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In reply to the discussion: NOT TOP SECRET AT THE TIME THEY WERE SENT period! [View all]TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)35. You can't jump between systems. Classified networks cannot communicate
with non-classified networks or private email. Hillary's staff discussed this now-classified info outside of all government systems--the State Dept. apparently never saw it thus were unable to evaluate it. It appears her staff received/read info through the classified systems and summarized it for her on her own email system, which was held unsecured for years after her tenure had ended. The FBI is investigating how this material ended up on her server.
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The other day, I drove through a school zone, at the legal speed before the warning lights were on.
IggleDoer
Jan 2016
#7
So if I send you a classified document, you are guilty because your email system accepted it?
randome
Jan 2016
#14
Actually, yes--you have to report it immediately. You can't take it home with you.
TwilightGardener
Jan 2016
#18
'Intent' is part of this determination and there is no intent (none) for Clinton to hide anything.
randome
Jan 2016
#25
She didn't do it for "convenience". That is ludicrous. It would be far more convenient
TwilightGardener
Jan 2016
#38
I think that excuse has worn thin. The information was classified, even if it wasn't
TwilightGardener
Jan 2016
#13
Colin Powell didn't have his own SERVER SET UP EXCLUSIVELY to avoid State Dept. system.
TwilightGardener
Jan 2016
#17
I think you are entirely unaware of this whole issue. You need to educate yourself on the facts.
TwilightGardener
Jan 2016
#21
It is my understanding that there is an "intelligence branch" within the State Dept...
kentuck
Jan 2016
#32
You can't jump between systems. Classified networks cannot communicate
TwilightGardener
Jan 2016
#35
Reading over this thread it's clear that Sanders supporters are hanging their hopes on to anything.
Metric System
Jan 2016
#28