2016 Postmortem
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People think of General Petreas as having gotten into trouble because he showed classified information to his girlfriend. But that is NOT the case. She had security clearance as well. It was because he had that information OUTISIDE of the office, at his home. That is illegal. That is exactly what Hillary did, with thousands of classified documents which she kept outside the government network.
This is an example :
July 14, 2012: Blumenthal sends Clinton another email that contains obviously classified information, but Clinton doesn't flag it as such. Clinton confidant and private citizen Sid Blumenthal marks the email "CONFIDENTIAL," and then gives this warning: "SOURCE: Sources with access to the highest levels of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, and Western Intelligence and security services. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION COMES FROM AN EXTREMELY SENSITIVE SOURCE AND SHOULD BE HANDLED WITH CARE." The email then discusses secret meetings between senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian army which have taken place in recent days. (US Department of State, 1/7/2016) However, Clinton does not warn department security about this email that could jeopardize an intelligence asset in Egypt. Instead, she forwards the email to her aide Jake Sullivan with the comment, "More timely info." (US Department of State, 1/7/2016)
This is clearly classified information. And it is outside the government network and the guy she is dealing with does NOT have any kind of security clearance. She is supposed to mark that document as classified and alert department security so they can trace the source. But she does not do that but instead passes it on to her aide. Can someone who shows such a lack of judgement, a lack of respect for national security really be trusted with the highest office in the land?
Judgement, my friends, judgement.
You can find brilliant and detailed work done by Paul Thompson (who often posts here) at
http://thompsontimeline.com/The_Clinton_Email_Scandal_Timeline