Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s e-mails. Presidential adviser Ivanka Trump’s e-mails.
My e-mails.*
If any of us violated the terms of our security clearances, nondisclosure agreements, or training, in the course of sending US Government information by e-mail, we should face the same penalty.
If any of us mishandled classified US Government information by sending it over an unclassified e-mail system, whether a government-owned system or a system in the private sector, and whether by intent or through negligence, we should face the same penalty.
If any of us deleted US Government information that was meant (or especially required) to be archived, we should face the same penalty.
We have enough double standards in the world.
(Image: “Double Standard,” by Andy Mangold, on Flickr under Creative Commons.)
Must we continue to excuse wrong behavior, or apply a different standard, based on who is involved?
Can there ever be a single standard?
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*In whatever official positions I held: Speechwriter to the Under Secretary of the Air Force, Technology Security Policy Program Manager, Detachment Commander, etc.
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