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0 pointskarmacondon10y ago0 comments

Well, if you want to be technical it doesn't appear that she was told NOT to use her personal BlackBerry and email server in any official way. This article mentions a memo that said "Any unclassified Blackberry is highly vulnerable in any setting to remotely and covertly monitoring conversations, retrieving e-mails, and exploiting calendars." This isn't the same thing as an official policy.

I know this seems like nitpicking, but you said "She went against protocol because she wanted to and she could, and she should own the consequences". The fact is that she did not go against protocol. If the president or congress wanted to prohibit the use of certain communication devices, they would have. Just like if someone's supervisor didn't want them to use a blackberry, they wouldn't write a memo pointing out problems with the device. They would just say "Don't use a blackberry."

The issue is did she break any laws or policies regarding the handling of classified information. That's for the courts to decide. But if there was any evidence I'd imagine they would have brought an indictment by now.

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studentrob10y ago· 1 in thread

> The issue is did she break any laws or policies regarding the handling of classified information. That's for the courts to decide.

That's mentioned in the article around this point,

> Under Title 18, Section 2071, it is a misdemeanor to take federal records without authorization, something that is sometimes referred to as the “alienation” of records. The law is rarely enforced, but a conviction can carry a fine or imprisonment.

Agreed it is for the courts to decide. It would be quite a farce if this didn't see the light of a court room.

> But if there was any evidence I'd imagine they would have brought an indictment by now.

It takes time to build a proper case. Note that the guy who set up the email server was just given immunity in exchange for his cooperation earlier this month. I imagine the DOJ only gives immunity when they are working towards something.

WalterSear10y ago

It's going to be a farce.

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