If the numbers are correct, Clinesmith wasn't making much money to take the risks he was taking. I'm sure he felt like nothing would ever come back to haunt him, but $100K / yr is peanuts for committing fraud and being involved in federal criminal activities. I would not be surprised to learn the Clintons were supplementing his income.
From what I gather of his photos and personality he was a super Leftists weenie who worshiped his superiors. He believed they cared about him. He is big into gaming and would often go to video game conventions. I bet there is more than a few photos of him cosplaying as a hobbit hidden somewhere.
His bosses probably told him what a hero he was (I suspect he fantasized himself as a superhero) and how he'd go far in the bureau as they slid him those documents. I bet it never crossed him mind that even if he got promoted he was making his own blackmail. If the documents leaked, he'd take all the blame and be locked up for years (got off light with Durham).
He probably still hasn't figured out that he meant nothing to his superiors. They only saw him as a useful idiot.
Interesting insights. I absolutely believe his superiors saw him as a useful idiot. There's a whole lot of useful idiots out there who have no clue, and really do need a one way ticket to Gitmo.
I still think they were throwing him a few bones on the side. Could have been almost anything though - money, sex, drugs? Unless you are right about him being a hero worshiper, and some of the side benefits came from name dropping.
Anyway, not arguing with you. More like a bit frightened at the ramifications. How many more like him are out there doing the devil's bidding for next to nothing, with no regard for law or ethics, and fully convinced that ruining people's lives for the cause is fully justified? Which is why I want to see crimes like ballot harvesting treated as a crime of treason as much as anything the Clintons or Bidens (et al.) have done.
If the numbers are correct, Clinesmith wasn't making much money to take the risks he was taking. I'm sure he felt like nothing would ever come back to haunt him, but $100K / yr is peanuts for committing fraud and being involved in federal criminal activities. I would not be surprised to learn the Clintons were supplementing his income.
From what I gather of his photos and personality he was a super Leftists weenie who worshiped his superiors. He believed they cared about him. He is big into gaming and would often go to video game conventions. I bet there is more than a few photos of him cosplaying as a hobbit hidden somewhere.
His bosses probably told him what a hero he was (I suspect he fantasized himself as a superhero) and how he'd go far in the bureau as they slid him those documents. I bet it never crossed him mind that even if he got promoted he was making his own blackmail. If the documents leaked, he'd take all the blame and be locked up for years (got off light with Durham).
He probably still hasn't figured out that he meant nothing to his superiors. They only saw him as a useful idiot.
Interesting insights. I absolutely believe his superiors saw him as a useful idiot. There's a whole lot of useful idiots out there who have no clue, and really do need a one way ticket to Gitmo.
I still think they were throwing him a few bones on the side. Could have been almost anything though - money, sex, drugs? Unless you are right about him being a hero worshiper, and some of the side benefits came from name dropping.
Anyway, not arguing with you. More like a bit frightened at the ramifications. How many more like him are out there doing the devil's bidding for next to nothing, with no regard for law or ethics, and fully convinced that ruining people's lives for the cause is fully justified? Which is why I want to see crimes like ballot harvesting treated as a crime of treason as much as anything the Clintons or Bidens (et al.) have done.