Trump pardons former Navy sailor imprisoned for taking photos on nuclear submarine, White House says By Elizabeth Llorente | Fox News Former Navy Machinist Kristian Saucier speaks out on being mentioned by the president as an example of a Clinton double standard. Kristian Saucier, the former U.S. Navy sailor who served a year behind bars for taking photos of classified areas in a nuclear submarine, has been pardoned, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Friday. Saucier recently received a letter from the Department of Justice saying it was taking a new look at his request for a pardon. Although he was released from jail last year, he remained under house arrest. Trump had denounced the government’s handling of Saucier’s case, calling it a political move and saying it contrasted with the velvet-gloved response to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s mismanagement of classified information through a private server. "The president has pardoned Kristian Saucier, a Navy submariner,” Sanders said in a press briefing Friday afternoon. “Mr. Saucier was 22 years old at the time of his offenses and has served out his 12-months sentence. He has been recognized by his fellow service members for his dedication, skill and patriotic spirit.” “While serving, he regularly mentored younger sailors and served as an instructor for new recruits. The sentencing judge found that Mr. Saucier's offense stands in contrast to his commendable military service. The president is appreciative of Mr. Saucier's service to the country.” Saucier was in disbelief when he learned Friday that Trump had granted him a pardon, his wife, Sadie, told Fox News. “It hasn’t set in, honestly,” she said. “I called him at work and told him, and all he could say was ‘What? What?’ I said: ‘Honey, we’re normal now. We can have a normal life, be a normal family.’ He doesn’t have to wear an ankle bracelet anymore.” Saucier’s attorney praised Trump for doing what, in his words, the Obama administration had neglected to do. “We’re so excited,” Ronald Daigle, the attorney, told Fox News. “This is going to change his life. He’ll be able to find employment, he’ll be able to carry on with his life. We can’t believe it.” “We are so grateful for our president for this,” Daigle said. “We’ve been passed over by the previous administration, and this president took the time to look into this matter and made the right decision, in our view.” Saucier, who served as a machinist's mate aboard the USS Alexandria from 2007 to 2012, used his cellphone to photograph parts of the submarine's nuclear propulsion system while it was docked at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, Conn. Saucier, who has a 2-year-old daughter, began his sentence in October 2016 at the Federal Medical Center at Fort Devens, Mass. He was released a year later, though he was placed under house arrest. He was convicted of unauthorized retention of national defense information, which is a felony, and received an "other-than-honorable" discharge from the Navy. He faced a possible 10 years in jail, his lawyers said.
Good news. if this guy deserved 10 years for what he did, Hillary deserved 10,000. Finally, some justice for a regular person. Thank you Mr. President.
Hillary was an Original Classification Authority, if Hillary could have been punished, then Trump who is also an OCA should be prosecuted for giving highly classified info to Russians. The sailor knowingly took the photos, destroyed evidence and wasn't an OCA to say something is classified or not. Maybe learn some facts before you go on another rant and playing the victim.
Lying again. The documents Hillary was peddling were already classified so OCA had nothing to do with it. James Comey said Hillary illegally handled classified documents. Comey also hates Trump so how could you argue with Comey?
Absolute nonsense, EVERY single classified document can only be classified by an OCA, you are confusing containing classified information with a classified document. If I wrote 'DRONES' in this post, then that's classified information, it doesn't make this post a classified document unless an original OCA marks it in one of three categories. This is how classified documents are categorised Every classified document shall show on the first page, title page, or front cover (hereafter referred to as “the face of the document”), the originating DoD Component and office and the date of the document’s origin. This information shall be clear enough to allow someone receiving the document to contact the preparing office if issues or questions about the classification arise." PORTION MARKS. Every classified document shall show, as clearly as is possible, which information in it is classified and at what level." http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/520001_vol2.pdf Not a single email met this description. And James Comey NEVER said Hillary did anything illegal. Sen. Sasse: Do you think that Secretary Clinton break any laws related to classified data? Director Comey: We have no evidence sufficient to justify the conclusion that she violated any of the statutes related to classified information. Next time try to do some basic research before accusing others of lying.
Wrong, clueless blowhard. If 'DRONES' is classified information, then simply putting it in a post absolutely makes that post classified. Putting 'DRONES' in a fortune cookie would make the cookie classified. Period. You don't know what you're talking about. OCAs classify information and disseminate their classification decisions primarily in security classification guides, so users of that information know to safeguard and mark the documents containing it appropriately. What you quoted from DTIC is marking procedures in general. OCAs only mark originally classified documents. Almost all markings are done downstream from OCAs but still must contain the originating information for contact purposes. Once information is classified by an OCA, any document or media containing it is automatically classified -- whether it's marked or not -- and the NDA that Hillary signed clearly reflects this fact. It's the classification decision that matters, not the markings. What Hillary did was orders of magnitude worse than what Saucier did because Saucier's photos were found to contain only Confidential information, while Clinton recklessly handled multiple pieces of Top Secret, Secret and Confidential information outside of secure government systems -- information that was classified at the time it was sent or received in emails. Whether it was marked or not is totally irrelevant and nothing more than a phony leftist talking point.
Speaking of embarrassment... Chelsea Manning Released From Prison After Obama Grants Clemency https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAAegQICBAB&usg=AOvVaw3f2bqK-jkjaUczUXPzAbKc
So? Nobody said it doesn't make it classified you fucking retard, I said people cannot be held liable for it. Yes, those who DISSEMINATE are responsible for the information, not who consume them, otherwise government can entrap anyone anywhere. Thomas Drake was accused by the DOJ of the exact same thing and the courts mocked the DOJ for it, there is no way you can prosecute someone for something that the person doesn't know is classified because it isn't marked or trained for it. May want to read the liability document again retard instead of posting pictures that your Nazi Trump friends brainwashed you with. In no instance may a party to the SF 312, SF 189 or SF 189-A be liable for violating its nondisclosure provisions by disclosing information when, at the time of the disclosure, there is no basis to suggest, other than pure speculation, that the information is classified or in the process of a classification determination. http://www.archives.gov/isoo/training/standard-form-312.html