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FBI says it won't recommend charges in Clinton case

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Re: FBI says it won't recommend charges in Clinton case

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Post by projectramo »

jc4p wrote: post #20
projectramo wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you believe that previous people in the same position also had private servers and received classified information on them, why do you hold it against her? http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/politics/hillary-clinton-email... Do you not believe that things are "overly" classified, and are liberally and retroactively labelled as such?

I hate this argument because Colin's actions were so overt that extra regulations were passed after he left to flat out make what he and and others did against standard operating procedure. Stop using this as your argument.

Tell me more about this.

In particular, I am curious about "extra regulations were passed."

Did Congress pass new laws because of Colin Powell?

Re: FBI says it won't recommend charges in Clinton case

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Post by jwebb99 »

JulianMorrison wrote: post #4
potatoman2 wrote: post #2

No surprise here, the fix was in. Very odd conference though, he lists all manner of violations then says no prosecutor would take the case.

The people who are determined to believe the fix is in, will believe the fix is in. Because what could be harder to believe than that Hillary Clinton is basically an honest person trying to do her job?

Yet, immediately after she realized she was being investigated, she immediately deleted relevant data in a way that made it impossible to recover--or words to that effect.

What's more, the FBI director said that any reasonable person should have realized the sensitivity of information they were transmitting regardless of its markings.

I find it really bizarre how people go out of their way to tune out any information that paints Clinton/Trump/Sanders in a bad light (depending on your temperament).

I'm not saying Clinton should be tarred and feathered (or even sent to jail), but she has hardly been exonerated of any wrongdoing. Why do people find that so difficult to admit?

Re: FBI says it won't recommend charges in Clinton case

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Post by Roboprog »

wahsd wrote: post #3

What a travesty of both justice, democracy, and government. Too big to jail, I guess. Ignorance is an excuse when you have a president running interference for you to undermine democracy, even if you knowingly and intentionally weakened and exposed the whole country and then lied about it and played it off. But let's make a crooked, incompetent, and dangerous person our leader.

Honestly, the 2016 presidential election really does feel like the 1996 Simpsons Halloween special. (only without bothering with the meat-suit disguises)

It's a two party system; you have to vote for one of the green tentacled monsters.

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos!

Re: FBI says it won't recommend charges in Clinton case

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Post by MOARDONGZPLZ »

projectramo wrote: post #25
MOARDONGZPLZ wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I said "what she did was wrong," which is was. I made no claims beyond that. I'm not sure where you're getting anything about my feelings regarding previous people who may have done it. And my feelings on whether things are "overly" classified are irrelevant here. If something is marked classified, there are legal restrictions on its release.

I didn't assume anything about your "feelings regarding previous people who may have done". And your feelings regarding over-classification is not irrelevant to whether something is "wrong". Wrong is not the same as legal, which is why there is discretion.

I'm not trying to get into an argument, but you specifically said: "If you believe that previous people in the same position also had private servers and received classified information on them, why do you hold it against her?"

That pretty clearly implicated previous people and my beliefs/feelings, no?

I feel like you're trolling me here.

Re: FBI says it won't recommend charges in Clinton case

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Post by spacemanmatt »

rorykoehler wrote: post #11
Arnor wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As will you, yes?

Possibly... I actually used to like Hilary until I found out more about her. Make of that what you will.

That has been my experience, as well. I could look past decades of Republican harassment but her own campaign has been a real eye-opener.

Re: FBI says it won't recommend charges in Clinton case

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Post by [deleted] »

JulianMorrison wrote: post #4
potatoman2 wrote: post #2

No surprise here, the fix was in. Very odd conference though, he lists all manner of violations then says no prosecutor would take the case.

The people who are determined to believe the fix is in, will believe the fix is in. Because what could be harder to believe than that Hillary Clinton is basically an honest person trying to do her job?

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Re: FBI says it won't recommend charges in Clinton case

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Post by [deleted] »

JulianMorrison wrote: post #4
potatoman2 wrote: post #2

No surprise here, the fix was in. Very odd conference though, he lists all manner of violations then says no prosecutor would take the case.

The people who are determined to believe the fix is in, will believe the fix is in. Because what could be harder to believe than that Hillary Clinton is basically an honest person trying to do her job?

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