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The law says it is a crime to sell or leak to foreign governments/the media. It isn't a crime to be incompetant.
by siidooloo 10y ago
The law says it is a crime to sell or leak to foreign governments/the media. It isn't a crime to be incompetant.
- hulahoof 10y agoIt is a crime to willingly and knowingly violate regulations in a position where you have legally sworn to abide by said regulations.
- ethanbond 10y agoSpecifically in this case you don't even have to knowingly or willingly violate the rules. The law makes both malicious intent and gross negligence illegal. And those are just to be prosecuted in criminal court. The burden of proof to have your clearance revoked? Uhh... there isn't one. 100% of normal people would have their clearances revoked with little drama for doing something like this.
- dkhenry 10y agoMany people have had their clearance revoked, lost their jobs, and been sent to jail for similar acts. I think anyone who has held a security clearance is appalled at what has happened.
- dkhenry 10y agoNo in the case of classified material, it is a crime to be incompetent. The only burdon of proof is that the disclosure in some way harms the United States, and that the disclosure was knowingly and willfully done. She knew she had and E-mail server doing state business, She willfully continued to use it and no precautions were taken to ensure classified information was not sent over it, and in some cases she willfully altered documents without properly declassifying them. Its a pretty clear felony.