US Sailor Tries “Clinton Defense” After Being Charged With Leaking Classified Information
It will be interesting to see how this plays out because I would think every lawyer in America is now going to try the “Clinton Defense” to defend spilling classified information:
A sailor who pleaded guilty to photographing classified submarine systems hopes to receive leniency by comparing his case to Hillary Clinton’s ongoing e-mail controversy, his lawyers said in a court document.
Petty Officer First Class Kristian M. Saucier, 29, will be sentenced Friday for a felony charge of retaining national defense information. He pleaded guilty in May on the charge that he photographed classified workings of the propulsion system of the nuclear powered USS Alexandria.
The photos taken in 2009 showed parts of the reactor configuration, according to the memo filed last week in support of a probation sentencing by Saucier’s lawyer, Derrick Hogan. Saucier knew the system was secret and prohibited from being documented, but he wanted to show his future family what he did in the Navy, the court filing states. [Stars & Stripes]
You can read more at the link.
The saydlor should try the No Lie Never Drumpf defense…”I will get 95% of the black vote in 4 years.” ❗
Well so much for the Clinton Defense, the sailor in this article was sentenced to a year in prison followed by six months of home confinement:
http://www.stripes.com/news/navy/sailor-sentenced-to-one-year-for-taking-photos-of-nuclear-submarine-1.424690
“Well so much for the Clinton Defense”
He just used the wrong one.
Maybe he short circuited because Colin Powel told him it was because of a movie about Islam.