距離總統大選只有11天,希拉莉的電郵醜聞因Wikileaks天天將新的電郵公開,將希拉莉和她的團隊的內幕黑暗公諸於世(自十月七日已經公開35594份電郵,還有5萬份將在日內公開),令人目不暇給。這兩天公開的資料顯示,希拉莉當國務卿時,不單利用她的職位令外國政府「捐款」到所謂「克林頓基金會」,她還利用職權令大公司付給她丈夫克林頓6千6百萬($66 million!!)個人收入(不是捐到基金會,而是直接付給克林頓),然後她運用她的職權去「報答」這些大公司。因此,克林頓家族的腐敗和貪婪是史前無例的,以金額之龐大,和吸金對象的廣泛程度來看,在美國政治貪污舞弊歷史上是史前無例的;而最匪夷所思的,是11天之後這位極度腐敗和極度不誠實的希拉莉女士可能會被選為下一任美國總統!而他那位將白宮當作陽台的淫賤前總統,又逍遙自在地「回家」了!!
今早聯邦調查局局長通知國會,將重新對希拉莉的電郵事件重新進行調查。可是,民眾已經對 Comey 和FBI毫不信任(幾個星期之前Comey被揭發接受過「克林頓基金會」的巨額金錢; FBI負責調查希拉莉的Andrew McCabe,太太Jill McCabe在2015年參選州參議員時得到希拉莉陣營的Terry McAuliffe$467,500元捐款!),我對這個消息也不存太大希望,覺得這個宣佈只是緩和一下天天被Wikileaks發表的電郵的衝擊,只不過是一招緩兵之計,讓希拉莉當選之後便不了了之。但我希望 Comey 還有一點點人性和正義感,馬上進行調查,並儘快在這11天內向公眾交代。
另一方面,Wikileaks的Julian Assange宣佈,在以後幾日會公開極富爆炸性的電郵,內容會「引致希拉莉被逮捕」。因此,目前的餘波可能迅速變為海嘯,請大家拭目以待。
林修榮分析:
1. 聯邦調查局在七月宣佈不夠證據去起訴希拉莉,電郵事件本來已經完結,現今在選舉前11天Comey作這個重大宣佈,必定是得到重大的證據,因此不得不作這個驚人的宣佈,假如他不重新調查,連他自己也會面對瀆職罪名。因此,今天的宣佈絕對不是空穴來風,而是確有嚴重證據。我估計是FBI手上掌握了希拉莉故意向FBI隱瞞事實,並指使下屬作假證供,甚至是她貪污的明證。之前Comey說找不到故意犯罪(criminal intent)的證據,所以沒有建議起訴,但如今這些電郵清楚顯示有預謀和有計劃地瞞騙FBI,乃是嚴重的犯罪行為,足以令FBI進行逮捕。
2. 聯邦調查局得到的新資料,絕對不會與Wikileaks公開的幾萬份電郵直接有關,因為那些是駭客偷來的電郵,無法證明其真實性,故今天FBI得到的新資料,乃與調查前眾議員Anthony Weiner與未成年少女sexting「性通訊」有關。這位Weiner先生是Huma Abedin的分居丈夫,而Huma Abedin則是希拉莉最親密的左右手。現在看來,是FBI在調查Weiner的手機時發覺大量希拉莉的電郵(可能是以為已經不存在的電郵),而這些電郵內容必定非常嚴重,以致FBI要重新調查。
3. FBI重新調查,Wikileaks天天揭露克林頓的內幕交易,奧記健保保費大升,這些都會令仍未作出投票決定的選民再三考慮她是否適合作總統。
4. 未來11天希拉莉陣營必定會反擊,可能會再對特朗普進行另一輪更厲害的人身攻擊,去轉移選民的視線。特朗普應該繼續向選民解釋他的政綱,並同時將克林頓家族的嚴重貪污事件窮追猛打。
5.希拉莉在記者招待會中要求Comey公開手上的證據,但目前是在刑事調查當中,FBI如何能將調查資料公開呢?她說的純粹是夜行人吹口哨,自己壯膽。其實Comey手上的證據是甚麼,希拉莉應該心中有數,因為正是她之前清洗掉的三萬份郵件其中的幾千份,當時為什麼要清洗?因為都是罪證,都是見不得光的醜事,怎知電郵收發起碼有兩方,有人轉遞更不止兩方,洗得這邊洗不了另一邊,加上會被駭客入侵,如今密件曝光,成為罪證,希望不要見到總統在白宮被戴上手扣帶走的鬧劇。
6.Comey 作這個決定和發這封信給國會,似乎沒有司法部的同意,可能連奧巴馬事先也也不知道。他這樣做顯然是知道司法部長Lynch不會同意,亦顯示了之前他一定受到壓力。雖然Comey是在司法部長之下,但法律容許FBI獨立運作,所以Comey無需她的批准。Comey這個行動需要很大的勇氣,希望他真的堅持到底,不要向惡勢力低頭。
以下是十月二十五日一位FBI退休的專員寫給James Comey的公開信,對他處理希拉莉事件的手法作出嚴厲的指責;聽說FBI內部大部份要員都對Comey不滿,也認為他由於政治原因放過希拉莉。如今Comey重新調查希拉莉電郵罪案,可能有部份原因是要平息內部可能會發生的革命,甚至FBI人員主動揭發內部醜聞。不論怎樣,這封義正詞嚴的信必定廣泛在FBI內傳閱,Comey也一定讀到。希望今次Comey儘快秉公處理,記得,在法律面前人人平等,即使老奸巨滑如克林頓夫婦也不應該犯下多項嚴重罪行而能夠逍遙法外。
AN OPEN LETTER BY A FORMER FBI AGENT TO THE DIRECTOR OF FBI, MR. JAMES COMEY
October 25, 2016
Mr. James Comey, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
1 Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Sir,
I am writing regarding your public statement in July, 2016 informing the American people that the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton was being closed without referring it to a Federal Grand Jury or the Attorney General of the U. S. for a decision whether or not to indict her. Strangely, you eloquently laid out enough of the evidence deduced from the investigation to strongly indicate there was abundant evidence uncovered during the investigation and interview of her to not only indict but to convict her in Federal Court. However, you personally re-worded and soft-pedaled the actions she took as Secretary of State describing her actions as “extremely careless” in using a personal email and un-secured server for her communications while Secretary of State. You rewrote the statute, which is not your job.
