FBI Statement on Clinton Email System

Re:FBI Statement on Clinton Email System by tanderson92 on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @12:07PM (#12037384)

Exactly. In fact he seems to be recommending some kind of sanctions would be appropriate and deserved. Those won't be forthcoming, however, as she currently is not employed and so the only ramifications will be political blowback.

In other words, politicians don't have the same career consequences for these types of things due to the transience of their postings.

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Re:FBI Statement on Clinton Email System by fulldecent on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @03:57PM (#12039079)

To clarify, TS and TS//SCI clearances do not end the day you leave office, and your NDA still continues to apply.

I have not read the law that discusses whether a person in this situation is eligible to be stripped of clearance.

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Re:FBI Statement on Clinton Email System by tanderson92 on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @04:10PM (#12039182)

This is my understanding as well, but I've also read that the security clearance system does not apply at all once you become POTUS.

Should be interesting whether she is cleared for the security briefings while running for President, though.

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Re:FBI Statement on Clinton Email System by rdtsc on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @11:02PM (#12040951)

Interesting. And since she then becomes the head of the Executive branch, won't she technically be the boss of most of the apparatus that should supposedly be prosecuting her (DOJ, FBI, etc). Nobody will want to end up on that side of the table, so at this stage in the presidential race, everyone will be extremely careful and linient, trying to deflect responsability for tough decisions to someone else.

I don't think short of impeachment, there is any mechanism to prosecute a President, or is there?

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