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  • #91
    Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
    Comey listed several things that he said Hillary could be indicted for before bizarrely concluding that "no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case."
    Don’t worry, Sam will be along any moment now to tell us how wrong we all are.
    "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
    GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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    • #92
      Originally posted by Sam View Post
      A good example of why it does no good at all to cite the criminal code when making a determination whether or not a person actually broke the law or can be successfully prosecuted. In Clinton's case, the inadvertent or retroactive classification issues would have failed, not least of which because (as I keep reminding folks) Clinton didn't do anything more than Powell before her at State ... and certainly did a lot less than the Bush administration did running WH comms through a RNC server that lost some 20 million emails.

      But, again, not the point at issue. Folks who were all gabby about how Clinton or Obama were breaking laws weren't demanding the criminal code section number or a legal treatise on why prosecution would be successful.

      --Sam
      Right on que, but you still fail:

      1. The RNC servers are more secure than the e mail server Clinton was using.
      2. As far as we’re aware, Bush not his admin used non secure e mail to transfer secured documents. Let me explain how the system works:

      There’s 4 levels of classification,

      A. Top secret
      B. Secret
      C. Classified
      D. Non classified

      There’s computer networks rated for the transfer of these materials and it’s illegal to send e mails by the wrong channels. Clinton directed her staff to send secret material to her private server, which is a violation of the transfer of secret material. Her and her staff should had know better, they were trained, just as I am, on the usage of classified material.

      There you have it, but I’m sure you’ll excuse it away like you always do.
      "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
      GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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      • #93
        1) There is not evidence or testimony that Clinton directed her staff to send secret emails on her private server.

        2) We don't have any information regarding the security of the Bush-era RNC servers.

        3) We don't know whether anyone directed that classified information be sent on those servers, nor what classified information might have been transferred.

        4) We know that the deletion of such records was a violation of the Presidential Records Act.

        5) We know that the WH deputy actually advised at least one person to intentionally avoid the official WH comm system because it would leave a record.

        But here you are, trying to find a way to argue that using the domain georgewbush.com/gb43.com for multiple WH staff was somehow cool and that Clinton's server was something way different and beyond the pale.

        --Sam

        Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post
        Right on que, but you still fail:

        1. The RNC servers are more secure than the e mail server Clinton was using.
        2. As far as we’re aware, Bush not his admin used non secure e mail to transfer secured documents. Let me explain how the system works:

        There’s 4 levels of classification,

        A. Top secret
        B. Secret
        C. Classified
        D. Non classified

        There’s computer networks rated for the transfer of these materials and it’s illegal to send e mails by the wrong channels. Clinton directed her staff to send secret material to her private server, which is a violation of the transfer of secret material. Her and her staff should had know better, they were trained, just as I am, on the usage of classified material.

        There you have it, but I’m sure you’ll excuse it away like you always do.
        "I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / So close to our dwelling place?" — Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"

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        • #94
          Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
          That's what liberals keep saying, but it's not what the Constitution says. The Constitution makes it clear that impeachment is reserved exclusively for cases where the president is guilty of a serious crime.
          So how serious is soliciting a foreign government for aid?
          A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
          George Bernard Shaw

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          • #95
            Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post
            Right on que, but you still fail:

            1. The RNC servers are more secure than the e mail server Clinton was using.
            2. As far as we’re aware, Bush not his admin used non secure e mail to transfer secured documents. Let me explain how the system works:

            There’s 4 levels of classification,

            A. Top secret
            B. Secret
            C. Classified
            D. Non classified

            There’s computer networks rated for the transfer of these materials and it’s illegal to send e mails by the wrong channels. Clinton directed her staff to send secret material to her private server, which is a violation of the transfer of secret material. Her and her staff should had know better, they were trained, just as I am, on the usage of classified material.

            There you have it, but I’m sure you’ll excuse it away like you always do.
            Even worse, Hillary instructed her staff on how to remove certain markings and keywords to avoid detection, which shows willful intent to break the law.
            Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
            But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
            Than a fool in the eyes of God


            From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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            • #96
              Originally posted by Catholicity View Post
              So how serious is soliciting a foreign government for aid?
              As far as I know it is not a crime. Clinton did it to help Gore and no one seemed to mind: https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-c...trump-campaign
              Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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              • #97
                Originally posted by Catholicity View Post
                So how serious is soliciting a foreign government for aid?
                It depends on who you're asking and what you're asking for.
                Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                Than a fool in the eyes of God


                From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                • #98
                  Originally posted by Sam View Post
                  1) There is not evidence or testimony that Clinton directed her staff to send secret emails on her private server.
                  How did secret material end up on an unsecured network? They are not connected. Somebody had to have transferred it over. You’d know this if you had the slightest idea how any of this worked.

