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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: 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".