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At the very least he should get a David Petraeus deal (who was trading classified information for sex).
by us0r 10y ago
At the very least he should get a David Petraeus deal (who was trading classified information for sex).
- zip1234 10y agoThe scale of what Petraeus did vs what Snowden did is very different.
- msandford 10y agoYeah, agreed! Snowden gave reporters a lot of information which was then released to the American people on the quite probably illegal activities of their "security" apparatus. Petraeus had an affair with a reporter. One of those things made it possible for Americans to know what their government was/is doing with great personal risk to the whistleblower. The other....didn't.
- us0r 10y agoI don't think scale is written into the law.
- zip1234 10y agoWhile I can't speak to whether or not it is written into the law, there is historical precedent on the matter. Look up Clayton Lonetree for one where the scale was low. He was given a shorter sentence than is typical of espionage. Look up Aldrich Ames or Robert Hanssen for someone where the damage was estimated to be much greater.
- knodi123 10y ago> who was trading classified information for sex That's really not how I read the scandal. A woman, who formerly had clearance for classified material, was engaged in an illicit affair. There is no evidence (that I'm aware of) that 1.) the classified information was ever leaked to someone without clearance, and 2.) that any actual trading occurred.
- brainfire 10y agoClearance is not a blanket authorization to access classified information- only information you require access to for your position. Lapsed clearance is even less applicable, obviously.