Bowfinger
Lifer
- Nov 17, 2002
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One of those things that springs from hubris. When you feel like you are smarter and more important than the lowly subjects/citizens, then you start acting like the law doesn't apply to you and next thing you know something seemingly trivial it bites you in the butt.
No matter how much spinning is applied, there's no logical explanation of why you'd use a private server to handle your emails, which presumably (as SoS) would include classified material. Either classified emails went through that server, or hildabeast used the government emails for classified stuff while using her private server for everything else. Obviously that throws out the "convenience" excuse, having multiple servers and sources of information that you need to keep track of to avoid using the wrong one with classified info is obviously not more convenient or efficient.
The real answer (that she doesn't want to admit) is that she didn't want oversight, review or retention of her emails. It's as simple as that, and it's gotten her into political trouble. The magnitude of the trouble remains to be seen.
That's why there is an investigation.
As secretary of state, Hillary had access to a secure and probably well managed email system. Instead of using that she used an unsecured server at her home. She said no secret information passed through her private server, given that she wouldn't lie about such a thing, that means she did use the state department email for sensitive information. That leads to the next obvious question, why? Why go through the trouble of using two different systems, two different addresses, having two sets of information to correlate? Why would an intelligent, well organized person operate that way? How did she verify that someone sending her information didn't accidentally use her home email?
I can think of several reasons for her doing this, they rang from stupid to criminal. It needs to be looked at.
The other possibility you miss is that Clinton preferred paper over email, and expected classified materials to be printed for her. I've worked with several executives (mostly older) that avoided email. One refused to use it at all, and required his secretary to print everything for him. She'd put the paper in his inbox, and that's how he read it. If he wanted to reply, he'd either scrawl notes on the paper, or he'd dictate it.
Clearly Clinton wasn't that extreme. It's not hard to imagine, however, she directed her team to give her hard copies of sensitive documents. Let the investigation take its course, and we'll see what they find.
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