Intelligence Contractor Is Charged in First Leak Case Under Trump
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To me, it seems like this leak undermined several ongoing investigations and hurt our chances of getting to the truth. (With this information exposed, anyone being investigated will have their guard up now.)
I wonder: what was she thinking? I imagine she must have thought she was doing the right thing (rather than leaking for personal gain). Did she think this information would not reach the public for some reason? It's clear she didn't like Trump. Was this really just a reckless leak?
Ensuring the public gets a secure voting method (paper) is much more important than catching who did it. And I'm far from confident this incident would have eventually been made public.
Considering Trump ostensibly, and in his own words, fired Comey for not bringing the investigation into the "Russian" connection[0] to a swift end and that there was a possibility that he could have prevented Comey from testifying, it's pretty reasonable to assume she was acting under he assumption that this information may never see the light of day.
I do feel some pity for her as her prosecution and likely sentencing will not only serve as a warning for future leakers (just another highly flawed judicial concept in the American "justice" system), it will likely be handled in some capacity by Jeff Sessions, a paleolithic scumbag who sees our incarceration rates and prison environments as a feature, not a bug.
[0] http://bigthink.com/videos/jordan-greenhall-how-russias-elec... -Short, yet fascinating talk about the evolution, structure and operation of modern day propaganda
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