Hillary's latest defense: What is classified information, anyway?

Washington Examiner ^ | 08/20/2015 | Byron York

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In her latest attempt to address questions about the presence of classified information on her private, unsecured email system, Hillary Clinton is attempting to cast doubt on the methods the entire U.S. government uses to handle its secrets.

Whether the material in her emails that has been flagged as classified is in fact classified is open to debate, Clinton told reporters in Las Vegas Tuesday. "That is not in any way agreed upon," she said. "The State Department disagrees. That happens all the time in these efforts to say what can go out and what can't go out. That is a part of the ordinary process."

Moreover, Clinton said, investigations like the one currently taking place with her emails are nothing new. "Everybody is acting like this is the first time it's ever happened," she said. "It happens all the time. And I can only tell you that the State Department has said over and over again, we disagree [that the material is classified]. So, that's what they're sorting out and that's what happens a lot of the times."

"What you're seeing now is a disagreement between agencies saying, you know what? They should have, and the other saying no, they shouldn't," Clinton concluded. "That has nothing to do with me."

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How it will probably play out...

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[justa-hairyape]

Well, since I am not cleared for those, I would be violating the law just by examining the images. Will have to wait until the courts or FBI come clean on that one.

[Amagi]

Yo, Canckles, classified information is what you were charged to protect by law when you took the gig as Sec of State, a mandate you failed miserably when you incompetently chose to deploy your personal unsecured illegal server system.
Go to Jail.
Do not pass Go.
Do not collect $200 for the Clinton Family Crime Foundation.

[1Old Pro]

The problem is that Hillary is not only violating the law by passing classified information through that private server, but also by erasing the server, she is obstructing justice. In short, she could get hit pretty hard legally.

She SHOULD get pretty hard legally - it's clearly a crime. If she was in the private sector they would have fired her and the gov't would take her up on charges.