REPORT: Legal Experts Side with Hillary Clinton on Use of Private Emails

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80. Actually the AP Piece Doesn't Sound Good

While the title of the AP piece sounds like good news for Hillary I would encourage everyone to read the whole article.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CLINTON_EMAIL_LEGAL_EXPERTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-03-22-12-25-26

And for the purpose of deciding who we want as our nominee there is this at the end of the article.

The Clinton case indicates a "dysfunctional" system of overclassification, Lowell told the AP.

"One of the perpetual problems with the investigation or prosecution of so-called leaks cases about classified information is that the law doesn't recognize as a defense that the material should not have been classified in the first place," he said.

Regardless of the legal question, if Clinton secures the Democratic presidential nomination she's certain to be dogged by the issue through the November election.

"Ultimately, the real risk for the secretary might not be legal as much as it is political," Sales said.