If there are laws we shouldn’t enforce, we should just get those laws off the books.
I believe it’s a fairly sane and desirable that we hold people accountable for arguably mishandling classified information (regardless of intention to mishandle) and sidestepping established procedures to communicate in an official capacity. It’s very reckless behavior and many people were involved in enabling this behavior.
I couldn’t find a source on George W. Bush violating the same law and invite clarification, but I’d just like to say that I imagine that we can manage equitable and reasonable enforcement of the law as a society. Not all laws are made equally, but some are pretty sensible.
W’s case was more egregious because the emails were just deleted. Hillary had someone review which emails were personal and which were relevant and turned over all government related emails.
I mean Hillary’s lawyers also used BleachBit, right? It’s just suspicious, but I don’t want to discount from what you are saying. Thanks again for informing me.
The reason why people reacted so strongly to Hillary I feel is due to the Obama-era persecution of whistleblowers/etc.
It was her IT consultant, Platte River Networks (PRN).
The PRN technician then had what he described to the FBI as an “oh shit moment,” realizing he had not set the personal emails to be deleted as instructed months earlier. The technician then erased the emails using a free utility, BleachBit, sometime between March 25 and 31.
The lawyers had likely instructed them to regularly delete personal records older than X. IT dude didn’t do his job. Tried to do it after the subpoena, which of course is highly illegal. But Hillary didn’t order it, and when the lawyer ordered it it was almost certainly legal.
You know, at the time I considered it a silver lining that despite all this shit being selective and hypocritical as fuck, at least it would clean up our government a bit going forward.
I believe it’s a fairly sane and desirable that we hold people accountable for arguably mishandling classified information (regardless of intention to mishandle) and sidestepping established procedures to communicate in an official capacity. It’s very reckless behavior and many people were involved in enabling this behavior.
I couldn’t find a source on George W. Bush violating the same law and invite clarification, but I’d just like to say that I imagine that we can manage equitable and reasonable enforcement of the law as a society. Not all laws are made equally, but some are pretty sensible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_White_House_email_controversy
Thanks!
W’s case was more egregious because the emails were just deleted. Hillary had someone review which emails were personal and which were relevant and turned over all government related emails.
I mean Hillary’s lawyers also used BleachBit, right? It’s just suspicious, but I don’t want to discount from what you are saying. Thanks again for informing me.
The reason why people reacted so strongly to Hillary I feel is due to the Obama-era persecution of whistleblowers/etc.
It was her IT consultant, Platte River Networks (PRN).
The lawyers had likely instructed them to regularly delete personal records older than X. IT dude didn’t do his job. Tried to do it after the subpoena, which of course is highly illegal. But Hillary didn’t order it, and when the lawyer ordered it it was almost certainly legal.
Thanks for also clearing that up. I truly appreciate it.
You know, at the time I considered it a silver lining that despite all this shit being selective and hypocritical as fuck, at least it would clean up our government a bit going forward.
Now…