Trump versus Clinton 2016
If you ask me, having looked at Donald Trump in Part 1, of Trump Versus Clinton (and you can read Part 1 here), we should now look at Hillary Clinton and examine the controversies that surround her race to the White House. I have tried, very hard, to remain impartial in my examination of both Trump and Clinton, but as you are about to read, it is just extremely hard to find anything positive to report about Hillary Clinton. There are just so many scandals, each confirmed by, at least some, evidence, that it is impossible to ignore them. Clinton keeps denying these scandals but Congress, the FBI, Homeland Security and even the NYPD have indicated that they have real evidence to prove that her denials are, in fact, lies. Where there is smoke there is usually fire!
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton campaigns to a crowd at a rally in Louisville, Kentucky, May 15 2016; during the Trump versus Clinton presidential race.
First, let’s take a look at the email scandal:
Hillary’s Email Scandal
In regards to Clinton’s use of an insecure personal server, to transmit classified information, it is clear that she is guilty of gross misconduct. Under close questioning by Congress, the FBI has confirmed that Clinton used an insecure, private email server to transmit and receive classified documents. In addition, Wikileaks have been releasing large numbers of hacked emails, from Clinton’s server, that contain classified material and other emails of an incriminating nature. here is just too much evidence to deny her guilt, but she keeps trying anyway.
Clinton’s irresponsible approach to handling classified material was further demonstrated when she talked about nuclear response times during the third Presidential debate! She obviously has no concept of maintaining secrecy and she is a threat to national security. How she is still in the Presidential race is completely unfathomable.
There is absolutely no way that she is an innocent party in this matter. After many years as the First Lady, as a US Senator and as the Secretary of State, it is totally inconceivable that she did not know the rules for handling classified material. In a political career, spanning more than two decades, to claim that she could not recall undergoing security training and briefings is unbelievable. Further, that she did not realise that she should not transmit classified information on unclassified email systems and did not understand the security classification markings of those documents, is, without a doubt, a huge and ridiculous lie.
Now, just for a moment or two, let’s pretend that it wasn’t a lie. If Hillary Clinton genuinely had not undergone security briefings and did not understand the security classification markings, of the documents that she handled during a period spanning 23 years, then the issue of her mishandling classified documents, and the breaches of security that would have followed, is likely to extend back for all of those years. In that case, this problem is far greater than anyone has suggested so far and should be carefully investigated. The implications for national security could be enormous.
However, in any event, how can someone working in those sensitive positions for all those years, even without security briefings and training, not get a sense for the importance of safeguarding classified information? How could she not have thought, for herself, to find out what is the correct way to handle state secrets? This either shows a spectacular lack of initiative and forethought, on Hillary Clinton’s part, or simple culpable negligence. Worse yet, it could indicate a deliberate attempt to subvert the system and hide her actions for personal gain. In addition, it is inconceivable that not one of her staff ever thought to question the use of a personal email server which operated outside the secured systems of the State Department. Whatever the case, a person who could ignore security protocols and jeopardise national security, so often and to this degree, is not the sort of person you would want running any country, especially a superpower like the USA.
What needs to be kept in mind, throughout this discussion on mishandling of classified material, is that there does not need to be any intent to do the wrong thing to be guilty of negligence and unfit to be trusted with national secrets. It does not matter whether Clinton intended to compromise classified information, it only matters that she did compromise classified information and, being guilty of that, she is unfit for ANY position that works with classified information.
If anyone else had compromised classified material, regardless of intent, they would have been sacked, prosecuted and possibly imprisoned. However, what makes this particular case worse, is that it is clear that Clinton did deliberately expose classified material to possible compromise and then tried to conceal that fact by destroying state records. For that she should be in handcuffs and on her way to prison.
Hillary said “It was a mistake, to have a personal account, I would most certainly not do it again. I make no excuses for it. It was something that should not have been done.” The truth is that anyone, with even a modicum of understanding of the importance of safeguarding classified information, knows that to use an insecure and unauthorised email server is not a ‘mistake’, it is a crime that can only be made by someone with little regard or no appreciation for the dangers of what they are doing. How can Clinton, after so many years in the political world and with all of this experience that she claims makes her best qualified to be president, describe this as a mistake?
