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The Email Saga The more you know about the State Department, the worse Hillary's actions look.
Weekly Standard ^ | February 15, 2016 | John Bolton

Posted on 02/06/2016 4:33:29 PM PST by COUNTrecount

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1 posted on 02/06/2016 4:33:29 PM PST by COUNTrecount
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2 posted on 02/06/2016 4:42:49 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: COUNTrecount

If you ask 100 people in the military what would happen if they handled classified material the way Hillary did, all of them (even democrats) would say that they would end up in prison for a long time. You would get the same result with NSA, CIA, and even government contractors. Jonathan Pollard could tell you what happens even if you allow our allies access to classified information. Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden (if we ever catch him) could elaborate on what happens when classified information is mishandled. Hillary was the worst of them all, and she may get promoted for her crimes.


3 posted on 02/06/2016 4:43:11 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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4 posted on 02/06/2016 4:46:25 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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Yep. My husband and I both had clearances and we are amazed at what has happened. It’s bad.


5 posted on 02/06/2016 4:57:19 PM PST by luckystarmom
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I would like to see a body count. The Arab spring, Libya, Benghazi, undercover agents,...this is beyond criminal, it is satanic


6 posted on 02/06/2016 4:57:21 PM PST by usual suspect
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From the article:

The publicly available information makes clear she and her aides violated so many elementary security prohibitions that alumni are speechless. They wonder, had they done what she did, how quickly they would have lost their clearances and jobs and how extensive the criminal indictments against them would be.

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It is doubtful that Hillary's people had security clearances. Ask the FBI agents in charge of trying to get them all to comply with the law.

Hillary joked about how she was able to keep Huma from having to meet with the people conducting them.

So, what does that say?

They were handling Top Secret and Uber Top Secret information and sharing it all without even having the credentials to do so.

We take it for granted that they all had security clearances, but did they?

Will Hillary be able to convince a court of law that she really didn't know what ''Top Secret'' was, therefore she should be acquitted?

7 posted on 02/06/2016 5:01:15 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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To: COUNTrecount
Her Royal Arrogance did it intentionally.

One reason is that she wanted to freely share information when and to whom she saw fit.

After all, laws and cumbersome government restrictions are made for the little people.


8 posted on 02/06/2016 5:08:50 PM PST by Iron Munro (The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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Will Hillary be able to convince a court of law that she really didn't know what ''Top Secret'' was, therefore she should be acquitted?
First she will have to explain this:
Like other sensitive government agencies the State Department was frequently target and increasingly sophisticated phishing attempts. When we first arrived at State, these attempts were similar to the fraudulent emails many Americans experience at home on their personal computers. The often sloppy early attempts to penetrate our secure systems were easy to spot. But by 2012, the sophistication and fluency had advanced considerably, with the attackers impersonating State Department officials in an attempt to dupe their colleagues into opening legitimate looking attachments.

When we traveled to sensitive places like Russia, we often received warnings from the Department security officials to leave our BlackBerries, laptops—anything that communicated with the outside world—on the plane, with their batteries removed to prevent foreign intelligence services from compromising them. Even in friendly settings we conducted business under strict security precautions, taking care where and how we read secret material and used our technology. One means of protecting material was to read it inside an opaque tent in a hotel room. In less well equipped settings we were told to improvise by reading sensitive material with a blanket over our head. I felt like I was 10 years old again, reading covertly by flashlight under the covers after bedtime. On more than one occasion I was cautioned not to speak freely in my own hotel room.

And it wasn't just US government agencies and officials who were targets. American companies were also in the crosshairs. I fielded calls from frustrated CEOs complaining about aggressive theft of an intellectual property and trade secrets, even breaches of their home computers. To better focus our efforts against this increasingly serious threat, I appointed the Department’s first Coordinator for Cyber Issues in February 2011. - Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton


9 posted on 02/06/2016 5:18:18 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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Huma actually had Top Secret clearance via douments obtained by Judicial Watch. I would think Cheryl Mills had the same.


10 posted on 02/06/2016 5:22:13 PM PST by Qiviut (In Islam you have to die for Allah. The God I worship died for me. [Franklin Graham])
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

Very nice find.


11 posted on 02/06/2016 5:22:34 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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Who was directly responsible for monitoring State Department communications and security? Does that person, or those people, still have a job? If so, WHY?


12 posted on 02/06/2016 5:23:12 PM PST by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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BTTT


13 posted on 02/06/2016 6:12:46 PM PST by ssfromla
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Good to know. Then they knew full well what they were doing which makes it all even worse.


14 posted on 02/06/2016 6:18:39 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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To: COUNTrecount

Extraordinarily clear and concise explanation of the Clinton Email problem.

Devastating indictment of Clinton’s arrogance and wanton disregard for the security and safety of the United States.


15 posted on 02/06/2016 6:18:46 PM PST by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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State's current leadership, however, is clearly trying to provide cover for Clinton by disputing classification decisions of other agencies. Bureaucrats often engage in such internecine warfare, but the operating principle has long been that the classifier of information retains control over its distribution and release. This principle rests on the common-sense notion that the agency originating or acquiring the information is best-positioned to decide how much protection it requires. State would feel the same way the intelligence community feels today about Clinton's callous disregard for its judgments if, for instance, the Defense Department decided to declassify State reporting cables. Significantly, as Fox News's Catherine Herridge has reported, the FBI is asking the originating agencies for their judgments, rather than relying on State's post facto obstructionism.

Typical Clinton dodge: "It depends on what the meaning of 'Classified' is." All reality is based on their subjective interpretation.

16 posted on 02/06/2016 6:27:22 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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If the State Department employees, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, think that they work for the Democrat Party, then they should repay all the money the U.S. Taxpayers paid them to work for us.

And no retirement. The Democrat Party can pay that.

I am so damn tired of seeing US taxpayer-paid federal employees who are loyal to the Democrat Party but not the US taxpayers.

Make ‘em pay!


17 posted on 02/06/2016 7:21:02 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

SO....WHO was this Coordinator of Cyber Issues that Hillary put in??? HUMA, CHERYL?? WHO??


18 posted on 02/07/2016 1:35:55 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Talisker
Very nice find.
Yes, I thought exceedingly so. The tip came from the dead-tree Wall St. Journal, which led me first to post a skimpy extract here, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3333682/posts

. . . and then to get Hillary’s book out of the library and post the relevant extract here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3334472/posts


19 posted on 02/07/2016 5:51:35 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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Ah, the research hunt. More thrilling than those who don’t practice it can possibly understand. Well done!


20 posted on 02/07/2016 9:22:38 AM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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