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needledriver

(836 posts)
Mon May 8, 2017, 10:25 PM May 2017

Let me see if I understand this correctly

Hillary Clinton used a private email server while she was Secretary of State.

The absolute, worst case scenario is that the email server may have become compromised and that sensitive State Department information may have ended up in the hands of our greatest global adversary - the Russians.

Michael Flynn was actually compromised by the Russians, and had the highest security clearance for weeks.

Yet Hillary's "insecure" email server cost her the election.

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Let me see if I understand this correctly (Original Post) needledriver May 2017 OP
Don't forget Benghazi.. sarah FAILIN May 2017 #1
How could I forget Benghazi? needledriver May 2017 #2
Why would we? sarah FAILIN May 2017 #5
That's About the Size of It Leith May 2017 #3
trump knew about it and allowed it orleans May 2017 #15
He went directly in front of Putin mshasta May 2017 #4
No you don't. L. Coyote May 2017 #6
Oh, what a relief. needledriver May 2017 #7
He did have the highest security clearance and he was DURHAM D May 2017 #8
Even after the election. sarah FAILIN May 2017 #10
They just debunked Trump's claim about Flynn's security clearance L. Coyote May 2017 #12
Operative word - vetting. nt DURHAM D May 2017 #14
And Comey isn't partisan? Lock him up too. There isn't a jail big enough for all of them. BigmanPigman May 2017 #9
I disagree... 2naSalit May 2017 #11
Martha Stewart went to prison for insider trading milestogo May 2017 #13

sarah FAILIN

(2,857 posts)
1. Don't forget Benghazi..
Mon May 8, 2017, 10:31 PM
May 2017

All that was her fault too ya know. And emails..

Whatever Flynn did was for the betterment of our country I'm sure because it is better to be Putin's puppet than...something..maybe..


 

needledriver

(836 posts)
2. How could I forget Benghazi?
Mon May 8, 2017, 10:33 PM
May 2017

No, really. How could anyone forget Benghazi.

Have we spent as much time and effort on Flynn and the Russians as Benghazi yet?

sarah FAILIN

(2,857 posts)
5. Why would we?
Mon May 8, 2017, 10:52 PM
May 2017

We are obviously nearly done with the Russian silliness. Tomorrow we go back to finding new ways to control the population through more efficient use of meds such as treating cancer with catnip tea and an asprin...
And by "control the population", I mean elimination of the use of expensive meds and re-forming the demographics to a more healthy society that requires less medical care (after all the sickly people die).. This is how we will save Social Security btw.. nobody will be around to draw it so it will last longer.

Leith

(7,809 posts)
3. That's About the Size of It
Mon May 8, 2017, 10:33 PM
May 2017

Why isn't Flynn in police custody right now? He's guilty of using his security clearance to sit in on high level and secret meetings when he knew he didn't deserve to have that access - and that says that he was actively conducting a conspiracy.

Lock.Him.UP!

mshasta

(2,108 posts)
4. He went directly in front of Putin
Mon May 8, 2017, 10:38 PM
May 2017

...got on he's knees and open he's freaking mouth


That is what he did.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
6. No you don't.
Mon May 8, 2017, 10:53 PM
May 2017

The email server wasn't compromised and it did not have classified e-mails on it.

Flynn was not compromised by the Russians. He did not have the highest security clearance. They did not bother vetting him or getting the required clearance.

Hillary's email server did not cost her the election. Election results are more complicated than that.

 

needledriver

(836 posts)
7. Oh, what a relief.
Mon May 8, 2017, 10:58 PM
May 2017

It was naive of me to assume that the National Security Advisor would have a high security clearance and have access to high level information relating to national security.

DURHAM D

(32,609 posts)
8. He did have the highest security clearance and he was
Mon May 8, 2017, 11:03 PM
May 2017

the one getting Trump's security briefings during the campaign.

2naSalit

(86,537 posts)
11. I disagree...
Mon May 8, 2017, 11:47 PM
May 2017

I'm sure we have plenty of cell space for this clan. I'd volunteer to help make room for them.

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
13. Martha Stewart went to prison for insider trading
Tue May 9, 2017, 12:07 AM
May 2017

because she's a woman and a Democrat. Different standard applies.

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