tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post478303263315128082..comments2024-03-28T16:58:17.705-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Ignatius: Nothing To See Here!Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-62148819184777054632015-08-31T14:03:46.382-04:002015-08-31T14:03:46.382-04:00I'm prepared to listen--a bit--to explanations...<b>I'm prepared to listen--a bit--to explanations about how people who really need to use the classified information sometimes cut corners in their communications because it's the only way to get things done timely.</b><br /><br />That's why Bush II cracked open the intel barriers. If it still exists, it's because the bureaucrats reinstated them after leaks.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-32704750430267395682015-08-31T14:02:32.547-04:002015-08-31T14:02:32.547-04:00Hussein Obola could easily have covered up for Cli...Hussein Obola could easily have covered up for Clinton's excesses, if the Left's God King wished it.<br /><br />He wished for it not.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-81278438998100101292015-08-29T18:12:10.035-04:002015-08-29T18:12:10.035-04:00This Jeffrey Smith apparently was Hillary's na...This Jeffrey Smith apparently was Hillary's national security advisor for her 2008 campaign. Also headed Bill's transition team for DoD in 1992.jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-16087503660946457662015-08-29T12:45:20.976-04:002015-08-29T12:45:20.976-04:00I'm prepared to listen--a bit--to explanations...I'm prepared to listen--a bit--to explanations about how people who really need to use the classified information sometimes cut corners in their communications because it's the only way to get things done timely.<br /><br />Not sure, really, how that applies to Clinton's situation.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-12724757886510141962015-08-28T12:01:11.230-04:002015-08-28T12:01:11.230-04:00"Jeffrey Smith, a former CIA general counsel ..."Jeffrey Smith, a former CIA general counsel who’s now a partner at Arnold & Porter, where he often represents defendants suspected of misusing classified information. “There are always these back channels,” Smith explained. “It’s inevitable, because the classified systems are often cumbersome and lots of people have access to the classified e-mails or cables." … "<br /><br />The "everybody does it" defense does not work for robbery, adultery*, or murder, either.<br /><br />Two facts: Not everybody does it.<br />It's illegal for a reason.<br /><br />Valerie<br /><br />*illegal for the military, anyway, because it is so extremely corrosive in the workplace.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com