Immunity for ex-staffer who set up Clinton email server

May I suggest the "atom".

Actually Cliff, it's billions of flea bites that were responsible. You're average individual flea bite? Not so much.

i. DonDiego recognizes that the severity of an infraction of the Law may vary significantly, and that subsequently the recommendations of the prosecutor(s) and the decision of the judge(s) may result in greater penalties for greater crimes, as it should.

ii. DonDiego has already stated that he is unfamiliar with the "crimes" of General Colin Powell and, thus, cannot address the appropriate penalty, or how they compare to The Hillary's negligent disregard of Regulations/Laws applicable to handling classified information. DonDiego agrees with Boilerman that the "crimes" of The Hillary do seem extensive - several thousand classified items on her personal server in her home and over 100 e-mails authored by her sent through her uncertified non-secure server, including Top Secret and some higher specific classifications.

iii. DonDiego has not suggested a slippery slope; the same rules should be applied to everyone because that policy is written into the Law and it is a just policy. A policy which introduces favoritism into Government enforcement/prosecution/trial/sentencing, especially within the Judiciary Branch of Government, can only undermine the confidence in that Government.

iv. DonDiego recognizes that the Law is not applied equally to all, . . . and he has little hope that his writings on the LVA will correct that injustice. But DonDiego's observations have certainly contributed to his own mistrust of The Government, and if his writings increase the lack of trust in others toward The Government, . . . well, it's a start.

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.”
__Sir John Dalberg-Acton

The punishment should fit the "crime"as well. I agreed if Powell did something wrong, there should be consequences. Hillary set up her own entire system. I just love how people are so quick to defend her when it's obvious she's left a trail of slime all the way back to her CDF days.

Sorry DD, I believe you make just waayyy... to much sense for forky to comprehend. I'm certain he will continue his extremely lame deflection that if Hillary goes to jail(or prosecuted) others must go as well.

Actually as often happens in a failed forky argument, it becomes good for comedic relief at any rate

Just in case anybody didn't think this isn't political.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican National Committee filed two lawsuits on Wednesday seeking to obtain emails related to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's tenure as U.S. secretary of state.

Clinton, front-runner to be her party's candidate in November's general election, has faced questions about her emails since it emerged a year ago that she used a private email account and a private server during her time in the post from 2009-2013.

Clinton has apologized for the email arrangement, which is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but has said she did nothing wrong and believes the government will vindicate her.

The RNC said it filed the lawsuits after the State Department failed to respond in a timely manner to a Freedom of Information Act request submitted in December. It sought the information to ensure the public has information to decide if Clinton is "fit to serve" as president, the RNC said in a statement.

The first lawsuit seeks emails, BlackBerry Messenger or text messages between then-Secretary of State Clinton and several key senior aides, including her chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, and director of policy planning, Jake Sullivan.

The second lawsuit seeks emails and other electronic exchanges between nearly a dozen State Department officials and any Clinton associate using one of more than a dozen different internet domain names. It covers the period between Feb. 1, 2013, when Clinton left the job, and Dec. 4, 2015.

The request includes any emails to the State Department officials from Clinton's campaign website, HillaryClinton.com, or the website of former President Bill Clinton's foundation, ClintonFoundation.org.

The suit also targets emails from domains like MediaMatters.org, a liberal non-profit group that seeks to counter what it believes is misleading conservative information in the U.S. media.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by David Alexander and Frances Kerry

"The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a law that gives you the right to access information from the federal government. It is often described as the law that keeps citizens in the know about their government.
Ref: www.foia.gov

DonDiego opines it is a wonderful thing that the Federal Government is obligated to provide information about itself to any citizen who requests it. The Law requires a timely response.

Since the requestor is identified and the Government may deny an FOIA request under one or more of nine exemptions, it seems to poor old DonDiego that little harm can come of an FOIA request.
Ref: www.

Information useful in determining if a former government employee is "fit to serve" is precisely the sort of stuff that is especially useful to potential voters in a free election.