2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I have two questions about the email controversy [View all]paulthompson
(2,398 posts)Mark,
Could you quote the exact relevant felony statute 18 USC 793(f)(2), with a link? If you did elsewhere, I missed it.
Also, you mentioned elsewhere that Clinton should have had complete access to all the info the CIA and NSA had anyway. Can you elaborate on that? When I did my 9/11 research, stovepiping was a really big problem. I'm not sure how much interagency cooperation has improved since then.
If Clinton could get access to all classified info, then it seems strange to be risking get that from Blunenthal. Unless it's a matter of having someone helping her separate the wheat from the chaff. Clearly, she was super busy and wouldn't have had the time to closely analyze what other departments were doing, so she'd want someone to do that for her. But why not have some expert inside the State Department do that?
I find it puzzling, unless the various departments weren't good at sharing. Then one can see a better motive.