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Broadwell had a TS clearance and was a reserve military intelligence officer, so....no.

eli 11y ago
> "court papers filed with the plea deal stated Petraeus in 2011 unlawfully gave Broadwell the black books of classified information including identities of covert officers, code word information, war strategy, intelligence capabilities, diplomatic talks and information from high-level White House National Security Council meetings." > "Petraeus then lied to the FBI about it, the court papers said." source: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-cia-director-petraeus-pleads-guilty-to-federal-charge-doj/ar-BBibqYX http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-cia-director-petr... Clinton choosing to use a private email server was a big mistake, but Petraeus' actions are MUCH worse. Not even in the same category. He's lucky he did not end up in jail.
- leroy_masochist 11y ago
  > Clinton choosing to use a private email server was a big mistake, but Petraeus' actions are MUCH worse. Not even in the same category. Always great to hear from people who know how open investigations will be resolved. To be clear: HRC is accused not only of conducting official business in a manner that was completely unauthorized from an infosec perspective and in direct violation of both IC standards and a Presidential Executive Order; she also apparently ordered a subordinate who needed to send her classified materials to "turn into nonpaper w no identifying heading and send nonsecure" [0]. To me this sounds like her giving a direct order to mishandle classified information. It sounds like you're on Team Hillary and that's fine, we all have our political opinions. I do not think that your characterization of Petraeus' actions as "MUCH worse" than HRC's is accurate, either in terms of a reasonable-person evaluation of the severity of each respective (alleged in HRC's case) infraction or in terms of how the IC punishes these kinds of transgressions. They are normally merciless when it comes to people intentionally violating the integrity of classified information systems. Merciless. [0]: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-releases-more-clinton-emails-several-marked-classified/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-releases-more-c...
  - res0nat0r 11y ago
    Her server setup at the time was legal and authorized. Most of your info above is incorrect.
  - snowwrestler 11y ago
    > HRC is accused not only of.... No accusations have been leveled at Clinton, except in the press. That is, she has not been indicted, arrested, or charged. That's not a "Team Hillary" thing, that is the literal truth of the legal situation. Petraeus was charged and convicted.
    - DrScump 11y ago
      <That is, she has not been indicted, arrested, or charged.> That's your definition of "accusation"? By that standard, O.J. Simpson has no remaining accusations of homicide.
  - eli 11y ago
    Hillary is the subject of an open investigation? News to me. Do you have a source?

eli 11y ago

> "court papers filed with the plea deal stated Petraeus in 2011 unlawfully gave Broadwell the black books of classified information including identities of covert officers, code word information, war strategy, intelligence capabilities, diplomatic talks and information from high-level White House National Security Council meetings." > "Petraeus then lied to the FBI about it, the court papers said." source: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-cia-director-petraeus-pleads-guilty-to-federal-charge-doj/ar-BBibqYX http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-cia-director-petr... Clinton choosing to use a private email server was a big mistake, but Petraeus' actions are MUCH worse. Not even in the same category. He's lucky he did not end up in jail.

leroy_masochist 11y ago
> Clinton choosing to use a private email server was a big mistake, but Petraeus' actions are MUCH worse. Not even in the same category. Always great to hear from people who know how open investigations will be resolved. To be clear: HRC is accused not only of conducting official business in a manner that was completely unauthorized from an infosec perspective and in direct violation of both IC standards and a Presidential Executive Order; she also apparently ordered a subordinate who needed to send her classified materials to "turn into nonpaper w no identifying heading and send nonsecure" [0]. To me this sounds like her giving a direct order to mishandle classified information. It sounds like you're on Team Hillary and that's fine, we all have our political opinions. I do not think that your characterization of Petraeus' actions as "MUCH worse" than HRC's is accurate, either in terms of a reasonable-person evaluation of the severity of each respective (alleged in HRC's case) infraction or in terms of how the IC punishes these kinds of transgressions. They are normally merciless when it comes to people intentionally violating the integrity of classified information systems. Merciless. [0]: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-releases-more-clinton-emails-several-marked-classified/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-releases-more-c...
- res0nat0r 11y ago
  Her server setup at the time was legal and authorized. Most of your info above is incorrect.
- snowwrestler 11y ago
  > HRC is accused not only of.... No accusations have been leveled at Clinton, except in the press. That is, she has not been indicted, arrested, or charged. That's not a "Team Hillary" thing, that is the literal truth of the legal situation. Petraeus was charged and convicted.
  - DrScump 11y ago
    <That is, she has not been indicted, arrested, or charged.> That's your definition of "accusation"? By that standard, O.J. Simpson has no remaining accusations of homicide.
- eli 11y ago
  Hillary is the subject of an open investigation? News to me. Do you have a source?