That's irrelevant. She still broke the law and should be in prison for the rest of her life.
Like Powell and Patreaus were put in prison for the rest of their lives?
Petraeus had classified information in an unsecure setting with ONE PERSON viewing it. Much different than a commercial server shared with other PERSONAL stuff as an open target. And some aides FORWARDING this information were not even indoctrinated in RECOGNIZING the classified nature of the communications. Huge diff.
When Powell held that job -- the State Dept electronic systems were in the Stone Age. HE was the Sec. that implemented secured networks and field communications. So most of HIS classified work was done on INTERNAL older systems. And it's quite possible that ANY OUTSIDE e-mail he used was relegated to unclassified convos. Just like you can't pick up ANY phone and have a classified session -- same with email..
Hilliary OTH -- used the Private server EXCLUSIVELY --- even tho the State Dept by that time had external secure nets that COULD have been used, but would have been "recorded" and logged.
You folks need to appreciate the magnitude of the issue here. There are MILLIONS of Americans who know what a crime this was. And at the LEAST -- Hilliary ought NEVER hold high Security again.. NEVER EVER....
Which would make it REALLY REALLY hard to act as Prez -- wouldn't it?? That kind of arrogance and irresponsibility and bad judgement would disqualify ANYONE else from obtaining those clearances. Most folks don't know the demands made of people security cleared at that level. It's absurdly strict... It affects your Real life.. It affects the way you travel or maybe even party or socialize.. And it's a kick in the face to the others who have to guard national secrets to see this poo-flinging back and forth..
that's simply not true.... the staffers that sent her this stuff were ALL Indoctrinated in handling of and identifying top secret/classified material.... thus they are requesting the release of this material, they don't believe it is top secret....
There's a lot we DON'T KNOW and shouldn't know. But just the folks who INSTALLED and HOSTED that server had access to ALL those communications --- if they wanted them.
What about the aide that ARRANGED for the server??? The one given immunity just yesterday ??
Just knowing the physical location or the IP address of that server should have been Top Secret to match the communications that went over it.. There IS NO WAY --- to make what she did --- excusable..
if she used the State email system that you all wanted her to use, State.gov, this was an UNCLASSIFIED email system and NOT a classified one. All of her staff used the State.gov system for all of their every day duty and workload.... these LATER/AFTER THE FACT classified emails, would be sitting on the State.gov UNCLASSIFIED email system and all of the same emails that were classified AFTER the fact but before the FOIA release, would have been classified, AFTER THE FACT of creation, as well...and there still would be 2000 emails on an UNCLASSIFIED system, no different than her own server, EXCEPT the .gov system has been HACKED several times and her server was not.
She was sent things by her staff that were not classified, at the time they were sent, her systems manager was also a systems manager for the government and would have had access if he wanted it, to these now later classified emails IF HE WANTED IT....
For classified top secret info, Hillary used in the State Department, a separate server with a separate user id and password, on a system that is NOT hooked up to the internet or the State.gov server system.
There was and is no reason for her to believe she would ever in a million years be sent top secret info that came from the separate top secret server on the State.gov email system her staff had to work off of.... and she was not sent any of the top secret info from the top secret server, because they were NOT top secret and on that top secret server at the time they were sent to her.... They believed two of them were the highest level of top secret, but when they checked in to it, one... she got this top secret info FROM A PUBLIC SOURCE, and the other it was found that the info she received had not yet been designated top secret by intelligence and was not put on to the top secret server until about a week after she had gotten this info.....
She and anyone, has to KNOWINGLY send top secret info to someone who does not have top secret clearance....
She didn't, end of story....unless there is more that comes out that we have not heard yet.
The FBI NEVER stated Hillary was under investigation, they stated specifically that they were investigating her server and securing her server....they specifically and OFFICIALLY on the record, said that Hillary Clinton WAS NOT THE TARGET of their investigation....
I'm sorry you bought in to the propaganda spun, by the right wing.