APNewsBreak: State Dept audit faults Clinton in emails

[nadinbrzezinski]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton disregarded various State Department guidelines for avoiding cybersecurity risks, an internal audit found Wednesday, faulting her and past secretaries of state for weak information management.

The inspector general's 78-page analysis, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, cites "longstanding, systemic weaknesses" related to the agency's communications. These started before Clinton's appointment as secretary of state, but her failures were singled out as more serious.

Despite guidelines to the contrary and never seeking approval, Clinton used mobile devices to conduct official business on her personal email account and private server. She never sought approval from senior information officers, who would have refused the request because of security risks, the audit said.

"By Secretary Clinton's tenure, the department's guidance was considerably more detailed and more sophisticated," it concluded. "Secretary Clinton's cybersecurity practices accordingly must be evaluated in light of these more comprehensive directives."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e9cf125b8af1417a8cdd0b3526a1ce9e/apnewsbreak-state-dept-audit-faults-clinton-emails

Oh and this is not the FBI investigation, just the state department. I have not seen it yet here.

[NWCorona]

1. It's the quickening!

Yup not the FBI but I'm sure this will definitely have bering on that case as well.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. The three reactions under you tell me all,

looking for the actual report, The WAPO has it embedded, I want to download the damn thing

[NWCorona]

8. Yeah me too! The pdf hasn't been added to the state department website yet.

https://oig.state.gov/reports
78 pages! And some of the excerpts have been interesting to say the least.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Do me a favor, once it is posted, send me a link

I will be out covering news today.

[NWCorona]

16. Pm sent! 😀

[Bob41213]

12. Here's the one on the Wapo

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2842460/ESP-16-03-Final.pdf

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. I am looking for a copy I can download

[Bob41213]

17. Click the link, or right click the link. You can download.

I "hacked" into the code of the Wapo and found where they were linking to in their internal viewer and put that there. If you click that you should get the full PDF you can download.

Edit: I'm not sure your browser but whichever one you have should have something similar. Just right click my link and it should have "download link as" or something. That will download it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. It is already in my computer

thanks

[Hoyt]

2. Clinton once again helps government focus on problems. Give her credit, she'll take her slap on the

wrist and withstand Sanders supporters' meaningless criticism.

[lagomorph777]

10. Sarcasm, right?

"Helps government focus on problems" - love it, thanks for a nice laugh.

[AzDar]

69. Hillary "helps the Government focus on problems" by causing them... Unbelievable!! (not really)

[cali]

20. Forget the criticism by Sanders supporters

This is a boon for trump.

And if this had been a republican, you'd be screaming in outrage.

[Hoyt]

34. Trump can be countered with his draft-dodging, business failures, racism, etc. Fact is, the email

equivalent of jaywalking did not compromise the USA. Yeah, it COULD have, as might anyone in the state department, hackers targeting the official government servers, Trump getting intelligence briefings, etc. But, it didn't happen and I suspect her emails were more secure than ever before.

Your last sentence is hilarious, as you are now screaming in outrage about Clinton and giving GOPers comfort.

[cali]

42. The litany of Trump's sins is almost endless, but he's still a hard target

And I'm not screaming in outrage about her giving repubs comfort. I'm stating what I've always said: She's a weak and flawed candidate. And she is not a talented campaigner. This isn't news.

[Hoyt]

46. That post sounds like an ad for GOPers.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Can't wait for Trump to use this

because you know what? You think Sanders will touch this, nope, but Trump will, and oh boy will he.

[Hoyt]

35. His supporters- like you -will touch this email equivalent of jaywalking and give comfort to GOPers.

[nadinbrzezinski]

59. I guess you got me

I have been posting here for over a decade in baited breath to support Trump.

You don't realize how ridiculous that is. But trump will use it. Sanders has refused to. Deal with those pesky well...facts

As a talking point this scores a 10 in the ridiculous scale

[Hoyt]

63. He doesn't have to, his supporters and staff will do it for him.

[Beausoir]

55. How exciting for you!

[nadinbrzezinski]

60. Well Friday should be a hoot

While you keep talking a big game, we will be in tmwfi elf covering, quite possibly, a riot.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Hubris. Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton

[trudyco]

22. Funny. I remember Hillary saying this.

I think it was during the Bush years about the Repukes.

