--- id: 20160701_why title: BLOG - WHY????? category: Biblical Life Counsel predicted_narrative_arc: civic-outrage-to-equal-justice-demand sentiment: Convictional emotions: - Indignant - Concerned - Challenging keypoints: - A June 30 Phoenix airport meeting between Bill Clinton and the Attorney General was called coincidence - FBI Director later cited numerous classified-email violations and "gross negligence" without indictment - Dean notes prior convictions for mishandling classified information and Air Force Top Secret norms - He asks why Hillary Clinton appears above prosecution and unfit to handle national secrets - He frames the post as conscience, not habitual political rhetoric, and calls her candidacy a travesty summary: > Dean Rush reacts to the 2016 Clinton–Lynch tarmac meeting and the FBI's July 5 findings of classified-email mishandling without indictment. Drawing on Air Force Top Secret norms and other prosecutions, he asks why equal justice seems suspended and argues Hillary Clinton should not lead her party or the nation. tags: - blog - policy - equal-justice - classified-information - 2016-election - accountability - rule-of-law - hillary-clinton - fbi - dean-rush sycophancy: 0 truth_score: 7 entropy: 4 sample: false consent: owner_approved agent: blog created: '2016-07-01' updated: '2026-09-09T00:00:00Z' vault_stage: 07_CODEX headwaters: BLOG prefix: BLOG enrich_status: ok enrich_blockers: [] enrich_method: manual pipeline_filename: BLOG_2016-07-01_why.md source_kind: blog_article proposed_topic: Wisdom lane: Wisdom voice: desk active_voice: desk voices: - desk routing_source: carbon corpus_topic: Wisdom content_status: active date: '2016-07-01' share_url: https://deanrush.net/blog/why source_url: https://deanrush.net/blog/why site_category: Policy archive_month: 2016-07 description: > Dean challenges apparent unequal justice after the 2016 email investigation and tarmac meeting, asking why classified-information norms applied to others seem suspended for a presidential candidate. --- # WHY????? **Author:** Dean Rush **Original post:** [deanrush.net/blog/why](https://deanrush.net/blog/why) **Archive month:** July 2016 · **Site category:** Policy **Date note:** Public archive shows month only; body cites a June 30 tarmac meeting and a July 5 FBI announcement as events inside the piece — deposit date defaults to `2016-07-01`. > Voice note: Everything under **Dean's article** is Dean's original prose (lightly cleaned of HTML/image artifacts only). Sections marked **Biblical foundations**, **Scholar sidebar**, **Takeaways**, and **First-time learner** are enrichment for Asker / first readers — not Dean speaking. Scholar notes undergird his equal-justice concern; they do not rewrite his 2016 electoral judgments. --- ## Biblical foundations (preface) Dean names a civic wound — suspected unequal justice for the powerful — and asks "WHY" when classified-information norms seem suspended. The live post quotes no verse; enrichment supplies biblical undercarriage for impartial judgment and truthful speech without replacing his concrete 2016 critique. | Dean's claim | Scriptural undercarriage | | --- | --- | | Law must not favor the powerful | Do not be partial in judgment (Deuteronomy 1:17; 16:19); God shows no partiality (Romans 2:11) | | Trustworthy stewards handle what is entrusted | It is required of stewards that they be found faithful (1 Corinthians 4:2); who can find a trustworthy person (Proverbs 20:6) | | Public office needs integrity | When the righteous increase, people rejoice (Proverbs 29:2); select able, trustworthy, God-fearing leaders (Exodus 18:21) | | Speaking hard truth can be duty | Speak the truth to neighbors (Ephesians 4:25); open rebuke is better than hidden love (Proverbs 27:5) | --- ## Dean's article ### Meeting! ![Question-mark image from Dean's original post](https://deanrush.net/Portals/0/why.png) On Thursday afternoon ,June 30, a "chance" meeting took place at the Phoenix airport. Two jets "happened" to taxi up to a ramp at the same time. Former President Bill Clinton climbed out of his plane and onto the other airplane occupied by the Attorney General of the United States. The Attorney General and the President both stated it was coincidence that they were there at the same time. The President's wife was being investigated for "extreme" violations of security breaches on her personal mail server. Both individuals said the conversation did not involve the investigation. The Attorney General later stated that "she would probably accept the recommendation of the Director of the FBI "who was investigating the former President's wife". Only four days later the recommendation not to indict Mrs. Clinton was anounced, but with specific findings. > **Scholar sidebar — Appearance and impartial judgment** > Biblical justice fears not only bribes but *partiality* (Deuteronomy 16:19; Leviticus 19:15). Leaders are repeatedly warned that favoritism corrupts a people (Proverbs 18:5). Dean's scare-quotes around "chance" and "happened" press the appearance problem: even claimed coincidence between investigator-adjacent power and the investigated can erode trust. Enrichment does not adjudicate sealed conversations; it notes why Scripture treats equal scales