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leveymg

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44. Yes, that was reported last August. File labeled as unclassified was “TOP SECRET//SI//TK//NOFORN”
Fri May 27, 2016, 01:50 PM
May 2016
The Spy Satellite Secrets in Hillary’s Emails
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/12/the-spy-satellite-secrets-in-hillary-s-emails.html

These weren’t just ordinary secrets found in Clinton’s private server, but some of the most classified material the U.S. government has.

After months of denials and delaying actions, Hillary Clinton has decided to turn over her private email server to the Department of Justice. As this controversy has grown since the spring, Clinton and her campaign operatives have repeatedly denied that she had placed classified information in her personal email while serving as secretary of state during President Obama’s first term. (“I am confident that I never sent nor received any information that was classified at the time it was sent and received,” she said last month.) Her team also denied that she would ever hand over her server to investigators. Now both those assertions have been overturned.

Hillary Clinton has little choice but to hand over her server to authorities since it now appears increasingly likely that someone on her staff violated federal laws regarding the handling of classified materials.
On August 11, after extensive investigation, the intelligence community’s inspector general reported to Congress that it had found several violations of security policy in Clinton’s personal emails.

Most seriously, the inspector general assessed that Clinton’s emails included information that was highly classified—yet mislabeled as unclassified. Worse, the information in question should have been classified up to the level of “TOP SECRET//SI//TK//NOFORN,” according to the inspector general’s report.

TOP SECRET, as the name implies, is the highest official classification level in the U.S. government, defined as information whose unauthorized release “could cause exceptionally grave damage to national security or foreign relations.”

• SI refers to Special Intelligence, meaning it is information derived from intercepted communications, which is the business of the National Security Agency, America’s single biggest source of intelligence. They’re the guys who eavesdrop on phone calls, map who’s calling whom, and comb through emails. SI is a subset of what the intelligence community calls Sensitive Compartmented Information, or SCI. And these materials always require special handling and protection. They are to be kept in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, or SCIF, which is a special hardened room that is safe from both physical and electronic intrusion.

• TK refers to Talent Keyhole, which is an intelligence community caveat indicating that the classified material was obtained via satellite.

• NOFORN, as the name implies, means that the materials can only be shown to Americans, not to foreigners.

In short: Information at the “TOP SECRET//SI//TK//NOFORN” level is considered exceptionally highly classified and must be handled with great care under penalty of serious consequences for mishandling. Every person who is cleared and “read on” for access to such information signs reams of paperwork and receives detailed training about how it is to be handled, no exceptions—and what the consequences will be if the rules are not followed.