And if you have any doubts about whether the classified information on Clinton’s server was ever compromised, just ask yourself where has Wikileaks been getting their copies of the emails from? In addition, there is evidence that as many as five (5) foreign governments also hacked into Hillary Clinton’s illegal email server. Now, if you were to ask did Hillary and her staff know that they were being hacked, you only need to take a look at the following link, for an internet article which features email communications between Huma Abedin, vice chairwoman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, and their IT guy, confirming that the illegal server was attacked multiple times:
Click here: “We were attacked again.”
Huma Abedin
Further to Hillary’s illegal use of a private server, some of her staff are also of concern in regards to compromising classified information. Let us look at Huma Abedin, who was Hillary’s deputy chief of staff, when she was U.S. Secretary of State, and her vice chairwoman of her presidential campaign.
Huma Adedin was born in the USA to Indian/Pakistani parents but, from age 2 till she entered college in the US, she lived in Saudi Arabia. Her father founded the Institute for Muslim Minority Affairs, and the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. Huma was an associate editor of this publication from 1996 to 2008. Both this Institute and Journal are linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood has, in some countries, been designated a terrorist organization. Whether it really is, or not, is not absolutely clear but anyone who has been associated with it, must be treated with a degree of suspicion, In the case of Huma Abedin, it has been reported that she has never been given a security clearance and she has never been vetted. Yet she had unrestricted access to Hillary Clinton’s email server. For the security community this is a nightmare come true. For Hillary Clinton, it is just further proof that she cannot be trusted with classified information or with national secrets.
The Benghazi Tragedy
In September 2012, four Americans, including the US Ambassador, lost their lives in a terrorist attack on two US facilities in Benghazi, Libya. Initially, Clinton told the world that the attacks were the result of spontaneous rioting initiated by a movie that Muslims found offensive. Later, the story was changed to reflect the truth; that it was a deliberate and planned attack by the terrorist group Ansar al-Sharia.
Hillary Clinton has come under fire for her handling of this tragedy for a number of reasons.
- Firstly, that she repeatedly failed to address the deteriorating security situation in Benghazi,
- That she ignored repeated requests for increased security for American staff in Benghazi,
- That she lied to the American people about the cause of the attack,
- That she has attempted to discredit the family members of those who died in the attack, and
- That she, and Obama, failed to mount a rescue mission to save those American lives.
Emails, obtained from Hillary’s porous and illegal server, show that the US Ambassador, Chris Stevens, had been asking for improved security for sometime. The emails also show that Hillary Clinton was being kept abreast of the deteriorating security situation leading up to the attacks. Why nothing was done is a very important question and indicates either a gross dereliction of duty or a culpable failure to appreciate the gravity of the situation. In either case, one has to question the performance of Secretary Clinton and, therefore, her suitability for any leadership role, let alone the presidency.
However, the most reprehensible aspect of Hillary Clinton’s handling of the Benghazi incident is the failure to mount an effective rescue of the Americans in Benghazi. It should be noted that Barack Obama shares a good portion of the blame for this catastrophe. Obama and Clinton have since claimed that no US forces could have reached Benghazi in time to save lives. However, this claim has been contradicted by many sources within the US military and by Chris Steven’s Deputy.
Click Here: Special Forces Told Not To Go!
While the above link talks about a lack of air-to-air refuelling aircraft, to allow the deployment of US combat aircraft from their base in Aviano Northern Italy, there were other options. Combat aircraft could have staged through the airbase at Sigonella, on the island of Sicily, which would have brought them within range of the besieged Americans in Benghazi. To read more about this option, please visit the following link:
Click Here: Air Force Combat Aircraft Were Available
So both Special Forces and Air Force assets were ready and prepared to go to Benghazi. These two rescue options might have saved American lives but both were either told to stand down or never given the command to go. This failure must, surely, go right to the top of the US administration. You can bet that, if the failure had been lower down the chain of command, ‘heads would have rolled’. Instead, the administration, and Hillary Clinton, has simply trotted out a long list of excuses and lies.
One more important point needs to be addressed, in regards to the Benghazi tragedy, and that is the possible connection between the attack and Hillary’s email scandal. All of Chris Stevens movements, including times and locations, were documented in emails to Hillary Clinton. All of that information was, therefore, compromised by being stored on an insecure server that we now know had been hacked by a number of organisations and foreign governments. Could it be that Chris Steven’s movements and security arrangements were therefore know to Ansar al-Sharia? Could the illegal server, and therefore Hillary Clinton, have contributed to this tragic loss of US life? I am sure that this avenue will be fully investigated by the FBI and other intelligence agencies as the mountain of compromised emails are fully assessed.