I never thought then it would apply to her. I really thought she was a victim of right wingers and a husband with a crappy libido.

[Demsrule86]

4. They faulted Powell and Rice too

righties making much out of nothing.

[workinclasszero]

23. And berners drag it over here

to help out the right if possible.

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. So let me get this straight

you think a State Department Report is not breaking news? Funny, you should quickly inform the news media of this. Plus if this was a republican you would be screaming to high heaven.

[MoonRiver]

48. Why do I keep getting the feeling you are a Republican apologist?

Could it be your posts reflect that mind-set, i.e. "if this was a republican you would be screaming to high heavens?" You could have said Bernie, but, no, you chose to say REPUBLICAN.

[nadinbrzezinski]

49. Insert twilight zone music now

You guys are funny. My ethics are not situational. Obviously yours are

[MoonRiver]

51. I call it like I see it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

61. And it will be fun to see you guys go into

The fetal position. You might call it as you see it. Well I do as well. This is a weak flawed candidate giving all kinds of target practice. The adds the Trump campaign will use write themselves.

And by the way, you want the news media to coddle and protect? Because this is the morning breaking news.

My goodness. Either you guys are new to this process, or pretend to be.

[MoonRiver]

64. If you want to see me in a fetal position, you will need to wait until I'm on my death bed.

Can't believe the amount of hate Bernie people emit!

[nadinbrzezinski]

66. So posting an AP breaking news story is HATE

that is news to me, no pun.

But really, you guys act in a way that is impressive

By the way, who I support is between and the central tabulator. My vote will be whatever who counts the votes decided it was. And I doubt I will be told who I officially voted for, That is not hate, that is the state of elections in the US.

[inchhigh]

28. They all did it. She did it A LOT

Rice's name appears in the report 13 times.

Kerry 14 times.

Powell 17 times.


Clinton 125 times.

[merrily]

41. Remind me where Rice and Powell kept their private servers.

Also:


"By Secretary Clinton's tenure, the department's guidance was considerably more detailed and more sophisticated," it concluded. "Secretary Clinton's cybersecurity practices accordingly must be evaluated in light of these more comprehensive directives."

[arcane1]

56. Still pasting that stale talking point? No new memo today?

Powell, Rice, and Clinton. Right-wing Secretaries of State who don't follow the rules.

What great company she's in

[thesquanderer]

72. Powell and Rice aren't running for President.

If an action is pursued against them, perhaps revoking security clearances for example, so what? But you can't have a President who doesn't have security clearances.

[Beausoir]

5. "and past secretaries of state".

[lagomorph777]

11. "but her failures were singled out as more serious. "

"By Secretary Clinton's tenure, the department's guidance was considerably more detailed and more sophisticated," it concluded. "Secretary Clinton's cybersecurity practices accordingly must be evaluated in light of these more comprehensive directives."

[Autumn]

38. ^^^This^^^

[morningfog]

54. Read the report. What she did is far far worse.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/politics/state-department-report-on-clintons-email-practices/2039/?tid=a_inl

[Demsrule86]

7. http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/03/07/state-dept-concludes-past-secretaries-of-state/209044

Notice it is a three month old article...

The State Department's internal investigation arm issued a final memorandum today on the email practices of past and current secretaries of state, and it said definitively that past secretaries handled classified material on unclassified email systems.

The same claims were made in an early February memo when the State Department's inspector general first announced it was conducting a records review related to the email accounts of five secretaries of state -- Madeline Albright, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry -- and their immediate staff.

After closely examining a number of potentially sensitive emails with help from State Department and Intelligence Community officials, the State Department's inspector general concluded that 12 emails contain "national security information classified at the Secret or Confidential levels." Additionally, it was determined none of the emails contained intelligence information, meaning it was classified for other reasons.

The emails in question, as the inspector general has previously stated, came from Secretary Powell's personal email account and personal email accounts of Secretary Rice's immediate staff.

In a recent statements to ABC News, Powell disputed the claims.

