Chomper Higgot

Great news. Good to see the DOJ investigating, prosecuting and getting a conviction for deliberately removing and retaining highly classified information. He clearly breached both the ‘possession’ and ‘intent’ parts of 18 U.S. Code § 1924. Thank you for posting, it’s news that gives hope for the prosecution of others who deliberately remove, deliberately retain and deliberately conceal classified documents.

Obviously not. But where they intentionally removed and stored there or where they mixed with other documents and unintentionally stored there? Once discovered what was the response? Was the find immediately notified and the documents immediately returned or were efforts made to deny possession and prevent the NA retrieving the documents?

There are two cases relating to retention of classified documents currently under investigation. In this case inadvertent retention of a small number of documents followed by self reporting and full cooperation with the National Archives and the Special Counsel’s investigation. In the other case, deliberate removal of thousands of documents followed by refusal to return the documents, obstruction of investigation into the document removal and retention, false statements submitted by the suspect’s legal team. We can all sit back and watch exactly how these two cases progress. Enjoy.

You can put it as ever you like, it doesn’t detract from the fact you are making an unsubstantiated accusation. Biden’s legal team reported the find immediately at the time of the find, returned the documents while Biden and his legal team are cooperating fully with the NA and the Special Council investigation.

But Trump stole the thousands of documents in his possession and acted to retain those documents, refusing all efforts to have them returned.

Alleged suppression of reporting.

The idea amusing you is not one I’ve come across. Where is your evidence Biden removed documents when he lost his position as VP? Does the difference in scale, Biden a very few documents, Trump hundreds of documents, play a part in the attention the National Archives have given these two different cases? How about the level of classification? These are rhetorical questions. I’ll await answers from the Special Council’s investigation.

Why the shock, you already knew hundreds of highly classified documents were deliberately removed, retained and concealed concealed by ANOther President. Though in this particular case there is no indication of intent or indeed knowledge that the documents had been retained. But you are making a valid point, there appears, in this case, to be a failure, intentional or otherwise, of process and control. I’m sure the appointed Special Council will look at this.

Once again the ‘conspiracy of silence’ conspiracy stalks the thread.

My goodness he’s hit a nerve. I wonder how you know the information in the book is not true. You’ve not even read the book.

Put a pin in that that ‘exposing classified documents to people without security clearance’. We will come back to this, though perhaps not in this particular case.

Not so: “18 U.S. Code § 1924 - Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material: Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.” I’ve underlined the text to help you understand that the crime under the title has two components, both of which must be present ‘possession’ and ‘intent to retain’. Possession is not in and of itself a crime.

Surely you are aware by now elected representatives don’t always represent those who elect them. The idea that protesting against the actions of an elected Government is somehow ‘anti-democratic’ is ludicrous.

On the assumption you are working in Thailand then you will be paying sufficient taxes to cover the public services that you use and support your life here. However, I wasn’t responding to you and as you no doubt are aware foreigners who work in Thailand are a very small faction of foreigners in Thailand.

Correct. Money spent on the national infrastructure will benefit everyone. Tax breaks to the hyper wealthy Help only the hyper wealthy.

I’ll bet I was in London more recently than you. Yesterday even, less than half a mile away from this shooting incident. When was the last time you were in London, anywhere in London at all?

You need to tell all those Republican ‘Welfare Queen’ States to get to work then.

The central problem with this idea of euthanasia for the mentally ill is the logical fact that those suffering mental illness are not able to make sound mind decisions. This then leads to the problem of others making the decision to end their life on the behalf of the patient. The only possible way I see to avoid the problems that raises is the enactment of a living will, made while sound of mind, specifying end of life treatments. Even there the person signing the will needs to be in possession of medical knowledge they almost certainly don’t have.

You should perhaps find out the facts about end of life care in the UK before posting such nonsense.

‘Uncontrolled spending’ Or tax giveaways and cutting controls over tax evasion.

I think stripping Welfare out will focus a few minds, predominantly Republicans.

So you want to make this about immigration. It seems it isn’t only the gun that has a trigger.

Classified documents where found at MAL. The fact that Trump claims to have magically declassified those documents does not detract from that fact.

Nonsense. London is large, crime is a problem in all large cities, but ‘many areas unsafe ‘ nah!

People aren’t living in fear of their lives in the UK. Don’t draw too many conclusions about life in the UK from the Brits you meet in Thailand.