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Politico reports:
Hillary Clinton never received training on how to handle classified information. By her own admission, she had little ability to discern whether a document included sensitive information. And when she did handle sensitive materials, she relied on her subordinates to ensure that nothing important was compromised.
Taken together, her responses to questions from FBI [US' Federal Bureau of Investigation] investigators reveal a high-level government executive who apparently had little grasp of the nuances and complexities around the nation's classification system — a blind spot that helped allow classified communications to pass through her private email server.
While Clinton is clear that she never had any intention to mishandle classified documents, a fact that FBI Director James Comey noted as a factor in his decision not to recommend any charges against the former secretary of state, answers she gave to FBI agents during a July 2 interview are likely to reinforce the Republican characterization of her as having been reckless with government secrets.
Bloomberg reports that Clinton Used Eight BlackBerrys, but [the] FBI Couldn't Get Them:
In addition to the eight devices she used as secretary of state, the FBI said there were at least five additional mobile devices they sought as part of their inquiry. Clinton's lawyers said they could not provide any of the mobile devices she used. One person interviewed by the FBI said he recalled two instances in which Clinton's devices were destroyed by "breaking them in half or hitting them with a hammer." The FBI released the summary Friday to provide context on its decision not to recommend prosecution of Clinton or her aides for using the private system. The Democratic presidential nominee was interviewed about her use of private e-mail by FBI agents and federal prosecutors for 3 1/2 hours on July 2. The bureau then recommended that the Justice Department not pursue criminal charges.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2016, @11:08PM
Here's the thing about those three items with (C) markings - they were all entries in her schedule for planned phone calls. [politico.com] State classifies the schedule of calls with foreign diplomats in case the call gets canceled then the diplomat won't lose face for being cancelled on. As soon as the call is finished its declassified because there is no longer any face to be lost. That's it. Two of the three were mismarked, someone forgot to update the marking after the phone call. They've made no comment on the third, so presumably it remains confidential that Clinton cancelled a call with someone.
You decide if she deserves to be disqualified from office for that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 04 2016, @12:54AM
Why lie about it, then?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 04 2016, @02:12AM
> Why lie about it, then?
Force of habit?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 04 2016, @04:49AM
Lie about what?
That she thought her declassified phone schedule was not classified and mistook the incorrect (C) as part of an (A) (B) (C) (D) sequence that had been lost to editing?
Yeah no one would ever make that mistake. She must have been totally lying.
That bitch!
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday September 04 2016, @04:58AM
She's been lying constantly, and trying to cover those lies is what is killing her.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 04 2016, @05:37AM
WHAT LIE?
Seriously answer the god damn question.
What I see is her reacting to a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't situation. No matter what she says, she's a bitch. So she decides to participate as little as possible.
And this is nothing new for the Clintons. When Toni Morrison called Bill the first black president, that was not a compliment. It was about exactly the same treatment.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 04 2016, @12:47PM
It'd almost be easier to ask "what isn't a lie?"
1. Benghazi murders were a response to an anti-Islam video
2. Didn't send classified information using nonsecure means
3. Didn't possess classified ("marked") information
4. Only used [small number] of nonsecure devices which ended up containing classified information
5. Turned over all copies of official government-related email before attempting to destroy the rest
And those are just the ones off the top of my head. Of course, what difference at this point does it make?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 04 2016, @02:29AM
Think about it. "I can't recall". The woman is either senile, or she's lying to avoid prosecution. That blood clot may have destroyed her brain, presuming that she ever had a functional brain. Or old age. OR SHE'S A FUCKING CRIMINAL WITH A LOT OF COVER!!
Deserves? She deserves to be sent back to whatever care facility she chooses, and forgotten.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday September 04 2016, @10:37AM
Here's the thing about those three items with (C) markings
There are several things to note. First, that is irrelevant and there are other classified markings than just that. Further, stuff that should have been known to be top secret is treated just the same as stuff explicitly marked classified. She had at least 22 cases where top secret information was propagated over her server. Second, there was a lot more than just a few call lists that were classified at the time they were put in emails on an insecure server such as spy satellite data and discussion of covert US agents. Third, Clinton had instructed staff to remove classified markings. It kind of undermines your argument when it's likely that those classified emails are "unmarked" because Clinton staff removed the markings. Fourth, Clinton had the authority to declassify a variety of classified information in the State Department (whether she did so properly is curiously unexplored at present), but not information from other departments.
Finally, there has been an unusually long sequence of false stories and claims from Clinton and her staff concerning this. She claimed she turned over all relevant emails. The FBI found otherwise. She claimed she didn't have classified information on the server (now modified to classified information marked as classified). That turned out false as well. She claimed she starting using the server after she couldn't find an official PDA which met her needs. This goes on and on.
Then there's are peculiarities in the FBI investigation such as giving the Clintons and their staff enough time and opportunity to coordinate stories. Or outlining a solid case for gross negligence and then throwing it away on the irrelevant grounds that Clinton didn't show "evil intent".