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I have a few questions for techies.

1. Couldn’t the House Select Committee or another committee in congress ask the IG for State to pull email from backup tapes (like they did with the IRS on Lerner) for all email that Hilary sent to/received from any .gov address?

2. If she has a private server, wouldn’t she still need an Internet Service Provider? If so, do they keep backup tapes or perhaps they had a cloud storage. If that’s the case, couldn’t Congress subpoena such provider? Given the length of time, perhaps they wouldn’t have kept records that long.

3. I’m not familiar with Blackberry storage. She used an iPhone and Blackberry - does anyone know if those service providers keep records for any length of time (on their servers or in the cloud) that could be subpoenaed by Congress?

As an aside, someone on FNC said the other day that Hillary as SoS received all the President Daily Briefings, which would be termed classified (I think she said she never received any classified docs). First and last time I recall reading or hearing about that.

I think you are on the right track. I'm not an expert, but I would say this:

1. The NSA knows all. If the House wants the email, they can just ask the NSA. It's probably easiest if Hillary's email was a .gov address, but it may not have been. It could have been a .com address. Still, the NSA can probably hand it over if they were inclined.

2. The ISP probably has records which could be subpoenaed.

3. If she used a Blackberry, all the records are available from RIM. Apple is better about confidentiality, so I'm not sure if the iPhone device will give up its secrets. But I'm also not sure Hillary had an iPhone. I think she has claimed that she did not.

4. Your last point is an important one. If an individual has access to classified documents, they MIGHT be able to say with confidence "I never sent a classified document to anyone." OK, fine. But that individual has NO CONTROL over what other people have sent to them. The Secretary of State receives classified documents through email. That's just a lead pipe cinch. No two ways about it. Therefore, classified documents came into Hillary's private email server. It's ridiculous to say that didn't happen.