Many observers have been waiting impatiently for harsh justice to be served to Hillary Clinton for her cavalier (and not yet fully disclosed) actions that compromised US national security during her tour as US Secretary of State. Revelations on 3 November may bring some much-needed sunlight into that travesty of justice spearheaded by former FBI director James Comey.
Buried in recent public disclosure of emails that proved leaking to the legacy media (The NY Times in particular) by recently indicted Comey were some tidbits that related to his motivations to “exonerate” Hillary Clinton of any legal liability stemming from the compromise of classified information on her infamous unclassified email server that was discovered in 2015.
You will recall from this DoJ press release on 25 September that “Lindsey Halligan, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging former FBI Director James Comey with making a false statement and obstruction relating to his oral testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 30, 2020.” It would appear that Comey is destined for jail as a result of Monday’s email disclosures!
However, there were also two nuggets in the lengthy JTN article that touched on the Clinton email server and Comey’s long suspected motivations for his July 2016 decision to let her walk away without being charged for her actions: [emphasis added below]
…Comey was clearly aware that Richman was working to provide information anonymously to news outlets about the Clinton email caseand that he expected those outreach efforts would end with Clinton defeating Donald Trump in the November 2016 election. “Some day they will figure it out. And as [Individual 1 and Individual 2] point out, my decision will be one a president-elect Clinton will be very grateful for…”
And,
Comey made a public speech exonerating Clinton of criminality in July 2016, but alerted Congress in October 2016 that further Clinton emails had been found after the FBI searched a laptop belonging to disgraced former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner, then the husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin.
A REVIEW OF THE EMAIL SERVER CRIMINALITY
Those of us who have held Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearances were aghast when James Comey let Hillary Clinton off the hook in July 2016 with this mealy-mouthed excuse from the FBI press releaseback then:
Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. Prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing charges. There are obvious considerations, like the strength of the evidence, especially regarding intent.
Comey’s reference to Hillary’s supposed “intent” (as if he could possibly determine that!) was particularly infuriating to others who have held high-level security clearances. It should be noted that nowhere does “intent” come into play in mishandling TS/SCI information. In fact, the “read in” forms that everyone signs to gain access to TS/SCI explicitly include inadvertent mishandling as being criminally actionable! And everyone knows that.
We all knew that from the beginning in July 2016, and that Hillary was a felon walking for compromising TS/SCI and other classified information. Here are some excerpts from one of many articles of mine on this topic that summarize her perfidy:
Hillary’s server contained at least 22 Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) emails on it, as well as dozens of lesser-classified emails – and that doesn’t include who knows how many other highly classified emails conveniently “destroyed” by her team of crooks in the early stages of the Mid-Year Examination (the FBI’s name for their faux investigation of her server).
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The tortured excuse offered by Comey to let her off the hook, i.e., there was no “intent” to disclose the classified information was a double lie, in my opinion. First of all, “intent” is nowhere in the statute; simple negligence resulting in the compromise of TS/SCI information is entirely actionable – there is no defense or escape (for average people). Second, I believe there was in fact intent on the part of Hillary and her minions, as some of those classified emails were purposely sold to our adversaries as part of her pay-for-play scheme. The woman had access to advanced technology secrets, information about US spies operating overseas, and other highly classified information, and we’re supposed to believe that someone who sold American uranium to the Russians would somehow not also sell those secrets? I suspect that what has been covered up about her pay-for-play scheme would shock the nation if all of the details were ever made public. The fact that – so far – only a few administrative acts have been taken against all of the perps is a travesty!
What also galls me, as a recently-retired long-time national security professional, is the insistence by her supporters – including those in the legacy media such as the Democrat hacks that now infest Fox News Channel – that she was thoroughly investigated and “exonerated” by Comey. First of all, they don’t understand the personal obligations of ANYONE with access to TS/SCI information. Second, they don’t understand that those accessing that information were required to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDA) that incur lifelong obligations. Third, each disclosure of a classified email is a separate instance that is punishable. The felonious actions don’t just get bundled together as a single felony. Fourth, anyone granted access (which means being cleared and also determined to have the “need to know” the specific info) is trained in the handling of – and the penalties for mishandling – classified information. Fifth, that training and the signed NDA obligate to report any known compromises of classified information, whether inadvertent or purposeful, including by anyone else.
Note the lifelong obligation; that means Hillary is legally liable even now despite the fact that Comey let her off the hook in 2016. That latter item is important, too, as there were any number of staffers and others who were aware that classified information was passing through that unclassified email server. Anyone who knew is guilty of a felony for each instance, and their obligation is lifelong, as well!
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
It has long been suspected that James Comey did not recommend prosecuting Hillary Clinton for personal reasons despite his subsequent public denials. Finally, over nine years later, Comey’s comments in the emails released Monday that he expected “political considerations” for his actions in exonerating Hillary are finally brought to light. Personal considerations trumped the fair and equal application of the law to someone he thought would become president.
US Attorney Lindsey Halligan is to be applauded for obtaining a grand jury indictment of Comey. The disclosures made so far have provided another glimpse into the Hillary Clinton email server debacle and may have opened the door for a reinvestigation and indictment for her classified information mishandling crimes.
Many national security experts would jump for joy at the prospect of long-denied justice finally being served to her. Frankly, I would settle for a life sentence served at the US Federal Penitentiary, Hazelton, West Virginia, while wearing an orange jumpsuit with a federal prisoner number ending in “666.”
The end.
This article originally appeared in Stu Cvrk’s Substack. Reprinted here with permission
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Nice teaser illustration, but we know that it will never happen. 🙁