Truth Revolt – by Tiffany Gabbay
We all know at least one person who, out of ignorance or because they feed exclusively on a diet of mainstream media, actually come out and ask: “What’s the big deal about Hillary Clinton’s emails?! So what?!”
Whether it’s a co-worker in your office, or a friend or family member who thinks that Hillary’s mishandling of classified information is truly no big deal, we ask that you send them the following article penned by former CIA officer Charles S. Faddis.
In a thoughtful column for The Hill, Faddis explains why “nobody uses a private email server for official business. Period. Full stop”:
I have worked in national security my entire life. Most of that has been in the intelligence community surrounded by classified information. For twenty years, I worked undercover in the Central Intelligence Agency, recruiting sources, producing intelligence and running operations. I have a pretty concrete understanding of how classified information is handled and how government communications systems work.
Nobody uses a private email server for official business. Period. Full stop.
The entire notion is, to borrow a phrase from a Clinton campaign official, “insane.” That anyone would presume to be allowed to do so is mind-boggling. That government officials allowed Hillary Clinton to do so is nauseating.
Classified and unclassified information do not mix. They don’t travel in the same streams through the same pipes. They move in clearly well defined channels so that never the twain shall meet. Mixing them together is unheard of and a major criminal offense.
Faddis goes on to say that even if you just “accidentally” remove “a single classified message from controlled spaces, without any evidence of intent or exposure to hostile forces,” the offense “can get you fired and cost you your clearance.”
“Repeated instances,” he adds, “will land you in prison.”
And here’s the “why”:
Every hostile intelligence agency on the planet targets senior American officials for collection. The Secretary of State tops the list. Almost anything the Secretary of State had to say about her official duties, her schedule, her mood, her plans for the weekend, would be prized information to adversaries.
Setting up a home-brewed email server in her closet in Chappaqua ensured that no government oversight into her dealings and communiques would ever be possible. That, in itself, is a problem — as is deleting over 30,000 of those emails after they were subpoenaed.
Faddis also does a good job summarizing how Clinton lied about her crimes:
Hillary says she did not use the account to transmit classified information. This has been proven false. The FBI found over 100 messages that contained information that was classified when sent, including numerous email chains at the level of Top Secret/Special Access Programs. They don’t get any more highly classified, it’s the virtual summit of Mt. Everest. One theme pertained to the movement of North Korean nuclear assets obtained via satellite imagery. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out this is extremely sensitive information. The FBI found another 2,000 messages containing information that should have been classified at the time it was sent.
So to those who ask: “What’s the big deal?!” Use the words of our very own vice president and tell them that it is actually a “big f-g deal.” And send them this article.
http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/retired-cia-officer-explains-why-hillarys-emails-matter
“What’s the big deal about Hillary Clinton’s emails?! So what?!”
Too many stupid bastards in this country is a raw deal for the rest of us.
“at this point,,WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?”
“… we ask that you send them the following article penned by former CIA officer Charles S. Faddis.”
You may have to put a gun to their head to make them read it, however.