Lede: Just like me, Biden kept classified information outside a secure facility
and shared that information with the press to express concern over US
policy. But the prosecutors treated us very differently.
In February, I was released from federal prison, having served 33 months for a
violation of the Espionage Act, after I disclosed classified information
detailing what I saw as the high moral cost of America's drone assassination
program. Before having time to adjust to the world beyond concrete walls, I was
struck by the news of Special Counsel Robert Hur's report wherein he lays out
the reasons he decided not to charge President Joe Biden for alleged violations
of the same law.
...
After reading Special Counsel Hur's report, I was curious to find the
similarities between my case and that of the investigation into the
president. According to the report, President Biden kept classified information
outside of a secure facility at his home and office - as did I. The president
later spoke with a reporter about the classified information he retained -
again, as did I.
Both President Biden and I expressed to our respective reporters the concerns we
had about official US policy - his about the failed 2009 surge in Afghanistan
(as vice president) and mine about the consequences of that policy. So why the
decision to prosecute one and not the other?
-- Cont'd at https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/3/5/joe-biden-the-espionage-act-and-me
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