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She had apparently talked to Colin Powell about how to handle information and it seems like the advice he gave her was to just try to not send or receive any cl

by tdb7893 10y ago

She had apparently talked to Colin Powell about how to handle information and it seems like the advice he gave her was to just try to not send or receive any classified data and that's what it looks like she was doing as there weren't any emails that contained classified headers or footers that I know of (which are how you generally would know if something was classified). I doubt Obama knew she had classified information on the server unless he dug through all of her actual emails.

outand_up 10y ago
There were 110 emails in 52 email chains that were classified at the time they were sent or received, and at least 3 (that the FBI director remembers) that contained visible classified header markings. This is national security we're talking about, it's really important to be accurate when making statements. In the pursuit of truth and fact, please refer to this video of FBI Director James Comey at a House Oversight Committee meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC1Mc6-RDyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC1Mc6-RDyQ
davidf18 10y ago
I don't think Colin Powell gave her that advice. The reason is that he and others know that all government business, whether classified or not, must be on government servers because by law, there must be a record of all government emails. Again, by law, this information can be disclosed through Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests, something which Clinton wanted to avoid.
- daughart 10y ago
  A quick google would reveal that he did in fact give this advice: "He did write former Secretary Clinton an email memo describing his use of his personal AOL email account for unclassified messages and how it vastly improved communications within the State Department," a Powell spokeswoman said. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/colin-powell-hillary-clinton-emails-227861#ixzz4OKFJlh00 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/colin-powell-hillary-c...

by tdb7893 10y ago

outand_up 10y ago

There were 110 emails in 52 email chains that were classified at the time they were sent or received, and at least 3 (that the FBI director remembers) that contained visible classified header markings. This is national security we're talking about, it's really important to be accurate when making statements. In the pursuit of truth and fact, please refer to this video of FBI Director James Comey at a House Oversight Committee meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC1Mc6-RDyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC1Mc6-RDyQ

davidf18 10y ago

I don't think Colin Powell gave her that advice. The reason is that he and others know that all government business, whether classified or not, must be on government servers because by law, there must be a record of all government emails. Again, by law, this information can be disclosed through Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests, something which Clinton wanted to avoid.

daughart 10y ago
A quick google would reveal that he did in fact give this advice: "He did write former Secretary Clinton an email memo describing his use of his personal AOL email account for unclassified messages and how it vastly improved communications within the State Department," a Powell spokeswoman said. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/colin-powell-hillary-clinton-emails-227861#ixzz4OKFJlh00 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/colin-powell-hillary-c...