I've tried to give Care the benefit of the doubt, but it's obvious at this point that she is a partisan dunce.
Did you provide the link for Hillary saying she GOT PERMISSION from the State dept lawyers yet? Well? Or will you admit you were simply mistaken on that...?
I'm not a dunce, I've followed this incident from the beginning and have researched it all from top to bottom, from inside and out, and from the left's perspective and the rightwing's spinning....
I am certain I can be partisan from time to time....WHO isn't on this political message board??
Go read the fucking IG report. The IG says that Clinton's claims that she had permission to use the server are wrong, and that she didn't ask for permission.
Are you calling the independent IG a liar?
She did say it was permitted....meaning it didn't break the rules, is how I have always taken that statement...as in Powell did it, Condi did it...using personal email accounts was permitted....I never took that as her saying she went to govt lawyers and got permission...
Well you took it wrong dear. She HAS claimed that she discussed the server situation and was given permission. No one at the State Department can confirm that conversation ever took place.
Now on to the comparison to Powell and Rice.
Do you understand that both Powell and Rice had official .gov email address that they used for government business in addition to private email that they used for private conversations, while Hillary did not, she ONLY had her private email which she used for both government and private communications?
Now I'm not saying that it's not possible that on a few occasions one or the other of them may have accidentally used the wrong email account to email something, that IS possible, and IF they accidentally emailed classified material through their private accounts, that's espionage and they should be charged accordingly. BUT the simple matter of a government official HAVING a private email account is not illegal (though I think it should be frankly, I think high level officials should have to send ALL their emails through public servers)
That is what I was trying to tell you earlier. Espionage doesn't require intent. If Colin Powell meant to send a classified document from
colinpowell@statedep.gov and instead accidentally sent it through
colingpowell@aol.com, that's a crime, his intent is irrelevant. As a person who holds a security clearance you are expected to proactively make sure you don't make those sorts of mistakes.
For me, that would be enough of a reason to make sure I only used my official email account, can't make that mistake if it's the only account you have.
BUT, there is ZERO evidence that suggests that Powell or Rice ever sent classified material through their private email. ZERO. There is evidence that Powell received TWO emails which contained classified material on his private email. THAT is not illegal. Well, whomever sent them to him broke the law, but Powell did not.
Rice didn't even do that, though some of her assistants apparently also received a few classified emails on their private emails. Again, not illegal.
Note . It does become illegal if they don't notify someone ASAP in order to get a chain of evidence going and then remove the classified material from the private email, because storing classified material in your non secure email IS illegal, but simply receiving it is not.