Posted on 04/19/2016 11:14:05 AM PDT by John Semmens
A study released by Security Scorecard found that all levels of government had a worse record of cyber security than major business firms. In measures of vulnerability to malware and security breaches, federal, state, and local governments ranked at the bottom. Education, telecommunications and pharmaceutical industries were almost as bad. Information services, construction, food and technology were the best.
Of the 600 government entities tracked, NASA performed the worst. Other low-performing government organizations included the U.S. Department of State. This latter revelation was jumped on by the Hillary Clinton for President campaign as "a total vindication of Secretary Clinton's decision to flout State Department rules and conduct her business on a private computer system housed in a bathroom closet in Colorado."
"Rather than being hounded for going outside of the federal government's procedures, Secretary Clinton should be hailed for heroically taking extralegal action to divert her communications to what research now shows was likely a more secure option," said campaign manager Robbie Mook. "The question is, do voters want a president who will slavishly follow the law? Or do they want someone who is willing to go above and beyond the law when circumstances warrant it?"
President Obama expressed his "hope that this latest revelation will put an end to the pointless probe of Secretary Clinton's email activities. As reckless as her behavior may seem on a proforma basis, the odds are that her communications would have been even less secure on a so-called 'secure' government computer system. She shouldn't be punished for presciently opting out of an inferior system. I agree with Mr. Mook, genius must not be confined within the legal parameters designed for ordinary people. If the GOP and the FBI will not drop their persecution for this very good reason I will give them another: I will fully and unconditionally pardon Secretary Clinton for any and all crimes she may have committed while serving her country."
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