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by JumpCrisscross 418 days ago
> The NYT is presumably welcome to try to take Hegseth to court?

The Times sued to get Von der Leyen to share information. Hegseth already does that because he's an idiot. To my knowledge, SecDef isn't subject to FOIA in a meaningful way.
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logifail 418 days ago
> The Times sued to get Von der Leyen to share information

...and failed

> To my knowledge, SecDef isn't subject to FOIA in a meaningful way

...and as it turned out, neither is VdL.

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JumpCrisscross 418 days ago
The case didn't succeed in producing the records. But the process uncovered a lot of shit.

But again, you're comparing non-disclosure to irresponsible disclosure. VdL didn't send highly sensitive scramble times to a rando.

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logifail 418 days ago
(With apologies if this appears provocative)

Is there evidence that SECDEF 'acted with criminal intent'?

We've already clarified that '[being] extremely careless' is not enough for a court case.

[I have a mental picture of a Venn diagram with three circles: "Politicians", "Idiots" and "Criminals"...]

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JumpCrisscross 418 days ago
> Is there evidence that SECDEF 'acted with criminal intent'?

Tough to say if there’s no investigation!

> We've already clarified that '[being] extremely careless' is not enough for a court case

Investigation.

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