TheL8Elvis
Philosopher
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- May 17, 2011
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Tautologies can sometimes be very enlightening. They can prompt people to focus on what matters, which is often very simple, rather than on distractions, which can confuse their analysis.
If you think that happened here, you'll need to spell out what you think was enlightening, because I don't see it.
You're conflating my claim that she violated the Federal Records Act, which goes back over a year now, with my claim that she violated laws regarding the mishandling of classified material. I did not begin to make the latter claim until long after the FBI investigation had begun. Also, just because she broke the letter of the law (which she clearly did), it doesn't mean that it's worth prosecuting her for it. A lot depends on common practice and how the laws have been enforced in the past. I am not privy to all of that information. For example, I think she intended to give her emails to her lawyers, and she had good reason to believe that her emails contained classified information. That's a technical violation of the law (I've already rebutted the claim that she had reason to believe that only lawyers with security clearances would have access to her emails once they were at the law firm). Whether or not that is worthy of prosecution, I don't know. I'm sure it depends on how sensitive the classified material was. It also depends on Hillary's state of mind. For all I know, she can plead complete ignorance and incompetence, and it would be a plausible defense. This did all happen after her bump on the head after all.
Yes, I may have confused your claim on the federal records with mishandling of classified material. Still doesn't address why it's not perfectly reasonable for the FBI to determine if it's likely for charges to be brought within a few weeks, as opposed to 8 months and counting...
I haven't put my face at risk. I've put $200 at risk. I'd say that Tony has put his face at risk, however, with his childish taunts. Perhaps that's why he wears an iron mask.