As a retired Special Agent of the FBI, I have standing to write this letter. My thirty years in law enforcement, including 22 years as a Special Agent with the FBI have given me the knowledge, expertise and experience to question and confront you for your perplexing actions, which (as you well know) were outside the normal standard operating procedure of the FBI and Federal judicial procedures. Some of the finest people in the world proudly carry the credentials of FBI Agent and you have soiled them and not allowed them to speak. But I will not be silent.
Sorry, but NO SIR, MS Clinton was not merely careless or extremely careless. She was not even negligent or grossly negligent (as the statute requires). Hillary Clinton was knowingly purposeful in her decisions and actions to set up a server under her exclusive control and possession in order to control what information was available to the American public and Congress regarding her actions as Secretary of State. Furthermore, she took those government owned communications into her personal possession after leaving her position and knowingly and willingly attempted to destroy them so her nefarious actions could never be known or used as evidence of her corrupt moral character against her.
Sir, what possessed you? Did you cave in to political pressure to unilaterally come to this decision? I fear that is the case, and Rule of Law be damned. I am embarrassed for and ashamed of you. You have set a precedent that can never be rectified… and certainly not justified. Shame on you, Sir. You ought to resign right now in disgrace for what you have done to tarnish the reputation of the finest Law Enforcement Agency in the world… for entirely political reasons.
Normally, an investigation will be assigned to an agent, or team of agents with one being the Case agent, or the lead investigator. When the investigation is complete, an investigative report will be presented to the U.S. Attorney for the Federal District involved. It would be the U.S. Attorney who decides whether to decline prosecution for that investigation… NOT the FBI agent. But in the Clinton investigation, YOU (unilaterally) decided not to forward the investigation to the U.S. Attorney or the Attorney General of the U.S., but instead personally made the decision not to prosecute her or even provide the information to a Federal Grand Jury. You were wrong to take this upon yourself.
Sir, in order to indict a subject, only a preponderance of evidence, or 51% is needed for probable cause to exist. You did not think even that level of probability existed? Who do you think you are fooling? What judicial proceeding did you think you were following?
Throughout my years with the FBI, I (along with my fellow agents) took great pride in conducting each investigation in an unbiased manner regardless of the subject’s position or standing in the community.
All were treated equally under the law. But you, Sir, decided to allow this corrupt, evil and nasty human being to go free and unchallenged for her treasonous actions (yes, treasonous, in my opinion) which threatened the security of this nation. Furthermore, you stopped short of investigating the Clinton Foundation as a RICO case (Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization. This is a RICO case if there ever were one. Even an untrained person can tell from the communications which were recovered that Hillary Clinton spent more time working for the Clinton Foundation while Secretary of State than on State Business. It may be argued that Hillary did not do any State business UNLESS the Clinton Foundation benefited. You decided to just let this uncomfortable truth alone without addressing it.
I will conclude with this: Following my retirement from the FBI, I volunteered for a 12 month tour of duty in Afghanistan as a Law Enforcement Professional, embedded with U.S. forces as a subject matter expert in counter-terrorism investigations. For most of that year I operated “outside the wire” patrolling with the troops, interviewing witnesses to IED incidents and gathering evidence on the bad guys. The results of my work would then be reported through secure channels to the Commanding Officer. All reports and communications were required to be transmitted via secure and encrypted devices. Occasionally my remote location in the mountains of Afghanistan made transmission impossible and I would have to fly back to Bagram Air Base in order to securely report to the Commander of the battle space. It would have been convenient if I could have just called the Commander on my personal cell phone or written him an email on my personal laptop. But, had I done so I would have been reporting classified information via an unsecured device and it could have been compromised. These were, relative to Secretary of State communications, low level classifications of Secret. Had I ever sent even one in such a manner I would have been prosecuted and sent to Federal Prison for 20 years or so. That is how serious this violation is considered.
Now, because of you, Hillary Clinton is allowed to continue her RICO activities and is running for President of the United States, the most powerful position in the world. You have trampled on the Rule of Law and destroyed the trust of the American people in the FBI and in unbiased enforcement of the law. How do you sleep at night? It is time for you to go and work for the Clinton Foundation.
Sincerely,
Hugh W. Galyean
(FBI Agent, Retired)