Law Professor on "emailgate": Clinton committed no crimes
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/03/22/1504889/-Law-Professor-on-emailgate-Clinton-committed-no-crimes
Richard O. Lempert is not only a Law professor, but also worked for the Department of Homeland Security, where he "took the lead in drafting a security classification manual for one of the divisions of the DHS science and technology directorate."
Lembert just schooled pundits who pretend Clinton broke the law. He said they "reporters and pundits know little about the rules regarding the classification". prospect.org/...
The piece debunking myths about Hillary with regard to "Emailgate" is very long, and you should read it in its entirety. I will give you just a couple of excerpts:
"Relevant law is found in several statutes. To begin with, 18 USC, Section 798 provides in salient part: “Whoever knowingly and willfully … [discloses] or uses in any manner prejudicial to the safety and interest of the United States [certain categories of classified information] … shall be fined … or imprisoned.
The most important words in this statute are the ones I have italicized. To violate this statute, Secretary Clinton would have had to know that she was dealing with classified information, and either that she was disclosing it to people who could not be trusted to protect the interests of the United States or that she was handling it in a way (e.g. by not keeping it adequately secure) that was at least arguably prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States."
He gives us the definition of classified information:
"Classified information, means information which, at the time of a violation of this section, is specifically designated by a United States Government Agency for … restricted dissemination.”
He concludes,
"Based on what has been revealed so far, there is no reason to think that Clinton committed any crimes with respect to the use of her email server, including her handling of classified information".
Meanwhile, right wingers and some Bernie-supporting nicknames on discussion boards continue to pretend that Clinton broke the law.
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