The Impact of "Extremely Careless" Security

___What is the difference between “extremely careless” and “grossly negligent?” Other than the latter being a felony, I don't know. Obama's DOJ has “cleared” presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton of “criminal charges.” FBI Director Comey said that “criminal intent” could not be proved. Gross negligence in the statute does not require “criminal intent!”

___I held a security clearance for over 30 years. I know our methods to detect and defeat an attack by ICBMs or from space. Even if no operatives involved in human intelligence get killed or tortured when our secrets are disclosed, our technology, if exposed, can be invalidated and rendered ineffective. That will cost the taxpayers billions of dollars for new technologies, and will make us vulnerable in the interim.

___It is my opinion that anyone who has demonstrated “extreme carelessness” with the most-guarded secrets of our nation is unqualified to have a security clearance. Since the President, as Commander in Chief, must be cleared for almost all of our secrets, it is not possible for someone to hold the office without having a clearance.

___In my generation, President Johnson intervened in a civil war in Vietnam. He appointed a former Ford Motor Company executive, Robert McNamara, as Secretary of Defense. McNamara tried to execute the “war” from Washington, D.C. Security was easily compromised and over 58,000 of our armed forces died. He was “extremely careless” with classified information. Many times our troops walked into ambushes and were quickly killed.

___I stated my case in a LTE published only days after the November 2008 election. I told you so!