Raises the question of the sources and methods used to gather this "confidential" leveymg May 2016 #1
wasn't there sat con data somewhere in this, too? amborin May 2016 #40
Yes, that was reported last August. File labeled as unclassified was “TOP SECRET//SI//TK//NOFORN” leveymg May 2016 #44
that's what I thought; from that dead person, Drumweller or? amborin May 2016 #68
Hill's right hand man in Libya Merryland May 2016 #55
Why she responded, "Keep 'em coming" is almost inexplicable. leveymg May 2016 #60
and she lied about it, too: amborin May 2016 #69
Thanks for bring this to our attention Samantha May 2016 #2
So sickening. No wonder the delight over the (gruesome) end of Qaddafi that was displayed in that bjo59 May 2016 #3
"all in a good day's work for the vampire class." 2banon May 2016 #32
She and Blumenthal helped achieve some of the goals of the PNAC vintx May 2016 #36
They are neocons, so yes they are very proud. BillZBubb May 2016 #54
Yes, but the note is referring to ** Sarkozy's ** motivations. MH1 May 2016 #42
^ This. AzDar May 2016 #48
That is one of the grossest interviews I've ever seen Merryland May 2016 #56
That's what it was about. Uncle Joe May 2016 #62
p.s. Thank you for this post. bjo59 May 2016 #4
Those are just code words for her yoga classes and Chelsea's wedding Ichingcarpenter May 2016 #5
ROFL GreatGazoo May 2016 #12
LOL GreenPartyVoter May 2016 #23
Very good, thanks for the much needed chuckles 2banon May 2016 #33
thanks for the day's first laugh! Merryland May 2016 #57
So what, she's just discussing how to get her hands on some gold. Big deal. Major Hogwash May 2016 #6
Goldman Sachs already gave her a pair of gold ones Fawke Em May 2016 #52
It's never about freedom, is it? It's always about money. IdaBriggs May 2016 #7
No secret can exist without a lie to cover it GreatGazoo May 2016 #13
A person she was forbidden by the President to involve in foreign policy. libtodeath May 2016 #26
She basically dissed Obama all over the place. Merryland May 2016 #59
This and all her scheming for Libya makes me fucking sick. polly7 May 2016 #8
...!100++++ 840high May 2016 #50
Since Obama said that Libya was his biggest mistake it really makes me wonder jillan May 2016 #71
I remember reading this beauty nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #9
where are the apologists? Fairgo May 2016 #10
The DNC oligarchy probably gave their puppets an order not to respond and it B Calm May 2016 #11
Why do you love Gaddafi? morningfog May 2016 #39
You're just afraid of strong women. QC May 2016 #65
Once again, Hillary's supporters see nothing wrong. Scuba May 2016 #14
Love it! Kudos, Scuba. floriduck May 2016 #27
lol Scuba, spot on saidsimplesimon May 2016 #31
So.. asuhornets May 2016 #15
I think I need to start buying Pepto Bismo by the gallon yourpaljoey May 2016 #16
Reads like that Nigerian prince spam that asks for your ssn and money. Baitball Blogger May 2016 #17
Recommend...for more exposure. KoKo May 2016 #18
I do declare, I think I'm getting the vapors! Darb May 2016 #19
hrod17@clintonemail.com lagomorph777 May 2016 #20
Hackers would never guess who hrod17 was. Smart move. nt. sorechasm May 2016 #41
Gee, if I was running a keyword search of IP addresses, clintonemail.com wouldn't interest me leveymg May 2016 #46
hrod @ Clinton - guess who I am? Merryland May 2016 #61
kick for a new day nt grasswire May 2016 #21
Wow! Sick and sad. masmdu May 2016 #22
Hopefully, none of these emails were in clear text, that they were encrypted payloads. TheBlackAdder May 2016 #24
encrypted? No. nt grasswire May 2016 #25
None of this was encrypted. lagomorph777 May 2016 #29
What in there was not fairly well known, or assumed, at the time? MH1 May 2016 #43
It's not the facts that are as sensitive as how the info was collected and by whom (HUMINT) leveymg May 2016 #47
Recommended for discussion saidsimplesimon May 2016 #28
Q's Gold - HRC's retirement fund? lagomorph777 May 2016 #30
what happened to the gold? nt grasswire May 2016 #67
K & R lmbradford May 2016 #34
K&R nenagh May 2016 #35
while Blumenthal wasn't the only intel source, he set up a stovepipe MisterP May 2016 #37
There's the backstory of no-bid State Dept contracts with Blackwater/Xe that Osprey was angling for leveymg May 2016 #49
Blumenthal, Davis, and Bennett Ratcliff were all selling clients their connection to Clinton MisterP May 2016 #63
Yes, but she and Bill and Chelsea own the rights and residuals. leveymg May 2016 #64
Her reckless incompetence and power-mad behavior is shocking amborin May 2016 #38
This goes to the unfettered access of Blumenthal to the Clintons. See link below. EndElectoral May 2016 #45
K&R. bobthedrummer May 2016 #51
Sid describes someone as an Merryland May 2016 #53
This deserved its own thread. Waiting For Everyman May 2016 #58
Bookmarking. -nt CrispyQ May 2016 #66
But guys, you're forgetting something important bonemachine May 2016 #70
Still don't care. This was a wikileaks exposure after the fact. Still nothiing marked Jitter65 May 2016 #72
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