One concern that Comey isn't directly addressing in this memo to Congress is that the conclusion was already made as to what data was in the emails on her private server, and that the FBI would not recommend prosecution to the DOJ. If the FBI is really intending to revisit that conclusion (which isn't obvious), then this could have interesting side effects on undecided voters.
I must disagree with the statement about breaking the law - Comey didn't say Clinton didn't break the law, he said "Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information." This was followed up with a statement for recommendation, "Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case." So, to conclude she didn't break the law is a significant conclusion that wasn't part of the FBI report.
Journalism as a general concept is about whoring - selling a service that provides something to the customer. Expecting that the companies that employ journalists to have some sort of higher calling is misguided at best. All media requires a customer to sell to, and the customer decides what they will pay attention to.
You keep referring to hypocrisy in your article, but I will say that in the 4+ years I've been reading via RSS this site, this is the first time I've felt compelled to come and comment. Techdirt provides commentary more than pure reporting, and that has significant value to us, the readers. Techdirt also provides community so that exchanges of concepts and whatnot can bubble to the surface.
At the end of the day, you do the entire community a service - because most of us that feel passionate about IP, international trade agreements, privacy rights, etc. don't have the time to follow these things on our own.
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I must disagree with the statement about breaking the law - Comey didn't say Clinton didn't break the law, he said "Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information." This was followed up with a statement for recommendation, "Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case." So, to conclude she didn't break the law is a significant conclusion that wasn't part of the FBI report.
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You keep referring to hypocrisy in your article, but I will say that in the 4+ years I've been reading via RSS this site, this is the first time I've felt compelled to come and comment. Techdirt provides commentary more than pure reporting, and that has significant value to us, the readers. Techdirt also provides community so that exchanges of concepts and whatnot can bubble to the surface.
At the end of the day, you do the entire community a service - because most of us that feel passionate about IP, international trade agreements, privacy rights, etc. don't have the time to follow these things on our own.
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