• Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
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    18 hours ago

    He wielded it as a sword when he abused his access to classified information and he relied on it as a shield to hide his criminal activity. The dualism of secrecy inherent in Defendant’s job is another reason why it is important to send a strong message at sentencing and deter other former members of the intelligence community from breaking the law to make some extra money.

    —court filing

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      17 hours ago

      A strong message at sentencing only goes so far. People have to also believe they have a reasonable risk of getting caught. Otherwise, they don’t care how harsh the sentence is when they don’t believe it will happen to them.

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      Everyone that has access to sensitive information should know that anything they do can and will be logged. Its usually just a matter of time before you get caught.

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    20 hours ago

    This was basically the plot of the new War of the World’s movie.

    Do you think he used classified systems to spy on his family too?