That means they won’t be published online with the rest of the documents, even with blacked-out boxes.
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That’s why there has been a great efforts made to erase the distinction between whether something was “marked” classified or not, on the logic that most everything a secretary of state says is, by definition, sensitive enough to be classified.
The State Department said the messages were “top secret” and could not be released. CBS News reports there were 37 pages of emails sent, however, they were not labeled as “classified” when they were sent to Clinton.
It comes three days before she competes in the Iowa presidential caucuses – the first time the public will cast their votes in the run-up to November’s election. Marco Rubio told more than 300 people Saturday morning in Sioux City, Iowa. “Obviously that’s not @HillaryClinton”.
Clinton’s chief Democratic rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Iowa. Because of how recklessly Clinton and her top aides handled classified information, the IC must operate under the assumption that there are copies of these 22 emails floating around – whether in the possession of current or former government officials but unaccounted for or, worse, in the possession of, say, foreign governments that managed to hack into Clinton’s unsecured private system.
It was unclear whether Mrs Clinton sent “top secret” messages or only received the information. But after we, you know, dealt with our disappointment, I got back up and started working with both Republicans and Democrats.
Last week, the State Department announced they would not release 22 of Hillary Clinton’s emails to the public. “We feel no differently today”.
Brian Fallon, press secretary for Clinton said: “This is overclassification run amok”. While that program is technically top secret, it is well-known and often reported on…The copy makes reference to classified information, and a Clinton adviser follows up by dancing around a top secret in a way that could possibly be inferred as confirmation, the officials said.
Levin said he has represented clients who were accused of far less, including a Defense Department employee who came to the attention of federal investigators for working on classified information at home on his work laptop. It is the first indication of such a probe.
“Dianne Feinstein, member of the [Senate] Intelligence Committee, who has had a chance to review them, has said that this e-mail chain did not originate with me and that there were no classification markings”. The officials weren’t authorized to speak on the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Separately, Kirby said the department withheld eight email chains, totaling 18 messages, between Obama and Clinton. These are remaining confidential “to protect the president’s ability to receive unvarnished advice and counsel”, but will ultimately be released like other presidential records.
In a separate interview on “This Week”, Sanders declined to attack Clinton over her email use, though he did say she was “getting slapped” by the controversy.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest downplayed questions about whether Clinton might be prosecuted by the Justice Department. “Of course, she’s never going to be president”. When asked if she believed the release of her emails was political posturing by Republicans, as Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Sen. They’ve backtracked from the archiving claim, while the AP discovered several phishing attempts on her server connected to Russian Federation.
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The special access programs emails surfaced last week, when Charles I. McCullough, lead auditor for USA intelligence agencies, told Congress he found some in Clinton’s account.
