As a Veteran, I am perplexed why not one journalist, to my knowledge, has interviewed any of the Veterans who seemed so self-righteously upset about Secretary Clinton’s emails. Clinton was begrudgingly cleared of any wrongdoing in her handling of classified material by FBI Director Comey, who, incidentally, had no clearance from the DOJ to make any public announcement about this case. The FBI investigates. The DOJ judges.



If I were a journalist I would start with finding the Veterans that spouted off during that infamous town hall that Matt Lauer conducted. Hillary was ambushed by multiple Veterans during that disgraceful NBC “news” show. In contrast, Trump was tossed a few half melted snowballs that Matt ostensibly screened for their Trump-appeal.



I know this happened in 2016 but history is repeating itself before our very eyes. Journalists might even garner some much needed respect for modern journalism if they’d present these self-righteous Veterans with the hard, cold facts of the espionage case that currently looms over Former President Trump, an extensively verified hoarder of classified documents.



I would love to hear what nonsense these Veterans would offer in Trump’s defense. Or maybe they have since seen the light and have recognized that distortions and half-truths are the currencies of grifters and charlatans. Hope springs eternal.



I had a Top Secret / Special Background Investigation during my military career. If I were one of America’s spies, that is: someone spying on behalf of my country, I might have hung up my spooky spurs if I had seen anything like the classified clutter in that Mar a Lago ballroom. What would have been the point of me gathering intelligence on our foes when any unauthorized person could waltz into a ballroom and just tip over a cardboard box to get a treasure trove of our nation's most secret secrets? That’s the kind of carelessness that gets our members of our military, intelligence agencies, and our allies killed.