I'm pretty sure it's already a crime to disseminate classified information on unapproved networks. Not only because it's a security breach, and the consequences of that can cause grave danger to the USA, but also because it circumvents official record keeping requirements mandated by the government and thus avoids transparency and accoun…
I'm pretty sure it's already a crime to disseminate classified information on unapproved networks. Not only because it's a security breach, and the consequences of that can cause grave danger to the USA, but also because it circumvents official record keeping requirements mandated by the government and thus avoids transparency and accountability on official decision making.
If it's not illegal or prosecutable to conduct business outside of trusted platforms then the system is broken. If you can't trust the government to do the right thing, then what signal (pun intended) does that send to the broader populace?
It's basically the same tactics that organised crime (Mafia) use so they can create plausible deniability 'Eyyyy, it wasn't us!'
Apparently, it wouldn't be illegal per se under the statute under which the national GOP wanted to prosecute Sec. Clinton. Maybe there's another statute. As then FBI Dir. Comey said at his infamous press conference, if Hillary was a federal employee at the time, she may well have been fired.
The Keystone Cops are making matters worse. I think it was Bill Clinton advisor Paul Begala who wrote a book titled something like "Tell it All, Tell it Early, Tell it Yourself." It's amazing how these politicians let their siege mentality override their reason.
I'm pretty sure it's already a crime to disseminate classified information on unapproved networks. Not only because it's a security breach, and the consequences of that can cause grave danger to the USA, but also because it circumvents official record keeping requirements mandated by the government and thus avoids transparency and accountability on official decision making.
If it's not illegal or prosecutable to conduct business outside of trusted platforms then the system is broken. If you can't trust the government to do the right thing, then what signal (pun intended) does that send to the broader populace?
It's basically the same tactics that organised crime (Mafia) use so they can create plausible deniability 'Eyyyy, it wasn't us!'
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/27/stephanie-foster-signal-australian-home-affairs-secretary-trump-scandal
Apparently, it wouldn't be illegal per se under the statute under which the national GOP wanted to prosecute Sec. Clinton. Maybe there's another statute. As then FBI Dir. Comey said at his infamous press conference, if Hillary was a federal employee at the time, she may well have been fired.
The Keystone Cops are making matters worse. I think it was Bill Clinton advisor Paul Begala who wrote a book titled something like "Tell it All, Tell it Early, Tell it Yourself." It's amazing how these politicians let their siege mentality override their reason.