Thursday, July 7, 2016

Clinton double standard. Okay for Clinton, but not for anybody else.

This is why we need an outsider as president.

Naval Reservist Charged, Clinton Freed

FBI Director James Comey said his decision to hand Hillary Clinton a get-out-jail-free card on her unauthorized email account is in line with how the FBI typically handles such cases — but history suggests otherwise.
Comey justified his recommendation not to criminally prosecute the likely Democratic nominee because of “the strength of the evidence, especially regarding intent … and how similar situations have been handled in the past.”
However, just last year Naval Reservist Brian Nishimura faced heavier consequences than Clinton following FBI investigations into his case, which revealed Nishimura "had access to classified briefings and digital records that could only be retained and viewed on authorized government computers."
"Nishimura, however, caused the materials to be downloaded and stored on his personal, unclassified electronic devices and storage media," the FBI wrote. "He carried such classified materials on his unauthorized media when he traveled off-base in Afghanistan and, ultimately, carried those materials back to the United States at the end of his deployment."
The FBI "did not reveal evidence that Nishimura intended to distribute classified information to unauthorized personnel," the same way Comey said Clinton did not "intend" to "carelessly" handle top secret information.
Two Assistant U.S. attorneys successfully prosecuted Nishimura, who ultimately admitted to handling "classified materials inappropriately" and destroying "a large quantity of classified materials."
Nishimura was "sentenced to two years of probation, a $7,500 fine, and forfeiture of personal media containing classified materials" and "ordered to surrender any currently held security clearance and to never again seek such a clearance," according to The Daily Caller.
Meanwhile, Comey advocated that Clinton not be criminally prosecuted despite federal investigations unveiling that the former secretary of state sent and received more than 100 emails that contained classified information on an account that was not secure.

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