"Do Me Like Hillary, Bro"
Let's call it the "reverse George Orwell" -- a sort of non-sex reverse of that "some animals are more equal than others" line.
The story?
A Marine Corps officer in trouble for disseminating classified information now wants the same treatment Hillary Clinton got.
"Tyler Durden" writes at ZeroHedge:
Maj. Jason Brezler sent a classified message using an unclassified Yahoo email account to warn fellow Marines in southern Afghanistan about a potentially corrupt Afghan police chief. A servant of that police chief killed three Marines and severely wounded a fourth 17 days later, on August 10, 2012, opening fire with a Kalashnikov rifle in an insider attack WaPo reports.Brezler, who is still in the reserves and who works full time for the New York City Fire Department, was not charged criminally in the case, but he was issued a potentially career ending fitness (fit to continue serving) report after self-reporting that he sent the classified email to Afghanistan. Rep. Peter King (R-NY) even wrote then-Commandant Gen. James F. Amos about the case in August 2013 and asked whether it was necessary to be so harsh on someone who had warned fellow Marines of a potential threat in combat. Furthermore, the Naval Criminal Investigation Service reviewed electronics voluntarily turned over by Brezler and determined that there were more than 100 classified documents on his personal, unclassified hard drive and thumb drive. The board of inquiry recommended removing Brezler from the service in December 2013 after prosecutors argued that he knowingly kept classified information in order to help him write a book about his experiences in Afghanistan.
...Sadly, we must admit that unless your name is Clinton, there will be consequences to storing and sending classified information using an unsecured network - even if it is to warn fellow Marines of imminent danger.
Someone will take a case like this to the Supreme court. Might not be this one, but people are over being held to laws the elite arent.
momof4 at July 10, 2016 3:29 AM
I agree. And I hope somebody does.
Lastango at July 10, 2016 5:15 AM
Sadly, I believe that it will NEVER change. Never!
The ruling class has always been exempt from the laws they force onto the rest of society. Even if they don't actually write into law their own exemption (I'm looking at the US congress when I say that - they write most laws with the clauses exempting them from the laws), they always seem to find judges, prosecutors, etc. who will find ways to not make them live by the laws.
A good part of their being exempt is that they (Democrat, Republican, Left, Right, politicians, judges, lawyers, etc.) are all part of the same class - those who lord it over others. They will identify with each other, despite their worldviews being different, because they can related to each other more than they can relate to "average" people.
As for this marine, he did the right thing in warning fellow marines about a danger. And, that might be part of why he is in trouble; he did the job that someone above him should have and that someone is now embarrassed. In the ruling class' way of thinking, this "lowly" marine had the nerve to think that he knew better than them; and now this marine must be punished. And he will be.
Finally, and sadly too, this is one reason that someone like Trump is so popular. Ordinary folks are tired of the status quo - the status quo being them telling us that it is raining when in reality they are just pissing on our backs.
charles at July 10, 2016 5:38 AM
This case won't go to the Supremes, or any non-military courts. He is subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), it will be decided there.
He's toast.
I R A Darth Aggie at July 10, 2016 9:22 AM
Sending classified information via nonsecure e-mail to warn Marines of an imminent threat: Circumstances might mitigate against dismissal. It would depend on what the facts were, whether he had any other means of getting his message through, etc.
Retaining more than 100 classified documents on personal nonsecure media: Probably a career ender, especially if he was hanging onto them to write a book. I'd be willing to bet that this was what tipped the board of inquiry towards dismissing Maj Brezler.
Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com) at July 10, 2016 4:03 PM
Retaining more than 100 classified documents on personal nonsecure media: Probably a career ender, especially if he was hanging onto them to write a book.
Clinton writes books
lujlp at July 10, 2016 8:19 PM
"This case won't go to the Supremes, or any non-military courts. He is subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), it will be decided there."
Yep. But what's going to be interesting is when a contractor gets charged, since contractors are not subject to the UCMJ. The fact that Clinton wasn't prosecuted won't, in itself, cut any ice in court. But a smart defense lawyer can get a lot of mileage out of Comey's words regarding "no reasonable prosecutor".
Cousin Dave at July 11, 2016 7:03 AM
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