08-16-2016, 09:34 PM
She said she never emailed any classified materials. That was false, but I tend to believe she didn't know it at the time, since none of the emails in question (but three) were marked classified. One can argue she _should_ have known, but it's hard to make that argument without knowing the type of material in question. For instance, I'm fairly certain that the US drone program is classified, although its existence is the worst kept secret ever. If there was a side reference to such in an email, did that email deal with classified topics? (which was something like the convoluted description the FBI used)
She later modified her statements saying she never emailed anything marked classified. This was also false, but only with an asterisk. Each of the three "marked" emails was "marked" with a © before something (perhaps a phone number) that was classified. This is by all accounts not a standard way of indicating classified material, and she may not have recognized it as such. Beyond this, the State Department says that two of the three emails so marked were marked in error.
Leaving exactly one email that was marked classified....with a ©.
Contrast that with the Bush White House conveniently "losing" something like 5 million emails when they were using RNC email to discuss government business out of standard channels.
It's incredible hypocrisy on the part of the GOP here. Fortunately for all involved, no one but Chaffetz and his ilk gives a rat's ass about this endless effort to make something out of nothing.
She later modified her statements saying she never emailed anything marked classified. This was also false, but only with an asterisk. Each of the three "marked" emails was "marked" with a © before something (perhaps a phone number) that was classified. This is by all accounts not a standard way of indicating classified material, and she may not have recognized it as such. Beyond this, the State Department says that two of the three emails so marked were marked in error.
Leaving exactly one email that was marked classified....with a ©.
Contrast that with the Bush White House conveniently "losing" something like 5 million emails when they were using RNC email to discuss government business out of standard channels.
It's incredible hypocrisy on the part of the GOP here. Fortunately for all involved, no one but Chaffetz and his ilk gives a rat's ass about this endless effort to make something out of nothing.