U.S. declares 22 Clinton emails 'top secret'

a reply to: burntheships

Steak & Lobster !!

a reply to: tkwasny

Wouldn't be that hard being the state department they can print a document. And after printing all it takes is to scan it to a new server. I would assume someone did this for her it would explain the story where she told them to do it anyway.

originally posted by: misterz
a reply to: burntheships

Are we seriously suggesting that our politicians are going to be held to the law, the way the rest of us would be?

I am less worried about Clinton, and more concerned with people who are still shocked by this sort of thing... this is a pattern that exists. This is normal.

No its not security violations would land a senator in jail they are even warmed about this. If she violated security protocals she will be charged unless of course she became president because at that point could technically pardon the action .

a reply to: dragonridr

Presidents can not pardon themselves...If she was convicted
or plead before Obama left office, he can pardon her.

If this drags out, she could be facing an October Surprise.

originally posted by: burntheships

If she is let off the hook, what about the thousands upon thousands of
people who did sign a NDA? Should justice be applied fairly?

I'm shocked... I agree with you but that is not how much of the elite works.

originally posted by: Xtrozero

originally posted by: burntheships

If she is let off the hook, what about the thousands upon thousands of
people who did sign a NDA? Should justice be applied fairly?

I'm shocked... I agree with you but that is not how much of the elite works.

They only need to maintain the appearance of being law abiding enough for the average person to look the other way. At this point, short of being caught with child pornography, there is little that a public figure can do to inspire enough public outrage to actually force the legal system to process them.

It's a reality show.

They all work together to control our lives, to secure their own power. Punishing one of their top players doesn't further the cause, so you will be made to believe that what she did was not illegal, and in fact... that she did it for America.

originally posted by: Xtrozero

I'm shocked... I agree with you but that is not how much of the elite works.

Agreed, the elite looks after its own, i.e. Petraeus.

What Clinton has done is far far worse, she might not be as
as corrupt as Robert Hanssen...she falls somewhere in between.

What will happen opposed to what should happen;
what we know about vs what she has actually done.

A little late to the party but this has came up a few times...

The Top Secret email on Hillarys server was just a forwarded New York Times article about a drone program.. no harm no foul...

WRONG

The Government will assume because of her position, that she should have been aware of the status of the information. If she had any doubt what so ever, she was required to confirm with an authorized official as to the status before forwarding the email.... she could not be her own authorizing official.

www.archives.gov...

Question 19: If information that a signer of the SF 312 knows to have been classified appears in a public source, for example, in a newspaper article, may the signer assume that the information has been declassified and disseminate it elsewhere?

Answer: No. Information remains classified until it has been officially declassified. Its disclosure in a public source does not declassify the information. Of course, merely quoting the public source in the abstract is not a second unauthorized disclosure. However, before disseminating the information elsewhere or confirming the accuracy of what appears in the public source, the signer of the SF 312 must confirm through an authorized official that the information has, in fact, been declassified. If it has not, further dissemination of the information or confirmation of its accuracy is also an unauthorized disclosure.

The State Department has now confirmed that they "accept" the fact that the 22 emails considered top secret were indeed classified top secret before they landed on Hillary's server.

There goes the ole they were classified afterwards right down the toilet.

www.foxnews.com...

Pressed by Fox News, State Department spokesman John Kirby confirmed Thursday that the department accepts the 22 emails were “top secret” when they hit the server. Kirby also confirmed Clinton and top aides completed the required classification training, which covers the proper handling of classified material.

Looks like the FBI might have shown them the depositions from the originators of the emails that they were classified when they were originally sent.... Hillary is screwed.

This is a huge change in stance from the State Department.

Be cautious since that is from a single news source, but to completely make that up from something that can be so easily confirmed would be a huge stretch... even for Fox news.

Makes me wonder if that is a push back from the State department about Hillary's debate statement that other SoS's were doing it.

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