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Meteor Man

(385 posts)
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 07:30 PM Jun 2016

A Law Hillary May Have Broken


◾ One of the laws that may have been broken is 18 U.S. Code § 793 - Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information.

Note first that the information listed below doesn't require a formal "classified" designation to be relevant, and second, that "intent" is not necessary to trigger the law's penalties. "Gross negligence" is sufficient. Again, my emphasis below:
(f) Whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information, relating to the national defense, (1) through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or (2) having knowledge that the same has been illegally removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of its trust, or lost, or stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, and fails to make prompt report of such loss, theft, abstraction, or destruction to his superior officer—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.


Full analysis at Down With Tyranny: http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2016/06/three-data-points-regarding-clintons.html?m=1
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Tarc

(10,472 posts)
2. This is many miles below "gross negligence", I'm afraid
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 07:35 PM
Jun 2016

Of all the yahoo bullshit tossed around by Emailgate-pushing clap-for-dead-faeries people, this is by far the most nonsensical.

Response to Tarc (Reply #2)

Tarc

(10,472 posts)
10. 3,033,824 votes, 270 pledged delegates
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 07:43 PM
Jun 2016

We're already in the river's seat, no need to wish for anything.

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Tarc

(10,472 posts)
15. Yep. You are aware that this site is called democraticunderground.com for a reason, right?
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 08:10 PM
Jun 2016

Capital-D, there.

Response to Tarc (Reply #15)

BlueStateLib

(937 posts)
4. Do you really believe clinton intented to cause injury to the United States?
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 07:37 PM
Jun 2016
18 U.S. Code § 793 - Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information

(a) Whoever, for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information is to be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation, goes upon
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793

BlueStateLib

(937 posts)
16. which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 08:12 PM
Jun 2016

Did Clinton believe the information she had on her server could be used to the injury of the United States

e) which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, transmits or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted,



f) (1) through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or (2) having knowledge that the same has been illegally removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of its trust, or lost, or stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, and fails to make prompt report of such loss, theft, abstraction, or destruction to his superior officer


The proper place for classified information would be ClassNet accessed through classified workstation. Nobody is accusing clinton of transferring information got from ClassNet

 

Press Virginia

(2,329 posts)
13. Many of the redacted classifications are noted as B3
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 08:03 PM
Jun 2016

(b)(3) Applies to the Director's statutory obligations to protect from disclosure intelligence sources and methods, as well as the organization, functions, names, official titles, salaries, or numbers of personnel employed by the Agency, in accord with the National Security Act of 1947 and the CIA Act of 1949, respectively.


While most are e-mail addresses identifying them as CIA and NSA employees, there are some references in the bodies of the e-mail
http://www.foia.cia.gov/exemptions-foia

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