A troubling tale.
On Friday, former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith got a “slap on the wrist,” Debra Heine reports, for falsifying an email in the quest to gain a FISA warrant to spy on an American citizen, Carter Page. Clinesmith was facing a maximum five years in prison and a fine of $250,000, so twelve months probation, a $100 fine and 400 hours of community service, is indeed a slap on the wrist. Even so, it still falls short.
Carter Page might expect the judge to lecture Clinesmith about the
lawyer about sullying the reputation of the FBI and DOJ, and betraying
the federal government that employed him to uphold the law. None of that
for District of Columbia judge James Boasberg. He opted for leniency
because the allegedly remorseful Clinesmith had suffered by losing his
job and “standing in the eye of a media hurricane.” It was a curious choice of words for the Obama appointee............To Read More......
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