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I think it is pretty unreasonable. As you note, there is no technical reason to deny the Bernie campaign access to their data. The Bernie campaign has fully ind
by smadge 11y ago
I think it is pretty unreasonable. As you note, there is no technical reason to deny the Bernie campaign access to their data. The Bernie campaign has fully indicated they want and are willing to cooperate with a third party investigation into the data breach, which would require investigating both campaigns, the DNC, and NPG VAN. Given they are already willing to share everything they know about the incident, there is absolute no legitimate reason for the DNC to intentionally sabotage the campaign.
- slg 11y agoThere is no technical reason, but that doesn't mean there is no reason. Sanders campaign may have violated rules. The DNC has thrown them in jail without bail in hopes that it gets things resolved quickly. I have no problem with that. If the DNC drags this process out that would be a very different story.
- smadge 11y agoIt's way too early for the DNC to take punitive actions against any campaign. They shouldn't do that until there is evidence that data was misused. Currently there is no evidence, and I doubt any will appear.
- mrgordon 11y agoThere is a reason we don't normally throw people into jail without bail...
- morganvachon 11y agoActually we (in the U.S.) do, if the charges are serious enough or if the suspect is a flight risk. It varies by jurisdiction, but in general misdemeanor charges have pre-set bonds, and usually felony warrants will have a bond set by the judge at the time the warrant is issued, though for serious charges the warrant may be issued with no bond set.
- mrgordon 11y agoThats why I said "normally"
- nimblegorilla 11y agoSeems pretty unreasonable to me. It's pretty obvious that the DNC would not have taken access away from Clinton if the situation were reversed.
- dragonwriter 11y agoIt appears that the DNC violated rules by cutting off access in violation of the contract (until the Sanders campaign sued on that point, at which point a resolution was almost immediately reached.)