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2016 Postmortem

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IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts)
Tue May 31, 2016, 09:55 PM May 2016

Kindly STOP Disrespecting the Intelligence Community in defense [View all]

of Hillary's INDEFENSIBLE BAD JUDGMENT.

The nonsense argument that "nothing bad happened" is OBSCENE because the members of the Intelligence Community CANNOT TELL US about anything BAD that resulted from the Secretary of State's email being compromised without endangering national security.

If they do know about "assets lost" (that means "people spying on our behalf&quot , they can't reveal it. If they do know about missions that went south, again, they can't reveal it.

They can't say whether Russia or China have copies of all of Hillary's emails, or only the ones Guccifer posted when he hacked into Blumenthal's account. We know Blumenthal had stuff he had no business having, and names were named. We know conversations were repeated when only a handful of people were in the room, and the people there increased their chances of figuring out "who was passing information to the Americans" just from emails on Wikileaks.

But we will never KNOW if our people died in our service due to carelessness, because our people won't further risk compromising National Security so they can say "j'accuse!" to the woman whose poor decision making may or may not have played a role in whatever happened -- or didn't.

It is disingenuous to say "nothing happened" when the only people who can confirm that for truth are bound to silence in defense of this country.

We don't KNOW and Team Hillary is counting on them to stay silent for love of country.

So please, STOP with the "no harm done" bullshit. The rules were intended to protect not only this country, but the people who work to defend it.

She broke the rules. Unless you are willing to put your bones and blood on the line, stop pretending increasing their risk doesn't matter.

It's ignorant, and embarrassing, and shames us all.

They matter. She knew better. Their lives matter.

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Post removed Post removed May 2016 #1
And soon they will not be able to do that here DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #2
Suggest you read the op writers' post again and really consider it before being flippant EndElectoral May 2016 #3
There are many from the Intelligence Community who beg to differ...Know she's in DEEP. AzDar May 2016 #5
This isn't about any emails KingFlorez May 2016 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 May 2016 #9
.that^ 840high May 2016 #25
+1 AtomicKitten Jun 2016 #44
"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons." DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #11
Nope, it's about the emails. Barack_America, March of 2015... Barack_America May 2016 #13
+1 CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #22
Bingo. ucrdem May 2016 #23
I don't think she will be indicted. She is too powerful and too "in" for that. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #27
Please stop abusing the caps lock key. It never did anything to you. YouDig May 2016 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 May 2016 #7
OK Dem2 May 2016 #8
you dont know yet everyday here your crowd is acting like they do know and telling us things they msongs May 2016 #10
This post won't be allowed in two weeks. You had better get with the program. reformist2 May 2016 #12
Are we now on the positive Hillary post track? Chan790 May 2016 #15
Thanks passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #26
Except I havent seen you ... Tortmaster Jun 2016 #30
I've gone after Powell more than once on DU.. Fumesucker Jun 2016 #32
Rice & Powell are not the same pinebox Jun 2016 #42
You have an account that is active since late 2013. stillwaiting Jun 2016 #45
Do you hear yourself? You are saying that it takes a lobotomy to support Clinton dana_b Jun 2016 #28
I don't think it takes a lobotomy but... Yurovsky Jun 2016 #43
For many of us it probably would. stillwaiting Jun 2016 #46
Exactly! onecaliberal May 2016 #14
Lol, this never gets old. joshcryer May 2016 #16
Tarc's post should never have been hidden. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #17
That cyber security didn't complain about clintonmail.com... joshcryer May 2016 #19
Did you like my quote in relation to the thread starter? DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #24
I agree with you... ljm2002 Jun 2016 #39
This is a first RandySF May 2016 #18
That's why this is a beautiful piece. joshcryer May 2016 #21
Then you don't remember the outrage here for Plame Lars39 Jun 2016 #33
Thank you! ljm2002 Jun 2016 #40
LOL, they can't tell us anything BAD because they haven't found anything. ucrdem May 2016 #20
She's right and everyone else is wrong didn't you know? JesterCS Jun 2016 #29
HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!! barrow-wight Jun 2016 #31
Agreed. I have seen so many assinine statement blerted out it is shocking how little people know pdsimdars Jun 2016 #34
I would ask you to kindly stop... But you won't. seabeyond Jun 2016 #35
Is Hillary running for an IT position? ucrdem Jun 2016 #36
Just another thing she's not qualified for!!!! IdaBriggs Jun 2016 #38
About all one can do is count stars at Langely on a given year. mmonk Jun 2016 #37
Boo DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #41
Hillary is going to need to work with them One_Life_To_Give Jun 2016 #47
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