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Related: About this forumSecretary without honor: Voices
Secretary without honor: Voices
Phillip Jennings 5:46 PM. EST June 05, 2016
http://www.wcnc.com/news/nation-now/secretary-without-honor-voices/232320890
Apologists for Hillary Clintons alleged criminal mishandling of classified documents say that it doesnt matter, that she really did nothing wrong, or nothing significant. But the real question is not so much what she did as how she has responded to being found out.
Once during the mid-1960s when I was on active duty in the Marine Corps, I was the air liaison officer for a battalion of Marines aboard 11 ships in the Mediterranean. As the air officer and a senior captain, I had a rotating responsibility for the nuclear code book, kept in the safe in the operations room of the lead amphibious squadron command ship. I shared that duty with another captain, a squared away young man, liked by all he commanded and the son of a very high-ranking Marine.
On the day our ships were leaving the Mediterranean, we met the new amphibious squadron near Gibraltar and made preparations to transfer security codes and other sensitive material to the incoming Marine battalion. The young captain was on duty and went to the operations office to pick up the code book. He was alone in the office. He removed the code book and placed it on the desk while closing the safe. In a rushed moment, he stepped across the passageway to retrieve something he needed from his quarters. Seconds later, he stepped back into the operations office and found the operations sergeant having just entered, looking down at the code book.
Against all regulations, the code book had been out of the safe and unattended. It mattered not that it was unattended for only seconds, that the ship was 5 miles at sea, or that it was certain no one unauthorized had seen the code. The captain could have explained this to the operations sergeant. He could have told the sergeant that he would take care of it. He could have hinted that his high-ranking dad could smooth it over.
Phillip Jennings 5:46 PM. EST June 05, 2016
http://www.wcnc.com/news/nation-now/secretary-without-honor-voices/232320890
Apologists for Hillary Clintons alleged criminal mishandling of classified documents say that it doesnt matter, that she really did nothing wrong, or nothing significant. But the real question is not so much what she did as how she has responded to being found out.
Once during the mid-1960s when I was on active duty in the Marine Corps, I was the air liaison officer for a battalion of Marines aboard 11 ships in the Mediterranean. As the air officer and a senior captain, I had a rotating responsibility for the nuclear code book, kept in the safe in the operations room of the lead amphibious squadron command ship. I shared that duty with another captain, a squared away young man, liked by all he commanded and the son of a very high-ranking Marine.
On the day our ships were leaving the Mediterranean, we met the new amphibious squadron near Gibraltar and made preparations to transfer security codes and other sensitive material to the incoming Marine battalion. The young captain was on duty and went to the operations office to pick up the code book. He was alone in the office. He removed the code book and placed it on the desk while closing the safe. In a rushed moment, he stepped across the passageway to retrieve something he needed from his quarters. Seconds later, he stepped back into the operations office and found the operations sergeant having just entered, looking down at the code book.
Against all regulations, the code book had been out of the safe and unattended. It mattered not that it was unattended for only seconds, that the ship was 5 miles at sea, or that it was certain no one unauthorized had seen the code. The captain could have explained this to the operations sergeant. He could have told the sergeant that he would take care of it. He could have hinted that his high-ranking dad could smooth it over.
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Secretary without honor: Voices (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Jun 2016
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Oh, look, a Bernie fan pimping a hate piece by a wingnut to attack Hillary Clinton
geek tragedy
Jun 2016
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geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)1. Oh, look, a Bernie fan pimping a hate piece by a wingnut to attack Hillary Clinton
while praying to the Indictment Fairy.
By the same author as this unhinged screed:
http://www.amazon.com/Politically-Incorrect-Guide-Vietnam-Guides/dp/1596985674/ref=la_B001IXM73G_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465224044&sr=1-1
The Vietnam War was a tragic and dismal failureat least that is what the mainstream media and history books would have you believe. Yet, Phillip Jennings sets the record straight in The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War. In this latest P.I.G., Jennings shatters culturally-accepted myths and busts politically incorrect lies that liberal pundits and leftist professors have been telling you for years. The Vietnam War was the most importantand successfulcampaign to defeat Communism. Without the sacrifices made and the courage displayed by our military, the world might be a different place. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War reveals the truth about the battles, players, and policies of one of the most controversial wars in U.S. history.
10 more days to get with the program.
emulatorloo
(44,124 posts)2. It takes five or ten minutes to research the credibility of a source.
Please no "shoot the messenger" nonsense.
The guy is a partisan hack. Thebest thing one can say about him is that he's great at spewing overblown hyperbole based on 1/2 truths.
You are a terrific DU'er and post many great OP's. This isn't one of them IMHO.