The government's position is that classified information shouldn't exist on unclassified systems, but where did Hillary's received emails come from, and where did the sent emails go? Looking at just a few of Hillary's emails (WSJ Clinton Email Search), many were being received from and sent to email addresses at the domain state.gov, which is an unclassified network. All indications are that the State Department uses this network for most email communication, and this practice did not suddenly begin when Clinton became Secretary of State but must also have been the practice under Condoleezza Rice, who was not herself an email user
... Her unique fault was not that she used unclassified networks for classified information, for that practice was ongoing and probably continues to this day, but that she used her own email server, thereby exposing the State Department to potential security breaches they were unaware of.
To my mind there are two issues of relevance about the Clinton e-mails:
(1) unsecured classified information was on a private server -- there are several people that put classified information on a private device and were then prosecuted for breaking protocol, losing their classified status and being black-listed for ever seeing classified information ever again.
So there is the appearance of "Well it was Hillary, so it is okay" and that laws don't apply to the big name people.
(2) the coverup -- this was the issue that brought Nixon down, the stonewalling and the coverup. This is also why she has such high unfavorable ratings: instead of being transparent and forthcoming they tried to hide what had happened and pretend that it was all approved sop etc etc.
Same for the bank speeches (which we now have bits and pieces of from Podestas hacked emails), again pretending that it was nothing special (in spite of the high $$ fee). So we now know that she has one "private face" and one "public face" on issues, confirming that she is not open and fully disclosing her positions on a number of topics, from bank regulation to TPP to fracking, etc. One for raising funds and one for getting votes?
Hillary has so much baggage from their previous occupation of the white house, this only adds to her perceived problems with trustworthiness.
And I find it somewhat amusing that the first time around they blamed a "vast right-wing conspiracy" and this time it's the Russians -- even to saying that the Russians are organizing protests to fracking and pipelines.
Really? All those Native Americans protesting #NoDAPL are Russians?
There's always a scape-goat to blame ...
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