2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The investigation into Clinton's email server is very real. [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)She was warned by ranking NSA security officers not to continue using her Blackberry in the very early days of her tenure as SOS, which began on the day she signed her classified information nondisclose agreement, Jan 22, 2009. Literally within days of the NSA's refusal to clone the President's secure phone for her and her inner staff, she started using her home server that was connected to the Blackberry. In her agreement, she acknowledged that she had received training in recognizing and handling classified information. At least 2,100 separate pieces of classified information were found in the server, including 104 from Hillary, herself, and 22 Top Secret/SAP. Much of the email she traded enthusiastically with Sid Blumenthal -- "keep 'em coming," HRC responded -- was found to be classified. She never used any email except her Blackberry hooked up to uncertified server for official business.
She never reported the apparent violation of information security of others, as she was bound to do by law and oath. She sent classified information across unsecure devices on at least 104 occasions. When she left office, she did not return classified materials, as her signed oath instructed. Instead, she wiped half the contents of the server, and turned over only partial contents of classified materials when discovered and pressed to do so by the State Department.
Her judgement isn't just bad, what she did was criminal, and she had been trained to know that.