I admit I was puzzled when the Admin seemed so focused on tech. Summoning Gates to the White House, making Zukerburg testify etc. Now I see what they were doing!
It's not that the cabal thought they were being clever, they just never thought HRC would lose and they would continue on as always. We the People would be left in the dark, not because we are stupid, but because we don't have the connections. Or so they thought.
The name of the game is access! Now we have it. Bill Clinton for all the bad things, was smart enough not to use e-mail, well at least we have not seen any yet!
PLUS The technology was theirs (the swamps) to use. How dare we the people use it to OUR advantage!