From the
Statement by FBI Director James B. Comey on the Investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s Use of a Personal E-Mail System,
all bolding by me:
"Our investigation looked at whether there is evidence classified information was improperly stored or transmitted on that personal system, in violation of a
federal statute making it a felony to mishandle classified information either intentionally or in a grossly negligent way, or a second statute making it a misdemeanor to knowingly remove classified information from appropriate systems or storage facilities."
"Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were
extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information."
(How is that not '
grossly negligent'?! Other than laywer speak, I mean...)
"(...)
any reasonable person in Secretary Clinton’s position, or in the position of those government employees with whom she was corresponding about these matters,
should have known that an unclassified system was no place for that conversation."
(So, Secretary Clinton herself is not a reasonable person, according to the FBI Director. I wonder how the press / media reacted to this gem. Oh wait, they didn't...)
"None of these e-mails should have been on any kind of unclassified system, but their presence is especially concerning because
all of these e-mails were housed on unclassified personal servers not even supported by full-time security staff, like those found at Departments and Agencies of the U.S. Government—
or even with a commercial service like Gmail.
Separately, it is important to say something about the marking of classified information. Only a very small number of the e-mails containing classified information bore markings indicating the presence of classified information. But even if information is not marked 'classified' in an e-mail, participants who know or should know that the subject matter is classified are still obligated to protect it."
WTF? I mean, WTF?!
And now, the conclusion:
"Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case." There's that word again...
"Prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing charges. There are obvious considerations, like the strength of the evidence, especially regarding intent." No. See above.
"Responsible decisions also consider the context of a person’s actions, and how similar situations have been handled in the past." No. See for example here.
"As a result, although the Department of Justice makes final decisions on matters like this, we are expressing to Justice our view that
no charges are appropriate in this case."
Oh yeah? This whole affair is a god damn clusterfuck of a disgrace!!!P.S. Do you know what happened
about a week earlier?
Honi soit qui mal y pense...