Laws Are for Little People

Credit where it's due: I saw this item referenced over at Kossacks for Sanders, and was shocked. Last summer, a Navy reservist was successfully brought to conviction by the FBI for essentially what Clinton got away with scot free. The reservist was fined ($7500) and sentenced to two years of probation. Imagine if same deal were offered to Hillary, and she would be running for president while on probation! But as we've seen confirmed today, some are more equal than others, when it comes to the impartial rule of law.

According to court documents, Nishimura was a Naval reservist deployed in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008. In his role as a Regional Engineer for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, Nishimura had access to classified briefings and digital records that could only be retained and viewed on authorized government computers. Nishimura, however, caused the materials to be downloaded and stored on his personal, unclassified electronic devices and storage media. He carried such classified materials on his unauthorized media when he traveled off-base in Afghanistan and, ultimately, carried those materials back to the United States at the end of his deployment.

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Nishimura’s actions came to light in early 2012, when he admitted to Naval personnel that he had handled classified materials inappropriately. Nishimura later admitted that, following his statement to Naval personnel, he destroyed a large quantity of classified materials he had maintained in his home. Despite that, when the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched Nishimura’s home in May 2012, agents recovered numerous classified materials in digital and hard copy forms. The investigation did not reveal evidence that Nishimura intended to distribute classified information to unauthorized personnel.

https://www.fbi.gov/sacramento/press-releases/2015/folsom-naval-reservis...

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Older and Wiser Now's picture

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~OaWN

Raggedy Ann's picture

If this is what we end up with as POTUS, America is truly a third world country and our new dictator will surely bring us down even further. America is doomed if hrc is elected. Maybe that's what we need. I would guess she'd declare martial law and we'd be stuck with her and her lovely family running us into the ground for many years to come.

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

darkmatter's picture

there would be pressure from the 1% to not even call it the authoritarianism that it is. The Clintons and their supporters have rationalized everything else away, why wouldn't they be willing to whitewash the abrogation of the rule of law?

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"In 1977 the commentators were shocked when Nixon said about his burglaries and wiretaps, ‘If the president does it, that means it’s not illegal’ (see April 6, 1977).… These brazen words… come eerily down to us through the tunnel of the last thirty years.

- http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a1976nixonfrost&scale=2#a...

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Vowing To Oppose Everything Trump Attempts.

Socialprogressive's picture

Some animals are more equal than other animals.

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I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.