I'd like to award Bernie Sanders a pair of used Flip Flops

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37. Actually, they are investigating neither.

They are investigating if she A. Had any classified or sensitive information on her private server and B. if she did, was the server sufficiently secure enough to protect that information.

I know people keep yelling about "emails," but the investigation isn't really about that. The FBI doesn't give a flying flip about her emailing Ben Afflack's charity or planning Chelsea's wedding. I don't care about that, either.

FWIW, the information doesn't have to be formally classified as "top secret" or "secret" to be considered "sensitive." Sensitive information can include personnel records like an employee's personal information. It's not a state secret, but if it contains medical information, for example, it's considered sensitive under HIPAA laws.

Clinton and many members of her staff certainly had the proper clearance to handle this information, so that's not the issue. The issue is whether a malicious state actor from China or Russia gained access to the server and could possibly have acquired this classified or sensitive information. (Those are the two countries that employee the most hackers - outside of us - for this type of espionage).

And, before someone points out (again) that the dot gov servers have been hacked and wonders why this is a big deal, I'll tell you. Dot gov has layers of security. Someone might have hacked into one portion of the government's servers and gotten some sensitive info (like personnel records), but between the encryption, the logging and monitoring and the other security measures, this hacker would have a very difficult time getting to the classified information.

In her defense, Clinton probably doesn't know much about this type of technology and the security that should surround it, but the people she hired to set the server up should have. From what I've read thus far, however, they either didn't know how to properly secure that server or didn't care. Her role in this mess, however, is that she hired this firm and worked outside of regulated federal channels apparently for convenience.

The FBI probably is also trying to determine if her actions were criminal or simply negligent. I don't know this for a fact since I don't work for the FBI, but as a former crime reporter and, now, the content manager for a cyber security firm that works closely with the FBI, my educated guess is that they are conducting a digital forensics investigation to determine that very issue.

I'm sure someone will slam me since I'm a Bernie supporter, but on this issue, I happen to know what I'm talking about given my background and work history.