                  2) We don't have any information regarding the security of the Bush-era RNC servers.
                  They likely had more than the Clinton server, that wasn’t even using a basic firewall or encryption software. Remember, the RNC servers were not breached, as far as we know, in 2016.

                  3) We don't know whether anyone directed that classified information be sent on those servers, nor what classified information might have been transferred.
                  The systems are not connected together. Someone, in violation of their security training, transferred it over.

                  4) We know that the deletion of such records was a violation of the Presidential Records Act.
                  Which doesn’t change the fact that Hillary illegally transferred classified material. If anyone, in the Bush Admin, broke the law, they should share a cell right next to Hillary and her staff. Sorry, but I’m not an apologist for Bush. I didn’t even vote for him in 2004.

                  5) We know that the WH deputy actually advised at least one person to intentionally avoid the official WH comm system because it would leave a record.
                  Than he should share a cell with a Hillary staff member. Like I said, I’m not a Bush apologist.

                  But here you are, trying to find a way to argue that using the domain georgewbush.com/gb43.com for multiple WH staff was somehow cool and that Clinton's server was something way different and beyond the pale.
                  I did? I just got done saying throw them both in jail, but I see you’re desperately grasping at straws. Hillary broke the law and got away with it the exact same way, she’s well connected, just as the Bush staffer is. Why you defend Clinton with this, “Oh yeah, what about this!!” Is you have no choice, Clinton is a Democrat so you’ll defend her, no matter what. I’m under no obligation to defend Bush or his administration.
                  "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
                  GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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                  • #99
                    Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                    Even worse, Hillary instructed her staff on how to remove certain markings and keywords to avoid detection, which shows willful intent to break the law.
                    Don’t worry, Sam will be along any minute now to tell you that’s not true because that’s what his TV told him and they never lie.

                    Thing is, even if she didn’t direct it, they should have known better.
                    Last edited by lilpixieofterror; 10-10-2019, 09:13 AM.
                    "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
                    GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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                    • You, unfortunately, simply don't know what you're talking about here. Both the Clinton and RNC servers were email servers. People weren't "transferring" classified or secret information over, like Trump staff putting his calls into the NSC code word server. People were sending emails.

                      Clinton's server had security and a firewall. As far as anyone can tell, it was never breached. You're thinking of something else.

                      Clinton didn't transfer classified material. She received, by memory, a small number of emails that contained confidential - but not classified - information. Other information was retroactively classified.

                      My argument was that prosecuting Clinton for something that appears to have been habitual behavior among senior Washington staff was not going to work. I'm not defending the behavior. You were arguing that the cases were different, implying that Clinton's server merited prosecution whereas the Bush administration's use of the RNC server would not (because you argued that Clinton put secret info on her server and the Bush admin did not).

                      "Clinton did what her predecessors did and you have to start prosecuting people for this sometime" might be a decent argument. But it's a lot harder one for a prosecutor to make than the false canard a number of you throw around here.

                      --Sam


                      Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post
                      How did secret material end up on an unsecured network? They are not connected. Somebody had to have transferred it over. You’d know this if you had the slightest idea how any of this worked.



                      They likely had more than the Clinton server, that wasn’t even using a basic firewall or encryption software. Remember, the RNC servers were not breached, as far as we know, in 2016.



                      The systems are not connected together. Someone, in violation of their security training, transferred it over.



                      Which doesn’t change the fact that Hillary illegally transferred classified material. If anyone, in the Bush Admin, broke the law, they should share a cell right next to Hillary and her staff. Sorry, but I’m not an apologist for Bush. I didn’t even vote for him in 2004.



                      Than he should share a cell with a Hillary staff member. Like I said, I’m not a Bush apologist.



                      I did? I just got done saying throw them both in jail, but I see you’re desperately grasping at straws. Hillary broke the law and got away with it the exact same way, she’s well connected, just as the Bush staffer is. Why you defend Clinton with this, “Oh yeah, what about this!!” Is you have no choice, Clinton is a Democrat so you’ll defend her, no matter what. I’m under no obligation to defend Bush or his administration.
                      "I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / So close to our dwelling place?" — Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"

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                      • Originally posted by Sam View Post
                        You, unfortunately, simply don't know what you're talking about here. Both the Clinton and RNC servers were email servers. People weren't "transferring" classified or secret information over, like Trump staff putting his calls into the NSC code word server. People were sending emails.
                        This shows you’re talking about things you don’t understand, but think you do. Unclassified e mails are sent via an unclassified network, which is connected to the internet while classified networks are not connected to the internet, but to their own, independent servers. Are you even slightly informed about any of this? You can’t just send an e mail to an unclassified e mail system from a classified one, someone has to transfer the data over.

