I hope her rotting albatross carcass hangs around their necks through the election. This article on Reuters is the one everyone should point to every time someone parrots Hillary’s BS line about “it wasn’t classified at the time I sent it…”:
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/08/03/what-everyone-with-a-top-secret-security-clearance-knows-or-should-know/
Having the Secretary of State admit that she didn’t know what she was doing was wrong IS NOT a qualification for higher office. Remember her little excuse about how she only used her own server for the “convenience” of carrying one Blackberry? Well I found this little gem online:
http://careers.state.gov/uploads/fc/4a/fc4a940b13b1b146806d905294278e6a/Orientation_ABCs-2011.pdf
From Page 3:
Cell Phones: Government and personally owned cellular telephones are permitted for use inside DOS facilities only where classified information is not discussed or processed. Introduction of government and personally owned cellular telephones in locations where classified information is discussed or processed is allowed providing the cellular telephone: (1) remains off and (2) is never placed within 10 feet from classified information processing equipment (CIPE).
So it would be interesting to know how many of those emails with classified (or what should’ve been classified) information were transmitted over her Blackberry?
I also found Page 12 amusing:
Ethics:
(1) Public service is a public trust, requiring employees to place loyalty to the Constitution, the laws and ethical principles above private gain.
(2) Employees shall not hold financial interests that conflict with the conscientious performance of duty.
(3) Employees shall not engage in financial transactions using nonpublic Government information or allow the improper use of such information to further any private interest.
(4) An employee shall not, solicit or accept any gift or other item of monetary value from any person or entity seeking official action from, doing business with, or conducting activities regulated by the employee’s agency, or whose interests may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the
employee’s duties.
(5) Employees shall put forth honest effort in the performance of their duties.
(6) Employees shall not knowingly make unauthorized commitments or promises of any kind purporting to bind the Government.
(7) Employees shall not use public office for private gain.
(8) Employees shall act impartially and not give preferential treatment to any private organization or individual.
(9) Employees shall protect and conserve Federal property and shall not use it for other than authorized activities.
(10) Employees shall not engage in outside employment or activities, including seeking or negotiating for employment that conflict with official Government duties and responsibilities.
(11) Employees shall disclose waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption to appropriate authorities.
(12) Employees shall satisfy in good faith their obligations as citizens, including all just financial obligations, especially those such as Federal, State, or local taxes that are imposed by law.
(13) Employees shall adhere to all laws and regulations that provide equal opportunity for all Americans regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or handicap.
(14) Employees shall endeavor to avoid any actions creating the appearance that they are violating the law or the ethical standards set forth in this part. Whether particular circumstances create an appearance that the law or these standards have been violated shall be determined from the perspective of a
reasonable person with knowledge of the relevant facts.
http://ethics.state.gov
Ethics Training
NOTE: Mandatory Ethics training is required each year for all employees who file a SF-278 or OGE-450 financial disclosure form. All new employees must complete an online Ethics training course within 90 days. Follow this link to the online training:
http://fsi.state.gov/fsi/spas/amt/default.asp?CAT=Ethics
Several of those could’ve been written ending with “That means you too, Hillary.” Keep in mind this document was produced in June, 2011.
Eventually, someone in the MSM is going to point out the pink donkey in the room. The one that explicitly points out a bias by the Obama administration in FAVOR of Hillary, whereas in every other instance, they’ve actively persecuted the offender:
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/6-brave-govt-whistleblowers-charged-under-espionage-act-obamas-administration
https://exposefacts.org/in-political-press-hillary-clinton-gets-subjected-to-the-thomas-drake-and-jeffrey-sterling-standard/
Some may say even if Clinton committed security violations, there is no evidence the material got into the wrong hands – no blood, no foul. Legally that is irrelevant. Failing to safeguard information is the issue. It is not necessary to prove the information reached an adversary, or that an adversary did anything harmful with the information for a crime to have occurred. See the cases of Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Jeff Sterling, Thomas Drake, John Kiriakou or even David Petraeus. The standard is “failure to protect” by itself.
So Hillary can claim it’s all the GOP’s fault till the cows come home. At the end of the day, she’s 100% responsible for her own misfortune.