My son Marc lives in Florida, but
stays at our home when he has business in Norfolk. On the day of James Comey’s
announcement that he wouldn’t recommend prosecution of Hillary Clinton, Marc
stormed into our house and said, “I have lost complete confidence in our
government.” He went on to recall that during his long career as a naval
officer he was subject to very strict regulations governing the handling of
sensitive or confidential information, and that the punishment for violating
those regulations was swift and severe. He was understandably outraged by the
pass Comey had given to Clinton after describing a long list of indictable
offenses, not to mention proving that she is a serial and shameless liar.
Marc wasn’t the only one to voice
similar opinions. As THE HILL contributor Chuck Hobbs said, “…it becomes more
obvious than ever that the rich and powerful seem to know instinctively that
when accused of wrongdoing, absolutely nothing will come of it, no matter how
serious the allegations.”
A Wall Street Journal editorial
said, “…the most revealing words in FBI Director James Comey’s statement
explaining his decision not to recommend prosecuting Hillary Clinton for
mishandling classified information were these: ‘This is not to suggest that in
similar circumstances, a person who engaged in this activity would face no
consequences. To the contrary, those individuals are often subject to security
or administrative sanctions.’”
Comey’s
statement sounds very much as an admission that he applied a different standard
to Hillary Clinton than he would to anyone else. Is the system rigged, as
Donald Trump claims? No. I think it’s just something in the air. I call it the
stench of corruption.
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