Read for yourself. In short, the inspector general went through 40 of the emails that she sent from her secure server and found that 4 of them contained classified info. Not marking them as classified isn't any kind of defense of her grossly careless behavior and in fact I would see it as yet another violation. Confidential information in the government must always be marked confidential! Failure to properly do so does not render the information non-confidential because those snooping for intel know what the data means; they are intelligence officers working for the enemy. They probably laughed out loud at Hillary's gross negligence.
Morris also wrote, "But what is different about this scandal is that it can become criminal
in a heartbeat. Initially, the Justice Department incorrectly reported
that the referral from the two inspectors general was criminal in
nature. Then the department backtracked and said it was not.
But the underlying facts are potentially criminal and there is only a
limited number of times that a secretary of state can plead ignorance
about the classification status of a document.
The reason this scandal, above others, really threatens Hillary are the
necks that have already been on the chopping block for this particular
offense. Former CIA Director John Deutsch, General David Petraeus, and
former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger have all been involved in
such offenses and were punished accordingly. Deutsch was pardoned by
President Clinton.
But the Intel boys take this offense seriously and are not going to look the other way. Not this time."
Not this time indeed, Morris. Why not? What makes it so different? I would love to hear the view of someone who has been part of the political strategy scene for decades. Dick Morris is a herd watcher folks, he has his finger on the pulse. I suspect I would hear from him exactly what I predicted we would be seeing which is that the new conservatism is no longer allowing elitist transgressions to be swept under the rug. The hammer is coming down on the people and the people are in turn beginning to give a shit about their own future. In other words, the people have begun to truly worry. When the herd is calm, the herd is harmless to the overlords and the LEOs. When the herd is nervous or outright scared, not so much!
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