2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Very disappointing: Bernie Sanders repeats falsehoods about data breach. [View all]ljm2002
(10,751 posts)...the behavior of some IT staff on the Sanders campaign was stupid, yes. There is no evidence as of yet that it was unethical in the sense of trying to steal information and the person who was fired denies that was his motivation. There are plenty of technical people who have pointed out how this sort of thing is done to document a software defect. I have said before and I'll say again, we do not know whether the Sanders staffers looked in order to document the defect, or whether they really were trying to snag some useful information from the Clinton data they looked at. In any case, the Sanders campaign did the right thing immediately.
You can go ahead and spout that "the Sanders campaign finally cooperated with the DNC" but that is not how it played out on the public stage. That is what DWS would like you to think; that is the narrative they are pushing. I'm not buying it, not for one. single. minute.
Finally, you seem to not understand that there is a thing called contract law that applies here. You say "people keep hollering" about DWS' action in pulling access from the data, saying it was "without merit" because of how quickly she relented. No, we say it was without merit because we have read the text of the Sanders suit as well as the addenda, including the contract terms. L'il Debbie Blink-Blink breached the contract pure and simple.
You think this is the first time one campaign has been caught looking at another campaign's data, whether intentionally or not? Hell no. That's why the contract has very specific provisions for such a situation. But for some reason, some people here seem to think that Ms. "He Broke The Rules!!!!!!!" does not, herself, have to abide by any rules she finds inconvenient. THAT is why she ends up looking like a total buffoon in this.
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