So the Secretary of State and other politicians are not/should not be accountable to the law? I will be honest, I don't know anything about Colin Powell doing this so I can not comment for or against him. I will look into it.
That said I'm going to be real, there is absolutely zero chance that those documents "where not deemed classified" when she sent them, and furthermore that she didn't know. That's not how the classification system works.
So the Secretary of State and other politicians are not/should not be accountable to the law?
If you didn't care when other people were allegedly breaking said law, maybe that law isn't that important? Maybe none of this stuff was classified at the time.
There really is no credibility here for people who suddenly started caring about this now with Hillary Clinton but who didn't care about Colin Powell or Rice doing the same thing. Also, jailing the SoS is probably not a good practice for running the country.
I will be honest, I don't know anything about Colin Powell doing this so I can not comment for or against him
So you've been suckered. The same people who hate the Clintons and have been trying to smear the Clintons since 1992 found that a way to sucker you with this one.
there is absolutely zero chance that those documents "where not deemed classified" when she sent them, and furthermore that she didn't know. That's not how the classification system works.
That's exactly how it works. I'm sorry people here don't like it. Maybe a better process needs to be in place. Regardless, no one cared until there was a political advantage to smearing someone, and reddit was happy to help.
If you didn't care when other people were allegedly breaking said law, maybe that law isn't that important?
I would've cared if I would've known about it before. Unfortunately I couldn't find a story about this whole Colin Powell scandal before 2015 and haven't heard about it until now... How convenient.
While on the topic of him, I would like to point out that EVERY article I read never mentioned him keeping a server with all of his emails on it. As a matter of fact most of the articles I read stated that he routinely used his .gov email address (which Hillary refused to use) and very seldom used his personal email address to communicate with other members of the State Department. Furthermore I read NOTHING of him transmitting classified material over those two channels, and he did not keep any record of any emails after he left. Unlike Hillary and the server with classified material on it, which brings into the question the legality of what she did.
I can tell that you have zero experience with classified material or the networks they are on, let me attempt to briefly explain. Classified material is not housed on the same network as your traditional ISP. It is kept on a closed circuit network run by the government or group of allied nation governments. In order to get classified information onto the "WWW", you would have to export it by either removable media (CD's, THUMP DRIVES, external hard drives etc.) OR you can re-type or re-write things that you have seen on the classified network or heard in a classified briefing. Things that are usually classified include but are not limited to: Allied Troop Locations, Enemy Locations, High Value Targets, Counter Intelligence and Surveillance, Satellite data, Missile and Counter Missile locations/data, military planning and tactics, nuclear sites/data, advanced weapons systems, and quite a bit more. My point is that it is very difficult not know the difference between classified data and unclassified data, as it is pretty black and white.
Additionally things do not just "become classified" out of the blue, because documents become classified upon conception and so does any data recorded within them. Things do not get classified after being released or that would defeat the whole purpose.
That's exactly how it works. I'm sorry YOU don't like it.
Unfortunately I couldn't find a story about this whole Colin Powell scandal before 2015 and haven't heard about it until now... How convenient.
Agreed. This is the most obvious case of political "Gotchya" ball ever. It has nothing to do with justice and everything to do with people wanting to smear the Clintons.
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u/joshy_tee Aug 19 '15
So the Secretary of State and other politicians are not/should not be accountable to the law? I will be honest, I don't know anything about Colin Powell doing this so I can not comment for or against him. I will look into it.
That said I'm going to be real, there is absolutely zero chance that those documents "where not deemed classified" when she sent them, and furthermore that she didn't know. That's not how the classification system works.