tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post439839280929898203..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: State Department Emails and the Secret StateJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-18641382805604924302016-02-05T19:17:08.715-05:002016-02-05T19:17:08.715-05:00Vox has a very detailed explainer here:
http://ww...Vox has a very detailed explainer here:<br /><br />http://www.vox.com/cards/hillary-clinton-email-scandal<br /><br />I find all of this utterly uninteresting. Why is so much more attention being paid to her emails than her policies? If I searched for an explainer of her role in, say, the Libya intervention, or the negotiations with Iran, would I find one? I understand that people focus on these things because they regard her as fundamentally untrustworthy, but I just don't see the relevance. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-56187092541346713592016-02-05T18:54:59.956-05:002016-02-05T18:54:59.956-05:00It is simply not possible that the State Departmen...It is simply not possible that the State Department's security and IT people did not know about the Secretary's email habits.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-46942425011607497032016-02-05T10:30:42.382-05:002016-02-05T10:30:42.382-05:00Let's be clear about the difference between wh...Let's be clear about the difference between what Clinton and her predecessors did. Clinton is the only one who never had a State Department email account, choosing instead to set up her own server outside State's firewalls. And as far as I can tell she never informed anyone at state of her server's existence or its purpose -- not her IT department, not her cyber-security section. <br /><br />Here's my understanding of what all this means.<br /><br />This forced everyone who needed to contact her by email to by-pass State firewalls, servers, etc. In short, there was never at any time an entirely internal email conversation between her and anyone else at State. This would/should include contractors, outside advisors, etc., as they should have State email accounts too. Every email in every conversation would either have to originate outside State's firewall and servers or end up outside State's firewalls and servers, and all because Hillary did not have a State account. Yes, the same would happen any time a personal account is used -- not wise and should not be done except in special circumstances -- but by not having an official account, everyone is forced to send everything to a personal account. <br /><br />And because this was her private server (which State knew nothing about) maintenance was performed by one or more outside IT businesses rather than by State IT. This begs these questions: Did those outside IT businesses' employees undergo background checks prior to accessing her server or emails? Did they sign non-disclosure agreements before accessing her server or emails? Did State cyber-security perform on-site security reviews? And if so were weaknesses corrected?<br /><br />Another question that needs asking and answering: Did she use a State Department assigned laptop or her own? I don't even want to think about the latter.<br /><br />That's my understanding. If anyone knows differently, please speak up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353532874773316117noreply@blogger.com