They got on his case this morning around 11, and they are still whacking at him now at 2 PM. Comey is standing up and hasn't really put his foot in his mouth, yet. They are working on that as I write this. The Democrats on the committee have been throwing themselves on the tracks in Comey' defense. The main point of contention is the matter of guilty intent. According to Comey, the ordinary law of the US requires guilty intent in order to prosecute. Apparently a US law passed back in WWI times makes divulging classified a crime no matter why the perps state of mind is. Comey doesn't like that law and he claims that only once in the 99 years of the law's existence has anyone been prosecuted under it. A lotta Congresscritters don't agree, they think leaking classified should be prosecuted no matter what.
Nobody is talking about the basic insecurity of email, be it government or private or just plain old Gmail. To my way of thinking, you should never put classified on email. Back when I was in the service, and handled classified, email hadn't been invented, so the matter never came up. But now, we should not allow classified to go by email. Government email is same same, it's vulnerable. Plus all the secretary of state's communication ought to treated as classified. I sure don't want the Russians, the Chinese, or ISIS reading US cabinet officer's email. I don't think cabinet officers should use email at all. Nobody is talking about that at all.
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