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Judge Orders State Dept, FBI To Expand Clinton Email Server Probe

Posted by timothy on from the what-did-she-scrub-and-when-did-she-scrub-it? dept.

An anonymous reader writes: In a hearing over Freedom of Information Act requests to the State Department, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said that former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton didn't comply with government policies. He ordered the State Department to reach out to the FBI to see if any relevant emails exist on Hillary Clinton's email server. Judge Sullivan was surprised that the State Department and FBI were not already communicating on the issue following the FBI's seizure of Clinton's email server and three thumb drives of emails. More than 300 emails are being examined for containing classified information, and dozens of the emails were "born classified" based on content. Some of those emails were forwarded outside the government. There are also clues emerging about how some of the classified information made its way onto Clinton's server. The email controversy is beginning to show up on the campaign trail, an unwelcome development for Secretary Clinton. Reporter Bob Woodward, who helped bring down President Nixon, said the scandal reminds him of the Nixon tapes. It is interesting to note that the post-Watergate reforms have helped move the investigation forward.

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  1. Lying scum by Tyrannicsupremacy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Watching her act like she doesnt know what a "server wipe" is made me laugh a little. She takes scumbaggery to great heights.

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    1. Re:Lying scum by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Clearly the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy has gotten to the entire judicial system in the USA, that's obviously the only way anyone would make such a big deal over something that certainly was completely legal and moral at the time...

    2. Re: Lying scum by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Any sufficient level of incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

      She is either incompetent or evil. I'm not judging her motives, I'll the those better qualified to figure it out.

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  2. Re:Another Government failure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Oh, I agree. My point is that the news said she was EMAILED this data. WTF. If that data is "supposed" to be only on the SIPR, which is to have ZERO connection to the internet, how did it get forwarded to her. That is my question.

  3. Am I missing something? by watermark · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I still don't understand why this is so bad, especially to the point of being compared to the Nixon tapes. (I'm a Dem, but not really a Hillary fan)

    The emails in question were believed to not contain classified info, so they would have been sent on the official unclassified server anyway. It wasn't against the law to have her own server, but possibly against policy. If she fired people for doing the same, that makes her a hypocrite, not a criminal. (although, hypocrites don't make good leaders either)

    There has been speculation that she may have tried to intentionally wipe incriminating evidence off the server. So far, that seems to be pure speculation. I haven't seen/heard of any reason yet that makes me think this is even likely true. By all means investigate, but at least consider the possibility that it didn't happen. If this charge seems likely true (based on actual evidence), then we can start trying to compare this to Watergate/Nixon.

    Even if she turns out completely/mostly innocent, her reputation has already be irreparably destroyed. Even if her innocence is proven likely, there will be a good number of people that will never believe it.