Failed Turkish Coup Accelerated a Purge Years in the Making
New York Times
Ben Hubbard, Tim Arango, Ceylan Yeginsu 22 July 2016
Who: Turkish Government
What: Coup against government
Where: Turkey
When: July 15, 2016
Why: Some Turks upset with government and want a new leadership
On July 15, 2016 at the Turkish military headquarters a coup attacked with gunfire. The coup, believed to be lead by Mr. Gulan, attacked political sites around the Turkish government. From this coup the Turkish Government started a purge of 10,000 citizens and military officials, scaring some at the speed they collected them. Although Turkish Intelligence claims to have known of the attack, the coup still managed to take hostages until being shut down by Mr. Erdogan’s people.
My opinion of this article is that the Turkish government could have and should have stopped this from occurring if they knew such a plan existed so no lives would be lost.
I learned that over 10,000 citizens and military officials were arrested already within a week.
This information does not directly affect my life being I do not live in Turkey and have no plan to travel there, but it clearly affects the citizens of Turkey and the Turkish government along this the countries around Turkey who are fearful of such hostile actions.
Why would you not take more action towards the coup?
How will you keep the judging fair to the imprisoned?
Do you plan to completely restructure the Turkish State?
Month: July 2016
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F.B.I. Director James Comey Recommends No Charges for Hillary Clinton on Email
New York Times
Mark Landler 5 July 2016
Who: Hillary Clinton
What: Her personal email
When: Last year
Where: Clintons’ home
Why: Used personal email for classified information
This article was about Hillary Clinton’s criminal charges for her use of personal email on classified information. The F.B.I. directory gave Hillary Clinton no charges for her use of email based on the fact that the F.B.I. could not find that she did so intentionally. This investigation started a year ago when the inspector general told the Justice Department of Hillary’s emails. These emails where routed through her home server which made them her personal emails. These charges came because the sensitive information passed through insecure servers which affected national security; from that she was under investigation until declared clear of punishment.
I feel that Hillary Clinton should have a penalty more than just a public tongue-lashing, especially because the F.B.I. director “declared ordinary government official could have faced administrative sanction for such conduct.”
I learned that Hillary Clinton is not facing charges for her personal email.
This information affects the Clinton’s campaign from “lifting an enormous legal cloud from her presidential campaign.”
Why would you use your personal email for top secret information?
Why would you email information you probably knew would become secretive?
What if a terrorist attacked occurred because of this leak in information?