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CoffeeCat

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11. Powell and Rice never set up a private server
Fri May 6, 2016, 10:38 AM
May 2016

You are comparing apples and hockey pucks.

Powell and Rice sent a few private email messages, using their gmail and Yahoo accounts. Powell and Rice never set up a homebrew, unsecured server in their house and conducted all State business on it--without the knowledge of the President.

After all, the FBI is investigating Clinton's server. That's the issue here. Powell and Rice never used a personal server.

Furthermore, Powell and Rice never sent 2,000 emails, over an unsecure server, that were later deemed "classified". Powell and Rice never sent 22 emails, over a private, unsecure server, that were assigned the highest level of classification, "Top Secret or above Top Secret." These emails were deemed, by the State Department, to be too sensitive to be released.

What Powell and Rice did is far from what Clinton did. What Clinton did is unprecedented.

Nope! NWCorona May 2016 #1
Yes! scscholar May 2016 #31
to be fair, it would have been a different lawsuit. 6chars May 2016 #32
Let's see...there was no investigation of Rice or powell Demsrule86 May 2016 #2
Powell and Rice never set up a private server CoffeeCat May 2016 #11
That needs to be emphasized because they keep repeating it... Bob41213 May 2016 #19
It is inaccurate CoffeeCat May 2016 #25
sec'y of defense enid602 May 2016 #26
As their only email in gov? Bob41213 May 2016 #29
Law was changed in 2014. JaneyVee May 2016 #3
My second question is why didn't SoS Clinton follow normal protocols of the US government? mmonk May 2016 #4
Answer: FlatBaroque May 2016 #6
Part of it I suppose. But I'm thinking deeper. mmonk May 2016 #13
To do everything in secret was the goal. Bob41213 May 2016 #20
we don't even get to see her SPEECHES MisterP May 2016 #22
That reminds me, has anyone estimated the cost so far of investigating FlatBaroque May 2016 #5
Dunno maybe Ken Starr is keeping track. emulatorloo May 2016 #8
There would be some other outrage to replace it. JoePhilly May 2016 #7
Yep. cheapdate May 2016 #30
Sanders' campaign and supporters have used the right-wing 'watchdog' group's lawsuit bigtree May 2016 #9
I don't care what others use it for. These questions are mine. mmonk May 2016 #10
And mine. How will this stop the TPP? How will this stop the Corporatacracy? silvershadow May 2016 #14
Actually the FBI thing was not a direct result of GOP TimPlo May 2016 #12
I don't blame the investigation, I blame the speculation and innuendo used as a political cudgel bigtree May 2016 #15
Neutral federal judges and the neutral FBI/DOJ belie your entire premise. Bonk. morningfog May 2016 #27
No FBI. Yes FOIA. n/t ieoeja May 2016 #16
no, but there is the issue of State and CF amborin May 2016 #17
Obvious, just like the transcripts, she wants to be absolutely secretive like everything else pdsimdars May 2016 #18
She has a bad case of hubris. Not uncommon among the rich and powerful. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #21
Probably still a FOIA since the Rethugs were desperate to find anything to attack her with. DCBob May 2016 #23
It should be noted my questions are morally related. mmonk May 2016 #24
Yes. Judicial Watch has been suing the Clintons since the 90s. nt msanthrope May 2016 #28
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