Posted on Jul 6, 2016
Why did the FBI bother investigating the Clinton email server?
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OK. So here's something that truly confounds me. The FBI discovered that Mrs. Clinton sent and received information that was classified at all levels at the time. She knowingly caused classified information to be removed from secure locations. They discovered government documents that were not returned as part of her release of documents. Her lawyers performed a forensic wipe of data devices. She lied to the public and to Congress. She did not follow even basic security protocols in handling email. Hostile governments most likely intercepted her communications. Yet they said, "no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case [against Mrs. Clinton]".
So, here's my question. Why did the FBI do the investigation? What could they have possibly found, that they didn't, to convince them that a reasonable prosecutor would take the case? My question is an honest one. So if you have the answer then please enlighten me. Because in my mind, they found all the damning evidence that there could possibly have been. I know that if it was a lowly sergeant with a secret clearance like I was, it would have been a very bad outcome for me.
So, here's my question. Why did the FBI do the investigation? What could they have possibly found, that they didn't, to convince them that a reasonable prosecutor would take the case? My question is an honest one. So if you have the answer then please enlighten me. Because in my mind, they found all the damning evidence that there could possibly have been. I know that if it was a lowly sergeant with a secret clearance like I was, it would have been a very bad outcome for me.
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Sgt Mark Ramos
Along with this man and many others. The entire country in fact. What was taken today is hard to get back.
https://www.fbi.gov/sacramento/press-releases/2015/folsom-naval-reservist-is-sentenced-after-pleading-guilty-to-unauthorized-removal-and-retention-of-classified-materials
https://www.fbi.gov/sacramento/press-releases/2015/folsom-naval-reservist-is-sentenced-after-pleading-guilty-to-unauthorized-removal-and-retention-of-classified-materials
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Haha Yea how convenient a week before that guy was supposed to testify against her, he dies
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SSG John Erny
Sgt Mark Ramos - lions tigers and bears oh my! Purple haze to cover their trail. Nah! I smell a rat!
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Sgt Mark Ramos, the best possible explanation I have heard was that Director Comey knew that if he recommended indictment that it would change the course of political events in the country irretrievably - and he didn't want to be the one that went down in history as the one to affect a presidential election like that.
That would be cowardice on his part, but it seems plausible. Unfortunately, either way he went would change the course of history.
That would be cowardice on his part, but it seems plausible. Unfortunately, either way he went would change the course of history.
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Capt Seid Waddell
Sgt Mark Ramos, exactly. He laid out a prima facie case for prosecution and then chose not to proceed. It has been said that if one does not wish to do a thing, any excuse is sufficient.
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Capt Seid Waddell
Sgt Mark Ramos, tonight there was an interview with Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal that outlined Director Comey's history of politically-driven prosecutions. He said that this outcome was entirely predictable based upon Mr. Comey's record.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/ [login to see] 001
http://video.foxnews.com/v/ [login to see] 001
FBI contradicting Clinton campaign trail comments
'The O'Reilly Factor' examines the impact of Comey's recommendation on the presidential race
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Capt Seid Waddell
Sgt Mark Ramos, this is the 2013 WSJ article mentioned in the video above ...
"Any potential FBI director deserves scrutiny, since the position has so much power and is susceptible to ruinous misjudgments and abuse. That goes double with Mr. Comey, a nominee who seems to think the job of the federal bureaucracy is to oversee elected officials, not the other way around, and who had his own hand in some of the worst prosecutorial excesses of the last decade."
The Political Mr. Comey
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"Any potential FBI director deserves scrutiny, since the position has so much power and is susceptible to ruinous misjudgments and abuse. That goes double with Mr. Comey, a nominee who seems to think the job of the federal bureaucracy is to oversee elected officials, not the other way around, and who had his own hand in some of the worst prosecutorial excesses of the last decade."
The Political Mr. Comey
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The Wall Street Journal writes that President Obama's nominee to lead the FBI has a record of prosecutorial excess and bad judgment.
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