You continue to inaccurately restate my positions. That is dishonest.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 10:36 amSalty keeps claiming that Comey leaked classified information. That's not what the IG found. He also keeps claiming that the issue rested on 'proving intent', but that's not what the IG found either, as the issue was instead whether classified information had actually been leaked or not. And the answer was fundamentally no. Indeed, the evidence showed that Comey took pains to exclude classified information from what was released.
He also tries to set up a false equivalency with Petraeus' errors (both mishandled sensitive and/or classified information), but Petraeus knowingly shared classified info with his lover. Not so Comey. I hope history treats Petraeus well, despite this error, but it was certainly more serious than Comey's. And, for our purposes though not the IG's, here's where intent does come in: Petraeus' intent had no honorable or patriotic aspect. Comey's did.
That said, the IG found Comey's actions deserving of sharp reprimand, as the rules and guidelines on how to handle sensitive (not classified) information were abused and that precedent needs to be rejected. I'm good with that.
I clearly stated that the classified portion of what Comey shared with his lawyers was not disclosed to the public. The lawyer who leaked to the media only disclosed unclassified content. That does not absolve Comey from mishandling classified material & disclosing it to his friend & the lawyers who did not have security clearances or need to know. Comey's violation was the disclosure of classified material to unauthorized persons.
Comey's "leak" was the disclosure to his lawyer friend, which included a small amount of classified content.
This facilitated the subsequent leak to the media which did not include the classified content.
Reread my Petraeus post. I took pains to say that his case was similar to Comey's, not that their misdeeds were equal in magnitude.
I made that distinction because I anticipated that you would disingenuously say that I equated them, as you predictably did.