Former Director of ISOO Says It’s Clear that Documents were Classified from Day One
"It's clear from the declassification date — that's their tacit acknowledgement this stuff was classified from day one."
Although a few dozen of Hillary Clinton's publicly released work emails from her time as secretary of state are now stamped "Classified", the U.S. State Department, and Clinton herself, have maintained these classifications are new.
But the dates for declassification marked by the department on those emails raise questions about the assertion that none of the information should have been handled as classified when it first traversed Clinton's private, home email server.
The declassify dates suggest either that the department did not follow standard government classification regulations, or that it might believe that the information in at least 30 email threads reviewed by Reuters was in fact classified on the original day Clinton sent or received it.
"The State Department's blowing smoke here," J. William Leonard, a former director of the U.S. government's Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), said in a telephone interview. "It's clear from the declassification date — that's their tacit acknowledgement this stuff was classified from day one."
The U.S. government prohibits the sending of classified information outside secure networks. Clinton's campaign has been dogged by allegations she may have mishandled sensitive information by using a private email address, run from a server in her home, as secretary of state.
Some Clinton emails newly 'Classified' but declassify dates raise questions
Just another expert calling Clinton a Bold Face Liar.
"It's clear from the declassification date — that's their tacit acknowledgement this stuff was classified from day one."
Although a few dozen of Hillary Clinton's publicly released work emails from her time as secretary of state are now stamped "Classified", the U.S. State Department, and Clinton herself, have maintained these classifications are new.
But the dates for declassification marked by the department on those emails raise questions about the assertion that none of the information should have been handled as classified when it first traversed Clinton's private, home email server.
The declassify dates suggest either that the department did not follow standard government classification regulations, or that it might believe that the information in at least 30 email threads reviewed by Reuters was in fact classified on the original day Clinton sent or received it.
"The State Department's blowing smoke here," J. William Leonard, a former director of the U.S. government's Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), said in a telephone interview. "It's clear from the declassification date — that's their tacit acknowledgement this stuff was classified from day one."
The U.S. government prohibits the sending of classified information outside secure networks. Clinton's campaign has been dogged by allegations she may have mishandled sensitive information by using a private email address, run from a server in her home, as secretary of state.
Some Clinton emails newly 'Classified' but declassify dates raise questions
Just another expert calling Clinton a Bold Face Liar.