandling of classified information.”
Intent isn’t even supposed to be a consideration, yet that is what he is using to excuse her. If intention can be considered, why are they still chasing Ed Snowden? How is his case any different than hers?
I reviewed this law right before Rush talked about this article.
The link in black and white for what you posted. Right there in number 1.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793
“(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.”
Gross Negligence DOES NOT REQUIRE INTENT!!
As someone who once handled a lot of classified documents, I've told several associates of mine that if she is not indicted, the rule of law is dead in this country.
So welcome to Mexico, everyone.
Good catch....faux judge Roberts rewrote Obamacare to pass it. Utter lawlessness is now the norm at the highest levels of the government, but since the U.S. has imported 40 million legal third worlders since the “1965 Immigration Act” the left has all the voting troops it needs to overwhelm the rest of us taxpayers out here.
Yeah, I got plastered, drunk as a skunk and ran over that old lady. But I never had intent to do so. Too bad for her that she was on the sidewalk at the wrong time!
Is the Freeper love affair with Comey and the FBI finally over? Breaking up is hard to do
The stench is unbearable but I believe a Pyrrhic victory and will be short lived. What I have been fearing what will happen will become reality soon.
Trump should cite this statute every time he communicates with the public, via any means.
He should memorize the language and repeat it often.
Even a succinct extract...perhaps better.
The problem is that the “criminals, terrorists, and murderers” are now in total control of all our institutions, including the CIA and FBI-—even our elementary skools for mass indoctrination and total destruction of Western Civilization (Christianity/Free Will (choice)/Individualism).
They form a cartel-—and the cartel are demonic and literally worship Lucifer in their satanic orgies with children (Epstein), and will kill to keep their power......the “good” are very afraid and will be made their slaves or be destroyed by the “free”(LOL) press.
Good luck with that.
Gross negligence implies criminal intent. I learned that in the first college class I ever took.
Great point. Comey joins that long gray line of cowards. John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, about 85% of elected republican officials, etc. etc. etc.
Elections have consequences. I hope everyone that stayed at home on election day in 2012 are happy. This is what they gave us.
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