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posted by martyb on Saturday September 03 2016, @06:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the did-not-think-to-ask-for-training dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2016, @11:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2016, @11:13PM (#397167)

    > With either HRC's chickenhawk nature or Trump's narcissism, I expect WWIII to be started and, when the nukes fly, to end humanity as we know it.

    Yeah, Clinton's gonna start WWIII. Come on dude. You make a lot of good posts that are unconventional. But when you say such obvious bullshit like that you delegitimize all the off-the-wall but good ideas you have. You make it that much easier for people to dismiss anything you say.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2016, @11:51PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2016, @11:51PM (#397183)

    Let me remind you that WWI was set off by 1 punk kid shooting a minor member of the Austrian nobility.

    The candidates of Big 2 include someone who is set off by a Twitter posting and someone whose first response to a foreign policy situation is "Bomb them".

    Neither has seen battle up close.
    Trump (who attended a military academy) received multiple draft deferments--with 1 of those based on what was clearly a fraudulent doctor's report.
    Hillary was a Goldwater Girl; she never got over the notion of sending other folks' kin to murder people (mostly children) on the other side of the globe.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 04 2016, @05:46AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 04 2016, @05:46AM (#397293)

      > Let me remind you that WWI was set off by 1 punk kid shooting a minor member of the Austrian nobility.

      That's like saying the Arab Spring was caused by Mohamed Bouazizi.
      If the best you've got is that Clinton might do something that randomly ignites a conflict then you can say that about ANY candidate.

      > Neither has seen battle up close.

      Nor has any other candidate.

      Come on dude. Why are you so hell-bent on proving you aren't rational?
      Is someone else posting as you in order to discredit you?

  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday September 04 2016, @05:02AM

    by Gaaark (41) on Sunday September 04 2016, @05:02AM (#397281) Journal

    Except he's right, and I don't dismiss it... I dismiss HER!

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