The Clinton Foundation
Another of the major controversies, surrounding Hillary Clinton, is the Clinton Foundation and how that may have affected her decision making process as Secretary of State. It also raises serious and legitimate questions about her future actions and decisions should she become president.
The Clinton Foundation has been the beneficiary of hundreds of millions of dollars from donors, all around the world. These donors have included foreign governments, royalty, major corporations and the super wealthy. The purpose of the Clinton Foundation is to promote global health, climate change, economic development and opportunities for girls and women around the world; all very worthy goals. However, there have been many accusations of suspect dealings and ‘pay for play’ donations from the hundreds of millions of dollars that the Foundation raises. Further, it has been suggested that it is totally inappropriate for the Secretary of State to be involved, financially, with so many international donors.
When you consider that some of the biggest donors have been countries with terrible human rights records, such as Saudi Arabia and many other Arab nations, one has to wonder what these countries were looking for in return. Indeed, there have been a number of decisions, taken by Hillary Clinton, that would indicate that these donations have influenced her in her role as Secretary of State. What influence, or leverage, will these foreign donors exercise if she was to become President? For more information on these donors and the suspect decisions, you can start by reading t he following link:
Click here: Saudis and Gulf States Donate Hundreds of Millions of Dollars.
This matter is so serious that, even before Wikileaks starting sharing emails from the illegal Clinton server and raised serious questions about the interplay between the State Department and the Clinton Foundation, the FBI had been investigating the Foundation. This investigation has been running for over a year and the new emails, from Wikileaks and from Anthony Weiner’s laptop, have only intensified the investigation. The FBI has been quoted as saying that the investigation is likely to result in indictments, which means that the ‘smoke’, emanating from the Clinton Foundation, is almost certainly as a result of a very real ‘fire’! You can read more about the FBI investigation, of the Clinton Foundation, here:
Click here: FBI Investigates Clinton Foundation
International Child Trafficking Ring
One further, and extremely serious, controversy, that is now surrounding Hillary Clinton, is her alleged involvement in an international child trafficking ring and some of the rumours do as far as adding child-sex ring to the allegation. Now, I have to admit that this sounds more than a little far-fetched and is most likely a creation of the anti-Clinton movement. However, Hillary did intervene in the case of Laura Silby, who was charged with trying to kidnap 33 children from Haiti, following the catastrophic 2010 earthquake. Clinton managed to get her sentence reduced. What further raises questions, about this case, is that Silby’s lawyer, one Jorge Puello Torres, was also a convicted sex trafficker. You can read more at the following link:
Click here: Child and Sex Trafficking
In addition, Bill Clinton’s established sexual wanderings, Hillary’s actions in trying to cover up those wanderings and the Clinton’s friendship with millionaire Jeffery Epstein, a known paedophile, all lend themselves to promoting the worst of this latest controversy, or rumour, whichever it may be. The rumour, in regard to this matter, goes on to say that both the FBI and NYPD have evidence to support this allegation.
To be fair, a similar rumour has been put forward about Donald Trump and, again, Trump knows Epstein. However, in defence of both Clinton and Trump, simply knowing a paedophile, and even visiting this island retreat, does not make a person a paedophile, too. I guess that we will have to wait and see what the FBI finally does, on this matter, before we will get any idea of the truth.
In Conclusion
As I said at the start of this post, it is hard to find anything truly positive to say about the prospect of Hillary Clinton as the President of the United States. There are so many controversies surrounding this woman that there must be, at the least, some truth to these matters.
Personally, I find it mind-boggling that she is still in the Presidential race. How anyone who has shown such a spectacular lack of appreciation for safeguarding national secrets can believe that they are fit to be President, is completely beyond me. Anyone who can allow even the slightest hint of improper behaviour to taint the position of Secretary of State, by running a multi-million dollar foundation alongside state business, is not someone who should aspire to the highest position in the land and one of the highest positions in the world.
I can only say that I sincerely hope, for the sake of America and the international community, that Hillary Clinton is NOT elected President. The implications are just too frightening to consider.
One final thing: at the end of Part 1 I said that I would post a link to a video that shows how inconsistent Hillary Clinton has been over the years and asked that you compare this video to the last couple of videos in Part 1.
Click here: Hillary Clinton’s Inconsistencies
If you missed Part 1 to this article, you can read it here: Trump versus Clinton – Part 1
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