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Monday, July 18, 2016

Obama must pardon Gen. David Petraeus

Anyone who served in the military understands the underlying principle of getting the bottom line up front. Because in a war zone there is always a chance the “messenger” might not get to complete their report or dispatch due to hostile fire.

The bottom line here is President Obama should pardon Gen. David Petraeus immediately. Given the outcome of the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private computer server during her four years as secretary of State, anything short of a full pardon by the president of Gen. Petraeus should be considered unacceptable by every American — especially the 2.2 million men and women in uniform and America’s 22 million veterans.

Surely there are distinctions between the two investigations. The classified material discovered in Gen. Petraeus‘ home and that he gave to an Army Reserve major with a secret clearance (his alleged paramour) was never accessed by hostile actors. In contrast, FBI Director James B. Comey briefed:

“We do assess that hostile actors gained access to the private commercial email accounts of people with whom Secretary Clinton was in regular contact from her personal account She also used her personal email extensively while outside the United States, including sending and receiving work-related emails in the territory of sophisticated adversaries We assess it is possible that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton’s personal email account.”

Mr. Comey also said among the thousands of email chains examined, “Eight of those chains contained information that was Top Secret at the time they were sent Seven email chains concern matters that were classified at the Top Secret Special Access Program level.”

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

The POS will not we know that.

Anonymous said...

Absolutely. He should also have the warrants for Edward Snowden quashed. If Hillary gets a free pass so should everyone else. That will prove there's no double standard justice. Only through this will Comey vindicate his despicable call.

Anonymous said...

What's good for the goose is obviously not good for the gander.

Anonymous said...

Gonna be lots of pardon's come Jan 20th!!!

Anonymous said...

There are separate laws for the Clintons and Obama's friends and family. They're unwritten, of course.

Anonymous said...

417 that's why they need to vote them out. End their dynasty reign in DC and let them seek life elsewhere. As long as morons keep voting them in office they will continue destroying 🇺🇸 Whatever's left!

Anonymous said...

By all means, he should be pardoned. Do it now, Obama.

Anonymous said...

He is a dirtbag.