If Blumenthal sent classified info to the Hildabeast and Blumenthal was not a government employee, nor cleared for such information; where did Blumenthal get the classified info?
On 3/3/16, the NYT reported that as part of the FBI’s investigation of the email scandal, the Bureau is comparing electronic time stamps on classified sources.
They hope thereby to figure out whether Clinton aides reviewed the sources and then retyped the info into emails that were sent or forwarded to the Secy’s private server.
Catherine Herridge and Pamela Browne of Fox News suggest that this is part of an effort to determine how sensitive intelligence “jumped the gap” between the classified systems and Clinton’s unsecured personal server.
Herridge and Browne were told that there are several possible ways classified information got onto Clinton’s server:
<> Reading intelligence reports or briefings, and then summarizing the findings in emails sent on Clinton’s unsecured personal server.
<> Accessing the classified intelligence computer network, and then lifting sections by typing them verbatim into a device such as an iPad or BlackBerry.
<> Taking pictures of a computer screen to capture the intelligence.
<> Using a thumb drive or disk to physically move the intelligence, but this would require access to a data center.
It’s unclear whether Clinton’s former IT specialist Bryan Pagliano, who. . .has reached an immunity deal with the Justice Department, or others had sufficient administrator privileges to physically transfer data.
According to Herridge and Browne, most of these scenarios would require a password.
Moreover, all of these practices would be strictly prohibited under non-disclosure agreements signed by Clinton and others, and federal law. (Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...