"I have reviewed the messages and I do not see what makes them classified." Powell said. "The emails were from my Executive Assistant and forwarded messages sent by two of our Ambassadors to State Department staff members. My Executive Assistant thought I should see them in a timely manner so sent them to my personal account. Both messages were unclassified. There was no reason not to forward them in this manner. ... The Ambassadors did not believe the contents were Confidential at the time and they were sent as unclassified. That is a fact. While they have not yet clarified this point, the State Department cannot now say they were classified then because they weren't. If the Department wishes to say a dozen years later they should have been classified that is an opinion of the Department that I do not share."

[...]

[Bob41213]

9. Really? Better tell the State Dept they got the date wrong

There's a copy of the document in this page which is dated May 2016.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/politics/state-department-report-on-clintons-email-practices/2039/?tid=a_inl

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Memorandums and reports are different critters

today was the REPORT

[frylock]

24. lol @ Media Matters.

[2banon]

13. I need clarity on who would be "senior officials" other than Obama?

I'm not getting which position are Senior Officials to the Secretary of State position other than the President, referenced here as the people she should have sought authorization. Unless the reference is senior positions she should have consulted with?

It's just a little confusing to me, if anyone can clarify.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. There are a few others including those within the Intel community

like NSA, and CIA, though Obama has the final word though

[2banon]

27. hmm..

But the Alpha Bet Intel Community aren't officially Senior to SoS, they are all supposed to be serving at the pleasure of the President, at least on it's face, right?

I fully recognize they don't and haven't since the inception of the CIA, but that's another discussion..

It's a minor point, I don't want to dwell on it much, but it just seems the press should at least attempt to be clear on a point that may present legal consequences.

The press often uses the reference "senior officials", without naming names to give credibility to an article being published, but it really does behoove them to be more concise.

I think it has been established Obama did NOT give authorization, and others within the State Dept had strongly urged cease desist. But if the President is the sole official Senior to her, than she doesn't have a problem, cuz he's not going to press for indictment etc. We all know that, right? the DoJ isn't going to go after HRC, so I frankly feel this is just a distraction.

Unless, I'm missing something here.

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. What you missing is that they are damned if they do, and damned if they don't

if the DOJ presses charges, the administration loses that aura of clean... if they do not, and especially if she gets the presidency we are going to go into a Watergate scenario,

They are already in serious damage control this morning.

[merbex]

47. If she gets the nomination and then gets elected, we are looking at impeachment the very next day

Jeezus.

IF she gets the nomination, pay close attention to her VP:that person will/could end up as President

[2banon]

58. Yes. HRC supporters make light of this, to our detriment.

You're spot on too wrt to VP.

I've seen a name floated out there who I have no familiarity. Latino name. Obviously intended to garner Latino Votes. Don't know his background.

Sorry, I forget his name at the moment.

[nadinbrzezinski]

67. Regardless that is a critical decision always

but yes I suspect that is coming

[2banon]

52. That's what I have always assumed, and what everyone should assume

But I don't believe it will ultimately play out in the end, the way of Nixon.

I think it's going to go the way of Fitzmas..

I could be wrong, and it will be interesting, but unfortunately a very unpleasant path to the coronation and beginning to her first term. To say the least.

I don't have cable so I'm missing the damage control in the media.

Thanks for the clarity and the heads up.

[nadinbrzezinski]

68. From what I have heard from folks in the intel community

it goes that way, we will have a revolt. I wonder how many intel professionals are willing to resign en masse when it comes to it, but that is one thing I have heard.

[2banon]

73. Finally turned on my radio today. (just a bit ago)

Tuned on NPR's KQED .. So I heard their report now. In summary, NPR is saying that it's a scathing report, but at the end of the day the problem started up in previous administrations. In that report,they don't say how many administrations, or how far back.. leaving one to infer at least as far back as the previous Clinton Administration, (Bush/Clinton ?)

I'm thinking Bush/Clinton/Bush/Reagan .. so I'm compelled to expect not even as much as a Fitzmas will occur.

They can't go after HRC if they don't go after Condi, and all the previous SoS which include all the SoS's under Republican admins.

If the Intel communities revolt, they'd better make it non-partisan or it's going to be considered extremely political and dismissed by everyone except teabaggers.

By non-partisan, I mean all of the SoS's going as far back as Bush Sr. and Reagan..

