Hillary Tells Aide To Send Classified Docs Over Unsecure Fax
Jan 14, 2016 8:28:40 GMT -6
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Post by Rickster on Jan 14, 2016 8:28:40 GMT -6
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I wonder if Petraeus is smiling at this very moment. Somehow I always thought there was more to his story as well, I just figured it was because he wasn't a follower of the Obama Foreign Policy train. Obama during his tenure at the Whitehouse has shed himself of many high ranking military officials that didn't agree with his policies. One has to admit the military was certainly right, policy today Obama is without a clue.
Just because you remove the classified header on the documents doesn't mean they have lost their classification. If you aren't somewhat tech savvy it can be a consternation to get encrypted emails to always flow easily. Key management is often a problem, and of course this lack of regard for security is totally inexcusable.
It will be interesting to see if Hillary is charged considering Petraeus did a hell of a lot less and was charged receiving only a Misdemeanor. But many in the media are now quoting a revolt in the FBI if she isn't. But who do we know runs the FBI in the end? Yes that's right the Obama appointed Department of Justice head Loretta E. Lynch. The plot thickens as to Hillary's ability to win the presidency, if she withdraws maybe, I don't think before I speak, Joe Biden will jump back in and try to save it for the democrats.
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"In the latest batch of Hillary Clinton emails -- forced out of the State Department's gnarled fists by an FOIA lawsuit and a recently-released Inspector General's report showing the agency flat out sucks at responding to FOIA requests -- there's a conversational thread suggesting the presidential candidate considers her access to classified information more important than the security of that information.
In one email exchange dated June 2011, Clinton instructed her top policy advisor Jacob Sullivan to send her talking points — which were scheduled to be forwarded over the State Department's secured network — over a non-secure fax line. Sullivan reported a problem with the State Department's secure transmission system, so Clinton told him to wipe off any "identifying heading" and send it over using a regular fax line."
In one email exchange dated June 2011, Clinton instructed her top policy advisor Jacob Sullivan to send her talking points — which were scheduled to be forwarded over the State Department's secured network — over a non-secure fax line. Sullivan reported a problem with the State Department's secure transmission system, so Clinton told him to wipe off any "identifying heading" and send it over using a regular fax line."
I wonder if Petraeus is smiling at this very moment. Somehow I always thought there was more to his story as well, I just figured it was because he wasn't a follower of the Obama Foreign Policy train. Obama during his tenure at the Whitehouse has shed himself of many high ranking military officials that didn't agree with his policies. One has to admit the military was certainly right, policy today Obama is without a clue.
"Apparently, having faster access to the talking points is more important than following the correct protocols. That's an incredibly irresponsible way to handle sensitive communications, especially for someone in Clinton's position.
Calls for criminal charges are filling the air again, but if the US government hasn't engaged fully at this point, there's little reason to believe further mishandling of classified information by Clinton is going to get that ball rolling. Besides, the State Department claims the instructions were never followed and the classified info never sent to an unsecure line, as if that makes everything OK."
Calls for criminal charges are filling the air again, but if the US government hasn't engaged fully at this point, there's little reason to believe further mishandling of classified information by Clinton is going to get that ball rolling. Besides, the State Department claims the instructions were never followed and the classified info never sent to an unsecure line, as if that makes everything OK."
"Calls for criminal charges are filling the air again, but if the US government hasn't engaged fully at this point, there's little reason to believe further mishandling of classified information by Clinton is going to get that ball rolling. Besides, the State Department claims the instructions were never followed and the classified info never sent to an unsecure line, as if that makes everything OK.
On Friday, the State Department faced a barrage of questions about the propriety of that order. "We did do some forensics on that and found no evidence it was actually emailed to her," State Department Spokesperson Kirby said at a daily news briefing on Friday. "There are other ways it could have found its way to her for her use."
The agency also claims that just because the document was described as "classified" doesn't necessarily mean the contents of the paper were actually "classified," as if that makes everything ok. But if that's true, it's just more evidence the government routinely abuses this designation to keep non-classified material secret. It also helps explain why the State Department is so FOIA-resistant. This "classified doesn't necessarily mean classified" non-explanation somehow explains the following:
Though Clinton claims that none of the emails she received on that private server were marked classified, at least 1,340 of those emails have since been marked classified retroactively, according to the State Department's own tally."
On Friday, the State Department faced a barrage of questions about the propriety of that order. "We did do some forensics on that and found no evidence it was actually emailed to her," State Department Spokesperson Kirby said at a daily news briefing on Friday. "There are other ways it could have found its way to her for her use."
The agency also claims that just because the document was described as "classified" doesn't necessarily mean the contents of the paper were actually "classified," as if that makes everything ok. But if that's true, it's just more evidence the government routinely abuses this designation to keep non-classified material secret. It also helps explain why the State Department is so FOIA-resistant. This "classified doesn't necessarily mean classified" non-explanation somehow explains the following:
Though Clinton claims that none of the emails she received on that private server were marked classified, at least 1,340 of those emails have since been marked classified retroactively, according to the State Department's own tally."
