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It was a pretty blatant example of the privileges afforded to important, well-connected individuals. Ask anyone with a clearance what would happen to them if th

It was a pretty blatant example of the privileges afforded to important, well-connected individuals. Ask anyone with a clearance what would happen to them if they repeatedly emailed TS information on an unaccredited system, and stored it on an unsecured personal server. People regularly go to jail for this, and anyone with a clearance is repeatedly briefed on the responsibilities that come with access to classified information.

archagon 4y ago
It was complete bullshit, because once the other party got into power, they did the same, and much more, with nary a peep from the folks yelling their heads off about Clinton.
- scottLobster 4y ago
  Who's they? You clearly don't work in a sector that requires clearance. By nature those fields tend to be more quiet publicly, but the cold rage against those who break security protocols knows no party. And it wasn't even like Snowden, who at least had a cause you could debate as Patriotic, it was just pure laziness and elitism on the part of those who are supposed to be our leaders
  - trs8080 4y ago
    "They" likely being "the other party" that got into power during that election. > You clearly don't work in a sector that requires clearance. By nature those fields tend to be more quiet publicly, but the cold rage against those who break security protocols knows no party. Does the POTUS count as working in a sector that requires clearance? "Trump downplays impact of massive hacking, questions Russia involvement" - https://www.reuters.com/article/cyber-breach/trump-downplays-impact-of-massive-hacking-questions-russia-involvement-idUSKBN28T0R1 https://www.reuters.com/article/cyber-breach/trump-downplays... "Trump revealed intelligence secrets to Russians in Oval Office: officials" - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/trump-revealed-intelligence-secrets-to-russians-in-oval-office-officials-idUSKCN18B2MX https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/trump-re... "National Archives: Trump took classified items to Mar-a-Lago" - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-national-security-9c1f6dca7e3e8073ee029604c8253a5c https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-national-... "Trump White House granted about 25 people security clearances over officials' objections, whistleblower says" - https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/01/trump-white-house-granted-25-people-security-clearances-over-objections-whistleblower.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/01/trump-white-house-granted-25... "Trump Ordered Officials to Give Jared Kushner a Security Clearance" - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/us/politics/jared-kushner-security-clearance.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/us/politics/jared-kushner... "Background check chief has ‘never seen’ mistakes and omissions at level of Jared Kushner forms" - https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/12/politics/jared-kushner-background-check-form/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/12/politics/jared-kushner-backgr... It goes on and on... Here's one from today: "Justice department urged to investigate deletion of January 6 texts by Pentagon" - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/03/jan-6-pentagon-deleted-texts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/03/jan-6-pentag...

archagon 4y ago

It was complete bullshit, because once the other party got into power, they did the same, and much more, with nary a peep from the folks yelling their heads off about Clinton.

scottLobster 4y ago
Who's they? You clearly don't work in a sector that requires clearance. By nature those fields tend to be more quiet publicly, but the cold rage against those who break security protocols knows no party. And it wasn't even like Snowden, who at least had a cause you could debate as Patriotic, it was just pure laziness and elitism on the part of those who are supposed to be our leaders
- trs8080 4y ago
  "They" likely being "the other party" that got into power during that election. > You clearly don't work in a sector that requires clearance. By nature those fields tend to be more quiet publicly, but the cold rage against those who break security protocols knows no party. Does the POTUS count as working in a sector that requires clearance? "Trump downplays impact of massive hacking, questions Russia involvement" - https://www.reuters.com/article/cyber-breach/trump-downplays-impact-of-massive-hacking-questions-russia-involvement-idUSKBN28T0R1 https://www.reuters.com/article/cyber-breach/trump-downplays... "Trump revealed intelligence secrets to Russians in Oval Office: officials" - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/trump-revealed-intelligence-secrets-to-russians-in-oval-office-officials-idUSKCN18B2MX https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/trump-re... "National Archives: Trump took classified items to Mar-a-Lago" - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-national-security-9c1f6dca7e3e8073ee029604c8253a5c https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-national-... "Trump White House granted about 25 people security clearances over officials' objections, whistleblower says" - https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/01/trump-white-house-granted-25-people-security-clearances-over-objections-whistleblower.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/01/trump-white-house-granted-25... "Trump Ordered Officials to Give Jared Kushner a Security Clearance" - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/us/politics/jared-kushner-security-clearance.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/us/politics/jared-kushner... "Background check chief has ‘never seen’ mistakes and omissions at level of Jared Kushner forms" - https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/12/politics/jared-kushner-background-check-form/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/12/politics/jared-kushner-backgr... It goes on and on... Here's one from today: "Justice department urged to investigate deletion of January 6 texts by Pentagon" - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/03/jan-6-pentagon-deleted-texts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/03/jan-6-pentag...