2016-08-24, 05:31 PM
xparasite9 Wrote:Ignorantia juris non excusat
Absolutely this. Any normal person would be thrown away without a second thought for what she did. A judge would likely laugh at your face if you tried to explain how "it's OK since I didn't know it was wrong". Just because you don't mean to do something doesn't mean it has no consequences, and just because you apologize for something doesn't mean it will or even should be forgiven based on severity; there are breaches that are not forgivable regardless of intent or sincerity of regret or any other factor, once something has happened you have to live with the results even if they truly were an accident, and some accidents are too damaging to be allowed to slide even if it was purely coincidence. Taking responsibility for your actions regardless of origin is something adults are supposed to do and something adults try to force down kids' throats all while they are being raised (or at least mine did).
VerrKol Wrote:The only incident I know of personally where a person violated clearance requirement led to being summarily fired and no doubt banned from obtaining a clearance in the future, but no criminal prosecution.
SAPs operate on a strictly need-to-know basis as they are considered above Top Secret clearance. Just because you are allowed to see something doesn't mean you are supposed to unless it applies directly to you. Her private server had references to and even some data from those SAPs, which are generally hosted strictly on un-networked physical servers that are locked down and cannot be accessed from the outside. There is no way she could have had that data unless she directly accessed those sites, which she had no reason to do, and also it is completely illegal to rehost any of that information ANYWHERE.
She has directly violated clearance as well.