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(39,581 posts)it was the only acceptable manner to insure they would not be tampered with .
In accordance with a 2012 General Services Administration bulletin, all agencies must either recycle or donate used electronics for reuse. The State Department abides by that policy, too; if Clinton had been using State-issued devices, they would have gone through a similar, if more standardized, process of data deletion. A State Department official explained in a statement to WIRED that "department security policies mandate that all electronic devices are cleared of sensitive or classified information prior to reuse or disposal. Some devices are wiped and reused, in other words, while others are destroyed as part of the recycling process.
https://www.wired.com/2016/09/actually-clinton-destroyed-phones-better/