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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton’s Emails Are a Threat to Life as We Know it [View all]Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)23. It is a threat to some of the undercover CIA agents who were named in her emails.
Discussions with Intelligence Community officials have revealed that Ms. Clintons unclassified emails included Holy Grail items of American espionage such as the true names of Central Intelligence Agency intelligence officers serving overseas under cover. Worse, some of those exposed are serving under non-official cover. NOCs (see this for an explanation of their important role in espionage) are the pointy end of the CIA spear and they are always at risk of exposure which is what Ms. Clintons emails have done.
Not only have these spies had their lives put in serious risk by this, its a clear violation of Federal law. The Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, enacted due to the murder of the CIAs station chief in Athens after his cover was blown by the left-wing media, makes it a Federal crime to divulge the true identity of any covert operative serving U.S. intelligence if that person has not previous been publicly acknowledged to be working for our spy agencies.
People really go to jail for breaking this law. John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer, recently emerged from two years in prison for unauthorized disclosure of classified information, including exposing the identity of an Agency colleague who was serving under cover.
Anyone possessing political memory will recall that this law was also the centerpiece of the 2003 scandal surrounding Valerie Plame, a CIA NOC officer whose identity appeared in the media after it was exposed by the George W. Bush White House. Ms. Plame became a liberal icon of sorts, complete with high glamour, while the affair became an obsession for much of the mainstream media, despite the fact that the spy was physically unharmed by the leak.
http://observer.com/2016/02/breaking-hillary-clinton-put-spies-lives-at-risk/
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Clinton was impeached (indicted) but acquited (not guilty of criminal charges) nt
Henhouse
May 2016
#49
Fine with me, but you'll have to convince a few million other Democrats--and indies.
merrily
May 2016
#12
Hillary's emails caused global warming!! The incredible amount of hot air generated ...
JoePhilly
May 2016
#10
Life was altered for millions in NA, now all of Africa and spread throughout the ME
polly7
May 2016
#21
What bullshit. SHE was a direct cause in all of this horror in Libya, Honduras, Haiti, Syria,
polly7
May 2016
#24
what does any of your ranting and raving have anything to do with personal vs gov't email system?
Sheepshank
May 2016
#36
I don't trot out or use anyone 'to make a point'. If you can't take the truth about what your
polly7
May 2016
#67
You can't stand to hear mention of those suffering worse than you'll ever imagine in your life,
polly7
May 2016
#71
And there you go, trotting out the suffering of others to try and hurt posters
Sheepshank
May 2016
#72
Is that what you called the criticism here of Barbara Bush's comment, trotting out
polly7
May 2016
#73
No, what doesn't make sense is using your private server for weapons deals through
polly7
May 2016
#61
Just more people opining on a subject they appear to be completely clueless about.
frylock
May 2016
#20
Hell, most of them don't know the difference between an email server and a private email account.
Fawke Em
May 2016
#25
It is a threat to some of the undercover CIA agents who were named in her emails.
Fawke Em
May 2016
#23
Yep, Pretty much all of the 'she will be indicted' stories are sourced from Fox News
emulatorloo
May 2016
#59
They're desperate. The voters chose her over their candidate. They will convince themselves
Trust Buster
May 2016
#27
The ostrich is you. The voter and pledge delegate totals decide such things.
Trust Buster
May 2016
#41
"Bernie Sanders to Clinton: people 'are sick of hearing about your damn emails'.
pampango
May 2016
#46
Tommy should get up to date on HRC's newest claim about it being allowed
Press Virginia
May 2016
#52