Posted on Aug 6, 2015
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*Update: Things aren't looking too good for the home team.* Hillary Clinton. The name itself evokes both dislike and adoration in millions of people. Like her or not, it is undeniable that both she, and many of her actions, are controversial. From Whitewater and Vince Foster to "dodging sniper fire" to negotiating with the Russians for American urianium and Benghazi to her current woe: Emailgate. Can someone who is currently the subject of a criminal investigation effetively campaign? That is, she's bound to be asked questions about her numerous scandals that she'll undoubtedly decline to answer. Won't that create or perpetuate the image of an untrustworthy candidate?
The question is: Should Hillary end or suspend her campaign while she is under criminal investigation?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/us/politics/second-review-says-classified-information-was-in-hillary-clintons-email.html?_r=0
The question is: Should Hillary end or suspend her campaign while she is under criminal investigation?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/us/politics/second-review-says-classified-information-was-in-hillary-clintons-email.html?_r=0
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An interesting question.
Is the next one going to be "Should we toss out the presumption that a person is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law and replace it with the presumption that anyone we don't like is guilty of something (even if we don't know what it is) and should be punished severely (even if we don't know what we are punishing them for) BUT anyone we do like is innocent (regardless of how well documented the facts showing that they did what they were accused of doing are) and should never be punished at all (regardless of what the law says)?
Possibly the country would be better served by actually finding someone who is actually qualified for the job rather than simply looking for the person with the largest financial backing and who is "saleable".
Is the next one going to be "Should we toss out the presumption that a person is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law and replace it with the presumption that anyone we don't like is guilty of something (even if we don't know what it is) and should be punished severely (even if we don't know what we are punishing them for) BUT anyone we do like is innocent (regardless of how well documented the facts showing that they did what they were accused of doing are) and should never be punished at all (regardless of what the law says)?
Possibly the country would be better served by actually finding someone who is actually qualified for the job rather than simply looking for the person with the largest financial backing and who is "saleable".
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PO1 John Miller
COL Ted Mc
We already know that she's broken the law as she has admitted to it. She used her personal Blackberry and a private email server for official State Department email.
We already know that she's broken the law as she has admitted to it. She used her personal Blackberry and a private email server for official State Department email.
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COL Ted Mc
PO1 John Miller - PO: It's late and I'm tired.
It's not that I doubt you, but could you please point out the specific LAW that she has broken?
[NOTE - Being arrogantly stupid is NOT a criminal offence.]
It's not that I doubt you, but could you please point out the specific LAW that she has broken?
[NOTE - Being arrogantly stupid is NOT a criminal offence.]
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PO1 John Miller
COL Ted Mc
While she may not have BROKEN any laws she certainly skirted the rules concerning federal records management.
While she may not have BROKEN any laws she certainly skirted the rules concerning federal records management.
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COL Ted Mc
PO1 John Miller - PO; and that's why "tax avoidance" is legal while "tax evasion" isn't.
[ASIDE - "Tax avoidance" generally means that there is a whole lot more money involved than is involved in "tax evasion".]
[ASIDE - "Tax avoidance" generally means that there is a whole lot more money involved than is involved in "tax evasion".]
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Are you kidding? We've elected and reelected people who are already in prison. We're not going to let a little thing like a scandal or an investigation stop us, are we? The simple truth is that those who adore Hillary adore her all the more as they believe she is being persecuted unjustly for political reasons. Those who hate her hate her all the more inasmuch as they believe where there's smoke there's fire. So it's "Run Hillary, run". Either you're running for office or running from the law, just keep on running...
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SFC Jeff L.
CPT Jack Durish Yeah, Marion Berry comes immediately to mind. Notwithstanding the ability of the voting pubic to overlook those kind of things, I think it's worth wondering out loud if party affiliation makes the difference.
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No. The FBI is looking into her server, those who set it up, and those who maintained it. Not into her directly in a criminal sense. Should that change where charges are filed, then she should step away and face the music.
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SFC Jeff L.
SSG Warren Swan The fact that she doesn't have the technical know-how to set up the server doesn't exclude her from prosecution since it's "her" email account and server. She owns the content of the emails sent, received, and stored on her personal server. The intent of the investigation is into whether or not she discussed classified government material on a private, personal account.
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SSG Warren Swan
SFC Jeff L. - "Clinton has not been formally accused of any wrongdoing. Andrea Williams, a spokeswoman for the intelligence community inspector general's office, told Fox News last month that the office had requested a "counterintelligence referral" from the Justice Department, not a criminal referral"
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/08/05/fbi-investigating-security-hillary-clinton-private-email-server/
Until she's formally charged, she's good to go. Not saying that's right or wrong, but it is what it is.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/08/05/fbi-investigating-security-hillary-clinton-private-email-server/
Until she's formally charged, she's good to go. Not saying that's right or wrong, but it is what it is.
FBI investigating security of Hillary Clinton's private email server
The FBI has begun investigating the security of Hillary Clinton's private e-mail server, an attorney for the Democratic presidential front-runner confirmed to Fox News late Tuesday.
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SSG Ray Strenkowski
May not change since she decided to delete most of the relevant information. Although, they have received emails that she deleted from others who were subpoenaed and had kept her emails.
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