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It's absurd on is face to claim that the Secretary of State of the United States, exclusively using a private server, "didn't know" that classified materials wo

by jayess 10y ago

It's absurd on is face to claim that the Secretary of State of the United States, exclusively using a private server, "didn't know" that classified materials would be flowing through her server. It's even more absurd to say "they weren't classified at the time." Classified materials don't need to go through a formal classification process in order for them to contain classified materials. Either the material is or isn't and a Secretary of State would know that.

GVIrish 10y ago
There is more than one network in use at State Department. Opennet is for unclassified materials and that is the network that the Secretary's public email would be interacting with. There is another network expressly for classified material, and the Secretary has a separate email address for that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_United_States_website https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_United_States_websi... Yes, email classifications can be changed after the fact, but that in and of itself would not constitute wrongdoing by the Secretary. Colin Powell did exactly the same thing and wasn't punished after the fact either.
- Mendenhall 10y ago
  She had no .gov address ever, so she had no separate address that was solely for classified. Article discusses some of that. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/03/us/politics/hillary-clintons-use-of-private-email-at-state-department-raises-flags.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/03/us/politics/hillary-clinto...
  - Bedon292 10y ago
    The .gov email would have served the exact same purpose of the personal email: unclassified conversations. There are complete separate networks, with separate email addresses, that are for classified discussions. They are completely unreachable from unclassified networks, and would be required to actually have classified conversations.
    - ryanmerket 10y ago
      And when FOIA requests came in for her .gov emails, she said she didn't have any emails. It took Sydney Blumenthal's hack to get her to admit that she did have an unclassified email address.

by jayess 10y ago

GVIrish 10y ago

There is more than one network in use at State Department. Opennet is for unclassified materials and that is the network that the Secretary's public email would be interacting with. There is another network expressly for classified material, and the Secretary has a separate email address for that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_United_States_website https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_United_States_websi... Yes, email classifications can be changed after the fact, but that in and of itself would not constitute wrongdoing by the Secretary. Colin Powell did exactly the same thing and wasn't punished after the fact either.

Mendenhall 10y ago
She had no .gov address ever, so she had no separate address that was solely for classified. Article discusses some of that. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/03/us/politics/hillary-clintons-use-of-private-email-at-state-department-raises-flags.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/03/us/politics/hillary-clinto...
- Bedon292 10y ago
  The .gov email would have served the exact same purpose of the personal email: unclassified conversations. There are complete separate networks, with separate email addresses, that are for classified discussions. They are completely unreachable from unclassified networks, and would be required to actually have classified conversations.
  - ryanmerket 10y ago
    And when FOIA requests came in for her .gov emails, she said she didn't have any emails. It took Sydney Blumenthal's hack to get her to admit that she did have an unclassified email address.