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-Lurid Crime Tales-
What a fish rotting from the head down looks like: Hillary Clinton's no-secrets State Department
2019-06-19
[American Thinker] Wonder what a country without secrets looks like? Take a look at the State Department, home of Hillary Clinton's illegal private email operation, which had a lot more than just that doozy as a security violation. Turns out there were nearly two dozen violations, suggesting that maybe there was a problem of tone at the top. Apparently, no one kept national security secrets at Hillary Clinton's State Department, judging by the widespread number of violations now getting out.

Sara Carter has the scoop:
In a letter to Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, the State Department revealed that it has identified "multiple security incidents" involving current or former employees' handling of Hillary Clinton's emails, and that 23 "violations" and seven "infractions" have been issued as part of the department's ongoing investigation.

"To this point, the Department has assessed culpability to 15 individuals, some of whom were culpable in multiple security incidents," Mary Elizabeth Taylor, the State Department's Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, wrote to Grassley. "DS has issued 23 violations and 7 infractions incidents. ... This number will likely change as the review progresses."

"In every instance in which the Department found an individual to be culpable of a valid security violation or three or more infractions, the Department forwarded the outcome to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security's Office of Personnel Security and Suitability (DS/PSS), to be placed in the individuals' official security file," Taylor wrote. "All valid security incidents are reviewed by DS and taken into account every time an individual's eligibility for access to classified information is considered.

Obviously, none of these people considered national security secrets terribly important. And if Putin, or China, could get his hands on them, well, so what?

Secrets and security clearances, see, were status symbols, not a burden of responsibility linked to protecting America. And if Ben Rhodes could get a security clearance, who the heck couldn't, and why would it matter what one does to determine one's merit for security clearances?
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  Private email server + senior government position = (criminal) avoidance of FOIA regulations. At the very least it is questionable and needs "proof of innocence"... eh?
Posted by: magpie   2019-06-19 16:19  

#3  These people should be in jail.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-06-19 12:14  

#2  Multiple people should lose their clearance.
Posted by Bangkok Billy

The Deep State takes care of it's own. The Klingon SSO didn't even suspend or revoke John Brennan's access after a WH prompting.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-06-19 07:50  

#1  It's important to understand the terms;
--Security Incident: any situation where classified material was not secured in accordance with established procedures.
--Security Violations: unsecured classified where the likelihood of compromise was possible/likely/occurred.
-Security Infraction: unsecured classified where the likelihood of compromise was low/nil.

I could give examples of both but suffice to say 30 incidents assigned to 15 people - there's a big big problem. Multiple people should lose their clearance.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2019-06-19 07:45  

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