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Explain this to me like I'm a second-grader

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Jan 29, 2016.

  1. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Well, why didn't they just give her a more secure Blackberry?
     
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    They haven't even questioned her yet.

    The target is always last. They're working their way up the ladder.

    That a lot of time has gone by, shouldn't be seen as exculpatory. It's either because they've found criminal behavior, or because they've not received cooperation/faced obstruction.

     
  3. JohnHammond

    JohnHammond Well-Known Member

    Clinton acted like a petulant child when told she couldn't have candy before dinner, but decided to sneak some anyway. She wasn't entitled to a damn super-special secure Blackberry.
     
  4. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Why not? The president had one. As Secretary of State, she is one of the top people in his administration. It's not like she's the ambassador to Liechtenstein.
     
  5. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    The question isn't whether she deserved a super-special secure Blackberry, the question is what did she do when she didn't get a super-special secure Blackberry.
     
  6. JohnHammond

    JohnHammond Well-Known Member

    She wasn't top enough. Elections have consequences. Maybe she can upgrade, though, come Inaguration Day.
     
  7. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    "Legal experts have said it appears unlikely Clinton would be charged with committing a crime. The relatively few U.S. laws that govern the handling of classified materials were generally written to cover spies and leakers. Lawyers who specialize in national security say it would be a stretch to apply these statutes to a former cabinet secretary whose communication of sensitive materials was with aides — not a national enemy.

    The Justice Department also does not appear to have convened a grand jury to examine Clinton's email use, a likely step if prosecutors were weighing felony criminal charges.

    Lansing Woo, a retired FBI official who supervised counterintelligence investigations in the Los Angeles field office, said the recent interviews of Clinton's aides appear to follow standard procedure.

    "You start at the periphery of the circle," Woo said. By the time investigators move from far-removed witnesses to the person they most want to speak with, "they're already going to know what's what, who's who, who did what, and they're going to then ask the questions around that," he said.

    But Deitch, now in private practice, stressed that just because investigators may seek to interview Clinton does not necessarily mean she is in legal jeopardy.

    "As a defense attorney, I have had many cases where targets of an investigation were interviewed and no indictment was ever forthcoming," Deitch said. "It's just part of the process."

    Clinton Email Probe in Late Stage, FBI May Question Her
     
  8. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Baron, just curious. Would you happen to be one of her superdelegates?
     
  9. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Everything she's said about this since her UN press conference has been a lie.

    Even the excuse that it was for convenience has been disproved by her own words. It was always about privacy.

     
  10. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Any day now.
     
  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    I'm still not sure why this is so funny.

    She may not get indicted, but there's no issue with the timing. The FBI isn't done yet. Of course there's been no indictment.

    When they're done, and have interviewed Hillary, and some long period of time has passed without an indictment, then this joke would be appropriate.
     
  12. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    As much as I don't want to see her indicted (given Trump), the thought of the "any day now" types having to walk it back is an awfully pleasant one.
     
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