After reading the Room for Debate article, “A Double
Standard for Clinton, or the Right Standard for Prosecutors”, I thought about
Edward Snowden who in 2013, leaked government information to the media about
the NSA spying on millions of Americans’ calls.
After the leak of classified government information he was charged with
theft of government property, unauthorized communication of national defense
information and willful communication of classified communications intelligence
(I found his charges at http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-23123964). To avoid any charges and for his safety,
Edward Snowden left the United States and went into hiding in Russia as he got
permission to enter an temporary asylum and he cannot go back to the US because
he has been exiled. He viewed the doings
of the NSA as harmful to American citizen’s privacy than what it was supposed
to be used for. Now think about the
Hillary Clinton scandal with her using a private email instead of a government
secured email when she was serving as the United States Secretary of State. She violated the federal requirements of
officials having to use a government email for security reason, yet James
Comey, director of the FBI does not charge her for violating the law even
though he calls Hillary "extremely careless" with classified
information. What do you guys think? Does she deserve any charges or not?
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