Reply to "Abedin Forwarded State Passwords To Yahoo Before It Was Hacked By Foreign Agents"

FVPOA posted:

Kraven posted:

FVPOA posted:

I'm sure both were aware, but did they think any Russians would actually hack any systems. I'd compare it to those drivers who see the signs "Bridge May Ice in Cold Weather." How many think "Well, it's a short bridge, and nothing's going to happen to me."

Besides, if a defense attorney argued that Anthony Weiner was an inveterate risk taker who never thought about anything but immediate gratification, who could argue with him/her? Huma and Hillary? Does anyone think they didn't consider themselves above the law? Just plain stupid, but not intentionally treasonous.

As soon as you said "I'm sure both were aware" you need not prance

any deeper into the make believe land of their innocence. If stupid got

the guilty off the hook the prisons would be empty.   

 

You've been what if-ing a lot lately, not sure your bridge isn't out.

The salient point is that you have to prove intent. The penultimate fact to consider is why take such a circuitous route to pass information? Simply making passwords unprotected? Why not transmit any state department "secrets" directly via burner phone type devices?

 

The espionage act is one set of crimes for which the government doesn't have to prove intent -- only that one committed the act.  In active and reserve service, that was hammered into troops who handled classified information.   

In my civilian career, one of my specialties was forensic accounting -- fraud.  The occasional dumb act was forgivable.  However, coincidences may exist, but they are rare.