A hackable server is the safest way to let your sponsors read your email.

[elehhhhna]

Discuss.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. I didn't understand why Hillary circumvented the government system

for her personal emails until I recently had to deal with a government network and the associated IT department. It became very clear after that.

[elehhhhna]

2. Because you get CAbinet member level service and attention? Uh, no.

I get your point but if she doesn't know enough about tech to secure SOS emails, she isn't on top of shit enough to be President. Or SOS, really.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. I'm don't know the details, but I was under the impression that this wasn't used for

official SOS business.

[-none]

8. Hillary's mail server was used for government business.

That is why the FBI is investigating Hillary and her server.

[elehhhhna]

13. No it's what she used almost exclusively for state business

Plans negotiations spy shit you name it.

[The_Casual_Observer]

16. Then if laws or rules were violated then I guess it's going to get very bad for Hillary.

By now they should have enough evidence to make a case. Would you think that knowing that she is practically the nominee for president that the government would do something by now? This would cause a great upheaval to the system at this point, it's all pretty weird.

[jberryhill]

4. "until I recently had to deal with a government network and the associated IT department"

Yep.

We're talking about a cabinet level officer interested in being able to timely communicate around the clock, not a 9-5 civil service worker who cuts out when they leave the office.

There's an operational tradeoff there.

[Fumesucker]

10. Government is basically incompetent

It's amazing how widely the meme spreads when it's politically advantageous.

If the SoS can't communicate official government business in a timely manner through official government channels then there is something seriously wrong with the government.

[jberryhill]

12. This isn't really a matter of incompetence

I did not mean to suggest that government is incompetent, which is a very broad statement verging on meaningless.

It's more of a process issue - such as the situation we have in which the DoD personnel systems are unable to interface productively with the VA system. Or where the FAA has to mange similarly incompatible stuff.

[Fumesucker]

15. It is the essence of that argument though, government can't do it for whatever reason

Somehow I think if the Secretary of State really bore down on the IT staff they would have managed to get her secure and reliable communications as a matter of pride if nothing else.

As I pointed out in an OP a few months ago, a leader who bypasses the official systems for their own convenience isn't doing their staff any favors, it's another example of poor leadership.

[The_Casual_Observer]

20. Actually, I don't think so. There seem to rules

And regulations that are impossible to change. They say "No" .
Instead, from what I can tell about the Clintons they said forget it and did it on their own.

This of course is only speculation.

[The_Casual_Observer]

19. I just happen to have worked with a very small aspect

Of the VA network. Believe me, if any reasonable person tries to deal with this , its impossible. I don't know what Hillary was dealing with, but I'm sure it was at least as bad.

[lumberjack_jeff]

17. I think it became evident to her when ordered to turn over official emails...

... she first was given the opportunity to delete 30,000 "personal" ones, which apparently included correspondence to then-General Petraeus. Recipes for chocolate chip cookies, no doubt.

[Waiting For Everyman]

3. And your significant other

has access too.

[elehhhhna]

6. Because he's super trustworthyish!

[leveymg]

7. Maybe if you want a dozen intelligence services to read them

That raises an interesting question.

[elehhhhna]

11. It the corporate espionage, too

Big bucks there.

Frontrunning stocks is superlucrative.

Think of the possibilities.

[cherokeeprogressive]

9. Hiding in plain sight? nm

[JoePhilly]

14. Is that what CIA Director John Brennan said?

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/27/politics/john-brennan-email-hack-outrage/

maybe Hillary should have used his email service.

[Autumn]

18. Maybe she should have used his server, instead of the one in her basement