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>>You'd also have to show that harm did, in fact, result.
>>In the case of the server, that was never shown.
>>Carelessness, even negligence, when no one is hurt never gets before a judge.
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>That's incorrect. There are statutes that criminalize the mishandling of classified information via gross negligence. The state is not required to show harm. It's a criminal misdemeanor.
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>18 U.S. Code § 793, sub-section 'F's

I have no doubt that that's the case, but no prosecutor would bring a case like this before a judge unless:
-there was some harm done
-there was clearly some malicious intent. For example, someone tried to blow up a building and failed.




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>Comey also made the argument that security was so lax on her servers (plural) that they have concluded it's probable that it was compromised without any actual footprints.