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This story was only about security, others have been about the legal issues. On Hacker News the security angle is interesting, but the bigger picture is that on

This story was only about security, others have been about the legal issues. On Hacker News the security angle is interesting, but the bigger picture is that only using her personal email for State Department business almost inevitably broke the law.

001sky 12y ago
I wonder if Clinton was such a "rock star" that she had a non-standard employment agreement? My gut tells me she didn't take the job using "standard docs" but who knows.
- GauntletWizard 12y ago
  There is no non-standard employment agreement here. The 'docs' that we are referring to her ignoring are federal law; Specifically, the Federal Records Act, which classifies her e-mails as federal records (the latest update clarifies this, but there's a reasonable argument that it was still the case before the explicit callout), and therefore subject to FOIA requests and other forms of review.
  - 001sky 12y ago
    White house said this behaviour broke specific policy guidance, but the NY Times reports that setup was well known and a "status symbol"for the SOS. Those two things don't add up. How can it be that breaking policy was a status symbol? It would be more normal that having a policy waiver is a status symbol. Flagarantly breaking a rule/law otherwise just allows you to be blackmailed[1]. (you're basically a dead man walking subject to prosecutorial discretion...). Since that is a common disqualifier for having top-secret security clearance... none of this makes any sense whatsoever.
- mattlutze 12y ago
  Secretaries and senior officials are required by federal law to keep records pertinent to the operation of their departments. It's not really something you can cross out in your offer letter...
isaiahg 12y ago
These articles are always political, it even says in the article that it's not uncommon for reps to role their own mail solutions. Are anyone else's names listed?

001sky 12y ago

I wonder if Clinton was such a "rock star" that she had a non-standard employment agreement? My gut tells me she didn't take the job using "standard docs" but who knows.

GauntletWizard 12y ago
There is no non-standard employment agreement here. The 'docs' that we are referring to her ignoring are federal law; Specifically, the Federal Records Act, which classifies her e-mails as federal records (the latest update clarifies this, but there's a reasonable argument that it was still the case before the explicit callout), and therefore subject to FOIA requests and other forms of review.
- 001sky 12y ago
  White house said this behaviour broke specific policy guidance, but the NY Times reports that setup was well known and a "status symbol"for the SOS. Those two things don't add up. How can it be that breaking policy was a status symbol? It would be more normal that having a policy waiver is a status symbol. Flagarantly breaking a rule/law otherwise just allows you to be blackmailed[1]. (you're basically a dead man walking subject to prosecutorial discretion...). Since that is a common disqualifier for having top-secret security clearance... none of this makes any sense whatsoever.
mattlutze 12y ago
Secretaries and senior officials are required by federal law to keep records pertinent to the operation of their departments. It's not really something you can cross out in your offer letter...

isaiahg 12y ago

These articles are always political, it even says in the article that it's not uncommon for reps to role their own mail solutions. Are anyone else's names listed?