                        Clinton's server had security and a firewall. As far as anyone can tell, it was never breached. You're thinking of something else.
                        That’s not what I’ve read. The FBI can’t even say if that’s true because the server was wiped clean.

                        Clinton didn't transfer classified material. She received, by memory, a small number of emails that contained confidential - but not classified - information. Other information was retroactively classified.


                        https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...email-defense/

                        BTW, the intentional part was made up to protect Clinton. She and her staff had the training, they knew better. So who told you this lie?

                        My argument was that prosecuting Clinton for something that appears to have been habitual behavior among senior Washington staff was not going to work. I'm not defending the behavior. You were arguing that the cases were different, implying that Clinton's server merited prosecution whereas the Bush administration's use of the RNC server would not (because you argued that Clinton put secret info on her server and the Bush admin did not).
                        Sorry Sam, but you want to pretend her and her staff were ignorant of the law when they were not. Read for yourself or go as Bill the Cat, he works on classified material on a regular bases and knows the rules, laws, and training far better than I do. He has said, several times, that Hillary and her staff broke the law willingly.

                        "Clinton did what her predecessors did and you have to start prosecuting people for this sometime" might be a decent argument. But it's a lot harder one for a prosecutor to make than the false canard a number of you throw around here.

                        --Sam
                        No she didn’t, but keep your eyes and ears closed and all that nasty information, that proves you wrong, will disappear.
                        Last edited by lilpixieofterror; 10-10-2019, 10:12 AM.
                        "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
                        GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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                        • Your argument was that Clinton had classified information placed on her server. That's untrue; the classified information on her server was retroactively classified, as the Politifact link you used makes clear, and wouldn't have been on a classified-use server when it was sent. Nor does the article support, in any way, your contention that Clinton directed that classified information be sent to her. The "very small number" of confidential ("C") emails that were sent to Clinton did not, by memory, originate on a secure server. But even if they had, they were received by Clinton through email, not directed by her to be stored on the server.

                          You just make up things.

                          --Sam

                          Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post
                          This shows you’re talking about things you don’t understand, but think you do. Unclassified e mails are sent via an unclassified network, which is connected to the internet while classified networks are not connected to the internet, but to their own, independent servers. Are you even slightly informed about any of this? You can’t just send an e mail to an unclassified e mail system from a classified one, someone has to transfer the data over.



                          That’s not what I’ve read. The FBI can’t even say if that’s true because the server was wiped clean.





                          https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...email-defense/

                          BTW, the intentional part was made up to protect Clinton. She and her staff had the training, they knew better. So who told you this lie?



                          Sorry Sam, but you want to pretend her and her staff were ignorant of the law when they were not. Read for yourself or go as Bill the Cat, he works on classified material on a regular bases and knows the rules, laws, and training far better than I do. He has said, several times, that Hillary and her staff broke the law willingly.



                          No she didn’t, but keep your eyes and ears closed and all that nasty information, that proves you wrong, will disappear.
                          "I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / So close to our dwelling place?" — Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"

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                          • Originally posted by Sam View Post
                            Your argument was that Clinton had classified information placed on her server. That's untrue; the classified information on her server was retroactively classified, as the Politifact link you used makes clear, and wouldn't have been on a classified-use server when it was sent. Nor does the article support, in any way, your contention that Clinton directed that classified information be sent to her. The "very small number" of confidential ("C") emails that were sent to Clinton did not, by memory, originate on a secure server. But even if they had, they were received by Clinton through email, not directed by her to be stored on the server.

                            You just make up things.

                            --Sam
                            And yet, the article I cited, says the opposite. Yeah she did, denial will not make it go away. Clinton sent and stored e mails that were classified at the time they were sent. Again, ask Bill. He works on classified material and knows all about it. See if he says I am wrong.
                            Last edited by lilpixieofterror; 10-10-2019, 10:40 AM.
                            "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
                            GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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                            • Clearing data from any computer so well that the forensic teams can't find anything isn't something that can be done accidentally - unless you're using a Commodore 64...
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                              • Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
                                Clearing data from any computer so well that the forensic teams can't find anything isn't something that can be done accidentally - unless you're using a Commodore 64...
                                This misrepresents what Bleachbit is and how it works, as well as the capabilities for forensic software to recover wiped data.

                                I've installed a Bleachbit-like program in hundreds of computers and insist to everyone who comes to me for a computer swap that the old HDD be either wiped or smashed as a matter of basic security protocol.

                                --Sam
                                "I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / So close to our dwelling place?" — Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"

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