Saturday, September 03, 2016

Get Out of Jail Free card

Debate prep? All Donald Trump needs to do is read some of my favorite blogs. For example, here is Ace of Spades recommending James Comey be impeached:
Does James Comey believe it's plausible that the CEO of the State Department did not know that "NOFORN" meant "NO FOReigN exposure"? Or that "(C)" means classified?

And she's claiming she can't remember the details of her security briefings, which covered all this, because of a convenient patch of brain damage which arrives to grant her an alibi but then departs in time to permit her to be Commander in Chief?

That is not plausible. That is a clear lie.

...Second: The safekeeping of foreign intelligence is so critical to this nation's security that the law itself specifically removes the "I didn't know the most basic things about the law" defense. That's the whole point of the charge only requiring a showing of negligence in handling secret information -- not intent.

The law forbids such a defense -- by not requiring the government to prove intent -- because it is so easy to claim "Oh I didn't know," and concommitantly so hard for the government to prove the contrary.

...Congress therefore specifically made the charge provable without proof of intent -- it only requires mere negligence.

But James Comey, to finagel a Get Out of Jail Free card for Mrs. Clinton, read such a demand into the law anyway, on his own alleged authority.

James Comey and his minions must be forced to testify, under oath, whether they believe this "I didn't know breaking the law is illegal" is a valid defense for the average corporate CEO, or if this is just a special favor to the apparently Brain Damaged Smartest Woman in the World.

(C)orrection: A commenter who seems to know the ins and outs of clasification tells me "C" is a type of classification, but it does not stand for classified -- it stands for (C)onfidential, the lowest level of classification.

So while (C) means classified, it does not stand for classified, as I claimed. It stands for (C)onfidential.

I apologize for the frequently-made error.

But it's not my fault.

See, I had brain damage when I was writing these posts.

But I'm all better now, and ready to take a job as Director of the CIA's Clandestine Service.
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3 comments:

Ugly4126 said...

Bob,
While I agree with the furor behind Ace's statement that "...they must be made to answer", I have come to the realization that they already did. Comey told us exactly what he meant by his actions. I believe that we can no longer take the position that "he didnt really mean that" when, by his actions, his position is crystal clear. "By their fruits, you shall know them." They are telling us who they are. We just need to accept it.

Bob's Blog said...

Just roll over like good puppy dogs?

Ugly4126 said...

Quite the contrary. They have demonstrated that they lie. Why should we listen to more lies? We must accept that they lie, cheat steal, etc. and respond accordingly.