Although they didn't have smart phones and blackberry's. they did have computerized cable, right? The Pentagon invented this thing, so I'd say they had old school telecommunications capabilities in play I suspect.

In any event, yes the teabaggers in Congress will certainly make hay out of her failings, disregarding the double standard.

And it will be ugly, that's a guarantee. They'll be no end to it on the teevees.

[grasswire]

71. there is something called the National Security Council.

Seventeen members. POTUS, VP, heads of Intel agencies, Chairman Joint Chiefs, some Secretaries, etc. I recently read (but right now I can't think of the author) that this NSC was like a dagger aimed at her and could do much damage to her. Need to learn more.

I think many of us wish that Obama would cut her loose to face justice.

[2banon]

74. Interesting, grasswire thanks.

SoS answers to Joint Chiefs too? Gotta bone up on Cabinet hierarchy!

Why I had the idea that the SoS served solely at the pleasure of the Prez I can't explain.

[grasswire]

75. I don't know if SoS answers to them collectively...

...and I don't think individually. I just have seen the NSC mentioned as having dangerous teeth in this matter.

[2banon]

76. Yes, that I do know. For Decades.

I liken them to what the Christic Institute referenced as the "Government within the Government". During Iran Contra..

That's when I learned some things about the "inner workings" of the intelligence communities - how they control all foreign AND domestic affairs (elections/media news content) ..

But I think during Bush/Cheney it became apparent the intel communities aren't all on the same page and some working against each other, different agendas, different world views alliances.

[HooptieWagon]

30. It's a good time to buy butthurt ointment futures.

I predict demand will soon soar.

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. Can I ask you to stop with that butt hurt joke

it is childish and also a gay slurr

Thank you in advance.

[HooptieWagon]

36. It is not a gay slur, origin is a spanking reference.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/butthurt?full=1

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. Please proceed then

[obamanut2012]

40. I'm gay, and it isn't a gay slur

[zappaman]

32. Ohmigod!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is so exciting!
Do you think this will propel your guy, Bernie, into the White House!?

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. OH MY GOD< this is so predictable

[Ichingcarpenter]

37. And yet it hasn't hit them..

Who controls hearings in both the house and Senate?

Oh, that's right they won't hold hearings on this during the election cycle......
And this is not even the FBI report, nor the Justice dept. decision

I don't know if to laugh or cry.

Listen folks this was her own doing not mine, not Obama, not Sanders, not the republicans not the FBIs .........it falls on her and this story is not gonna go away no matter how much one might wish.

[zappaman]

62. As well as your glee!

I thought "journos" were supposed to try and contain their partisan excitement?
Well, I'll give you a pass since a "blogger" is not technically a "journo".
Please proceed, Governor!

[nadinbrzezinski]

65. The fact that you can read my mind over the internet makes you some kind of a mind reader

or you are just making shit up as usual



You see, that is an AP story, it is all over. DEAL WITH IT.

Now I am going to really enjoy how much you do not enjoy this though. It is a show, the best on earth.

[morningfog]

57. I think is validates our concerns with Hillary as a nominee.

[JudyM]

39. *** IG's Report states that Colin Powell followed rules in place at that time; Clinton did not.***

Per CNN.

Couldn't be that her refusal to take part in the agreed-upon CA debate has anything to do with not wanting to face the music about this, I'm sure.

After all, her previous answer was that she didn't do anything worse than what he did. Now we know that is untrue. He followed the rules in place at that time, she did not.

[nadinbrzezinski]

44. I honestly think this took team Hillary by surprise

[JudyM]

45. Really? Why? You think Kerry/Obama wouldn't have given her a heads up?

Boxer was on CNN within an hour after it broke, saying she'd read it thoroughly and armed with party line spin points.

[nadinbrzezinski]

70. The way these reports work

they probably told the president, as a courtesy, in the morning briefing.

Oh and on edit, listen to Boxer, her talking points are the same they have been. They do not address whatsoever the most daming parts of the report

[EndElectoral]

50. "..also revealed that Clinton and her top aides chose not to cooperate with the review. "

[arcane1]

53. "Despite guidelines to the contrary and never seeking approval" n/t