as non-negotiable (Proverbs 11:1; 20:23). ### FBI Announcement The Director of the FBI, in his announcment on July 5, also stated there had been 118 violations of transmitting classified information over an unprotected server, unprecedented loss of 8000 emails that were subpeoned by the United States Congress, and he also stated that Mrs. Clinton had been "grossly negligent" in handling of classifed information. There have been six convictions in the last eight years of other people who mishandled classified information. During my tenure in the Air Force, we, who were qualified to handle Top Secret documents, were told and expected to be prosecuted for any mishandling of that information. > **Scholar sidebar — One standard for the entrusted** > Luke 12:48 — much given, much required — and 1 Corinthians 4:2 — stewards must be faithful — frame Dean's Air Force memory: those cleared for Top Secret expected prosecution for mishandling. His comparison to other convictions is an equal-weights argument. Scripture's magistrates are to punish wrongdoing without regard to status (Romans 13:3–4; Deuteronomy 1:17 — "you shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike"). Scholar notes support that principle; they do not invent legal counts beyond what Dean reports. ### This not Political I have been careful to not make this blog a forum for any political reteric. In this case ,my thoughts may be considered political but I cannot sit back and not voice my opinion. **WHY is Mrs. Clinton above being prosecuted for the violating the codes and laws of the United States? If she were to become President, would we allow her to handle the most important secrets of this nation?** **I don't always agree with either candidate for the Predidency of the United States in this election, but can and will state that Mrs. Clinton is a travesty** to our system and should not be considered to lead her party for the office of President. My grandfather was a staunch democratic leader but, I believe were he alive today, he would do anything possible to have Hillary Clinton replaced as the party's candidate for the office of President. I believe there are much more honest, able, and qualified candidates who would add credibility to the office of the President. In Him Dean > **Scholar sidebar — Conscience speech without party idolatry** > Dean explicitly resists turning the blog into habitual political rhetoric, then breaks silence on conscience grounds — closer to Proverbs 31:8–9 (speak up for justice) than to campaign marketing. Exodus 18:21's leadership criteria — able, God-fearing, trustworthy, hating a bribe — match his closing preference for "honest, able, and qualified" candidates. Enrichment undergirds the *demand for integrity and equal justice*; it does not baptize every partisan sentence or tell Asker to treat Dean's 2016 electoral preference as timeless dogma. --- ## Takeaways 1. **Optics of power matter.** Dean treats the Clinton–Lynch tarmac meeting as a trust crisis even when labeled coincidence. 2. **Findings without indictment fuel the "WHY".** He highlights negligence language and volume of violations beside a no-indict outcome. 3. **Personal military standard.** Air Force Top Secret culture expected prosecution for mishandling — his measuring stick for equal justice. 4. **Reluctant political speech.** He claims he usually avoids partisan rhetoric; this is framed as necessary conscience. 5. **Integrity over party loyalty.** Even citing a Democratic grandfather, he wants more honest, able, credible leadership. --- ## First-time learner ### What is Dean saying in one sentence? Equal justice and trustworthy handling of national secrets must apply to powerful candidates too — and in 2016 he believed that standard failed regarding Hillary Clinton. ### Why bring Scripture into a political post? Not to turn Asker into a campaign ad, but because Dean's core moral claim — no one is above the law; stewards must be faithful — is a biblical justice theme (impartial judgment, faithful stewardship) that first readers can test in the Bible itself. ### Key verses to read with this post - **Deuteronomy 1:17** — Hear the small and the great alike; no partiality. - **Deuteronomy 16:19** — Do not pervert justice or show partiality. - **Proverbs 11:1** — Unequal weights are an abomination. - **1 Corinthians 4:2** — Stewards must be found faithful. - **Luke 12:48** — Much given, much required. - **Exodus 18:21** — Able, trustworthy, God-fearing leaders. - **Ephesians 4:25** — Speak truth with your neighbor. - **Proverbs 31:8–9** — Open your mouth for justice. ### A simple practice When a public scandal tempts tribal cheering: (1) ask whether you would accept the same standard if the actor were on "your" side, (2) read Deuteronomy 1:17 aloud, (3) pray for magistrates and voters to love equal weights more than team victory. ### How this feeds Ask Dean Seed material for questions such as: *What did Dean say about Hillary Clinton's emails? Why does he care about equal justice? How should Christians speak about politics?* Keep Dean's 2016 prose and Air Force framing primary; use scholar notes for impartial-justice scaffolding only — do not soft-pedal or escalate his electoral conclusions beyond what he wrote.