Jail time for keeping emails on a private server? Explain
- Her actions violated security. There are very strict rules regarding Confidential / Secret material. One of the most elementary, you can't post it on your own private server.
- For example, one time I was working on targeting algos for the new torpedo. That was pre-computer, did my calculations with pencil and paper (those were the days!). In the morning I'd take some fresh 8 x 11's and stamp them "Secret" top and bottom, then use them through the day. (This was convenient because I had to sign in / out the stamp, which took 10 minutes; didn't want to do that 10 times a day.) At the end of one day I had a few pages left over. I knew they should be shredded but hated to waste them so "hid" them in my desk. Next day they were gone, instead there was a note to report to Security Chief immediately! My desk (and rubbish) was searched every night (didn't know that). He reamed me a new rectal orifice, but no reprimand (first time minor offense). These were completely blank pages - but they were stamped, so had to be treated according to the rules.
- If I had privately mailed those pages to somebody (didn't have email in those days) I would have done jail time; especially if they actually had secret material written on them!
- I decided that, although it sounds silly, the rules were right. If you're going to have security it must be taken seriously or the whole thing just falls apart. You can't have individual workers, such as me or Hilary, deciding that "one little page won't hurt ...". Security violation is, technically, treason, no matter how small. In her case she did this with thousands of important documents.
I am curious how Trump will deal with Assad, Putin, Merkel
- He'll lay down the law; they'll laugh; he'll wonder what to do next
