Bret Baier: FBI Sources Believe Clinton Indictment Likely

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hal2kilo

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Well, no more hiding it, the fix is in at the FBI for Trump.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rudy-giuliani-fbi-clinton-emails_us_581c9e3fe4b0e80b02c93d6b

“I’m real careful not to talk to any on-duty, active FBI agents. I don’t want to put them in a compromising position. But I sure have a lot of friends who are retired FBI agents, close, personal friends,” he said. “All I heard were former FBI agents telling me that there’s a revolution going on inside the FBI and it’s now at a boiling point.”
 

theeedude

Lifer
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I guess it good that FBI partisan dysfunction under Comey was brought to the public attention. Sunshine is the best disinfectant.
 

theeedude

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Same interview, Giuliani wants a guy who told Hillary about an upcoming public hearing fired, but then he is receiving confidential information from the FBI leakers.
It's time to clean that FBI cesspool once and for all, to send a message for them to stay out of politics that will stick.
 

brycejones

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jackstar7

Lifer
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The damage was absolutely done. That's why his apology is being folded into the weekend trash.
 

Jhhnn

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The damage was absolutely done. That's why his apology is being folded into the weekend trash.

It's Repubs' usual application of Brandolini's Law- It takes at least 10 times the effort to clear away the bullshit as to dump it in the first place.
 
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Jhhnn

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It hasn't stopped Trump from continuing to talk about it at his rally in NH today.

The Trump campaign has become increasingly desperate. They'll be flinging their own poo by the time we get to Tuesday. Hazmat suits may be necessary.
 

theeedude

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Trump and Fox are all preaching to the same choir. But other organizations reported on Fox report, and they need to issue retractions.
 

agent00f

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I seem to recall a compromised leader of the DOJ having to punt to the FBI, placing Comey into a political quagmire.

Also, Comey would be the very senior resource working to control said rogue agents by pulling these investigations to the jurisdiction of HQ.

Pretty amusing when you rant about ethical conduct in politics, but when someone moves to remove even the appearance of conflict of interest you use that against them. Makes it pretty obvious those "standards" are just a tool to demonize opponents. Consider that the same people typically expressing these arguments generally view a hack like Reagan rather favorably, because he was using corruption in their favor.


Yes and no. Criminal legality for leaked classified info is based upon two things. Intent and level. If the type of info that was leaked was so bad as to be a national disaster, even if the intent was not to leak the info, it would still be considered criminal in nature.

Of course intentionally leaking classified info is always criminal.

I don't believe Hillary was intent on leaking classified info when using her private email servers over the years. As you said, many high ranking officials did the same thing stupidly.

The problem is, she is in a funny position. Had that been me leaking some low level classified info unintentionally I would still have the following consequences:

1) Fired from job
2) Security clearance revoked
3) Potentially fined

Hillary is in position though that makes those options "harder" I guess to some people because of her placement. I personally would have said to have fired her from her current position though and apply the same punishments to her as they would have been applied to just about anyone else

The real other problem was her not handing over the servers immediately once it was found out and being allowed to "scrub" it before the FBI got it. We have no clue what was removed at this point so far. If your average person had done that then they would most likely be in jail for obstruction of justice. That is a criminal offense last time I checked. What cops do you know come with a warrant for a drug house. Then only knock on the door to let those inside know they are going to be during a thorough search of the premises for drugs as soon as the suspects decide that they are ready to let the police in. That's really the main issues most people are having with the whole "scandal" as it is.

You're simply naive to how the world works. A lot of "little people" make a plethora of mistakes which are overlooked, even if a few are sometimes punished for it. Whether they are or not usually hinges on whether said mistakes or such conveniently align with more powerful interests. Eg. if a supervisor didn't like some guy, a minor mishandling of docs will see him gone, etc. You would be correct that the boss himself might be afforded more protection in these cases, but not for the reason you're told by HR or equivalent.
 

Starbuck1975

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Pretty amusing when you rant about ethical conduct in politics, but when someone moves to remove even the appearance of conflict of interest you use that against them. Makes it pretty obvious those "standards" are just a tool to demonize opponents. Consider that the same people typically expressing these arguments generally view a hack like Reagan rather favorably, because he was using corruption in their favor.




You're simply naive to how the world works. A lot of "little people" make a plethora of mistakes which are overlooked, even if a few are sometimes punished for it. Whether they are or not usually hinges on whether said mistakes or such conveniently align with more powerful interests. Eg. if a supervisor didn't like some guy, a minor mishandling of docs will see him gone, etc. You would be correct that the boss himself might be afforded more protection in these cases, but not for the reason you're told by HR or equivalent.
Who moved to remove a conflict of interest?
 

0roo0roo

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Trump campaign getting advance intel from the FBI?

pffft! That's nowhere near as scandalous as some ex-CNN analyst leaking a question about tainted drinking water to Clinton ahead of the debate!

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The question at this point is who doesn't know, thanks to Clinton's reckless incompetent behavior

WIKILEAKS 27: Five Countries Hacked Clinton's Private Server. Weiner Sent Women Hundreds of Messages
H. A. Goodman

Day by day it only gets worse.

WIKILEAKS 30 JUST RELEASED: FBI Finds Clinton's Top Secret Classified Emails on Weiner's Laptop
H. A. Goodman
 

agent00f

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The question at this point is who doesn't know, thanks to Clinton's reckless incompetent behavior

WIKILEAKS 27: Five Countries Hacked Clinton's Private Server. Weiner Sent Women Hundreds of Messages
H. A. Goodman

Day by day it only gets worse.

WIKILEAKS 30 JUST RELEASED: FBI Finds Clinton's Top Secret Classified Emails on Weiner's Laptop
H. A. Goodman

Just a heads up that you make for a great token /pol/ simpleton.
 

MrSquished

Lifer
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The question at this point is who doesn't know, thanks to Clinton's reckless incompetent behavior

WIKILEAKS 27: Five Countries Hacked Clinton's Private Server. Weiner Sent Women Hundreds of Messages
H. A. Goodman

Day by day it only gets worse.

WIKILEAKS 30 JUST RELEASED: FBI Finds Clinton's Top Secret Classified Emails on Weiner's Laptop
H. A. Goodman

yeah some guy on youtube knows that 5 countries hacked Clinton's server but the FBI hasn't figured it out yet.

oye vay
 

nickqt

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At least Fox News had the desire for the appearance of integrity and apologized.
Fair and Balanced with Fox News is making outright false claims about something to get the gullible, brainwashed useful idiots hollerin' and spittle flecked everywhere, and then apologizing for lying in a 12 second segment at the end of a program.

Buh - buh - buh - LIBRUUUUL MEDIA!!