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"First, Clinton was allowed to use a non-state.gov email address as Sec of State." By whom? Even the SOS she is required to follow the rules. She did not. "Se

"First, Clinton was allowed to use a non-state.gov email address as Sec of State." By whom? Even the SOS she is required to follow the rules. She did not. "Secondly, the Sec. of State has original classifying authority so there are things she can do with respect to classifications that a normal person with a clearance cannot." But she cannot declassify emails. "Third, State Dept emails sent over the open internet are not meant to be classified" What actually happened remains to be seen and may never see the light of day. And then there's intent. One must ask "Why did she request that a separate server be set up?" and then follow her answer to the base of her justification. Why her request? Is her justification valid? Was she ignorant of the ramifications (also bad if you're running for the Presidency)? In the end one faces the dilemma "Was Hilary evil and deceptive or merely incompetent?" Having read about her part in the Whitewater scandal: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/stories/wwtr960602.htm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitew... which is titled "Hillary Clinton and the Whitewater Controversy: A Close-Up" By David Maraniss and Susan Schmidt Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, June 2, 1996 I know where I come down.

GVIrish 11y ago
State Department regulations allowed the Secretary of State to use an external email server in their official capacity. As I said, Colin Powell did exactly the same thing, although his reason was because when he came in, State Dept. was woefully behind technologically. > And then there's intent. One must ask "Why did she request that a separate server be set up?" and then follow her answer to the base of her justification. Why her request? Is her justification valid? Was she ignorant of the ramifications (also bad if you're running for the Presidency)? These are all good questions. It sounds like she wanted to retain her personal email and be able to field personal business from that same account. However, as it stands she wasn't required to provide any sort of official justification. I often wonder if anyone told her how bad this could look for her, and whether she listened or not. I know from people that have worked directly with her that she is not particularly tech-savvy, but that could mean that maybe she thought having a personal server would shield her in ways it cannot, or it could mean that she didn't think it would be a big deal at all. Either way, poor judgement I think.
- ryanmerket 11y ago
  You keep saying Powell "did the same exact thing" -- but that's undeniably false. Powell used his personal AOL account from time to time when the official .gov mail servers were down. Clinton setup a private email server. Totally different things. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/09/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-said-my-predecessors-did-same-thin/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/...
  - GVIrish 11y ago
    Used personal email for public business. Ended up with some classified emails on his personal account. Same thing. If you want to get very specific, yes, Colin Powell wasn't using colin@colinpowell.com as his email. But the issue is the same, although as I said, his reason for doing was different.
    - ryanmerket 11y ago
      Setting up a private email server in your bathroom closet to conduct 100% of all your government and foundation business, and using an AOL account from time to time is definitely not the same thing.
- ryanmerket 11y ago
  > "These are all good questions. It sounds like she wanted to retain her personal email and be able to field personal business from that same account." Except she could have done that with her .gov email. Classification laws state she can delete personal emails from her .gov account without fear of wrongdoing. So your theory falls flat. One reason she might have wanted to setup her own private email server was to skirt FOIA requests. Which seems plausible since there were numerous FOIA requests during the Benghazi ordeal. All of which were replied to with 'we have no emails'. It took Syndey Blumenthal's AOL account to be compromised for everyone to discover Clinton's private email server.
  - dmix 11y ago

GVIrish 11y ago

State Department regulations allowed the Secretary of State to use an external email server in their official capacity. As I said, Colin Powell did exactly the same thing, although his reason was because when he came in, State Dept. was woefully behind technologically. > And then there's intent. One must ask "Why did she request that a separate server be set up?" and then follow her answer to the base of her justification. Why her request? Is her justification valid? Was she ignorant of the ramifications (also bad if you're running for the Presidency)? These are all good questions. It sounds like she wanted to retain her personal email and be able to field personal business from that same account. However, as it stands she wasn't required to provide any sort of official justification. I often wonder if anyone told her how bad this could look for her, and whether she listened or not. I know from people that have worked directly with her that she is not particularly tech-savvy, but that could mean that maybe she thought having a personal server would shield her in ways it cannot, or it could mean that she didn't think it would be a big deal at all. Either way, poor judgement I think.

ryanmerket 11y ago
You keep saying Powell "did the same exact thing" -- but that's undeniably false. Powell used his personal AOL account from time to time when the official .gov mail servers were down. Clinton setup a private email server. Totally different things. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/09/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-said-my-predecessors-did-same-thin/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/...
- GVIrish 11y ago
  Used personal email for public business. Ended up with some classified emails on his personal account. Same thing. If you want to get very specific, yes, Colin Powell wasn't using colin@colinpowell.com as his email. But the issue is the same, although as I said, his reason for doing was different.
  - ryanmerket 11y ago
    Setting up a private email server in your bathroom closet to conduct 100% of all your government and foundation business, and using an AOL account from time to time is definitely not the same thing.
ryanmerket 11y ago
> "These are all good questions. It sounds like she wanted to retain her personal email and be able to field personal business from that same account." Except she could have done that with her .gov email. Classification laws state she can delete personal emails from her .gov account without fear of wrongdoing. So your theory falls flat. One reason she might have wanted to setup her own private email server was to skirt FOIA requests. Which seems plausible since there were numerous FOIA requests during the Benghazi ordeal. All of which were replied to with 'we have no emails'. It took Syndey Blumenthal's AOL account to be compromised for everyone to discover Clinton's private email server.
- dmix 11y ago