Moreover, the intelligence community has already concluded that the emails in question were classified when they were sent, and they get the final say in the matter. Twenty two of the presidential candidate’s emails will not be released to the public because they are filled with highly classified material.
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But Mr Kirby said this was not because these emails contained any classified information but was instead in order to preserve Mr Obama’s privacy while he remains in office. Similarly, it would not have taken the State Department nearly a year to reach the conclusion that these were highly classified. Such operations are widely discussed publicly, including by top US officials, and State Department officials debated McCullough’s claim. If Clinton is denied the Democratic nomination, it should be as a result of the voters carefully evaluating her views and finding them wanting.
Matthew Rozsa, like Bernie Sanders, is sick of hearing about Hillary Clinton’s damn emails!
The State Department and the intelligence agencies have been wrangling over the email review ever since McCulloch, acting on the request of Republican members of Congress, objected last summer to the release of some emails that intelligence officials had claimed included classified information. With the 22 at issue, by contrast, the intelligence is deemed to be of such magnitude that no part of the emails could be disclosed. While that fact doesn’t for certain undercut Clinton’s central defense – that she never sent or received any information marked classified at the time – it does raise even more questions about why she chose to be the first secretary of state to exclusively use a private server to conduct her official business. Her aides also sent and received classified information.
Just as we warned, and she must have known, it appears at least 22 of the emails found on Hillary Clinton’s private email server have been declared “top secret” by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (but will not be releasing the contents) according to AP. Clinton still holds a strong advantage in national polls. “She says problem is hrc does not know how to use a computer to do email – only bb”, he wrote, referring to Clinton’s Blackberry device. The FBI launched an inquiry into the handling of sensitive information after classified information was found in some of the emails.
Separately, Mr Kirby said the department withheld eight email chains, totalling 18 messages, between President Barack Obama and Mrs Clinton.
Fox News is told the emails include intelligence from “special access programs”, or SAP, which is considered beyond “Top Secret”.
‘The Department asked the court for a one month extension, to February 29th, to finish our production of former Secretary Clinton’s emails, ‘ State deputy spokesperson Mark Toner said in an emailed statement to Politico. We feel no differently today.
Clinton again said she wanted all of her emails to be released so people to make their own judgments. That means they won’t be published online with the rest of the documents, even with blacked-out boxes.
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This is overclassification run amok. “We adamantly oppose the complete blocking of the release of these e-mails”. The department has so far released approximately 42,000 pages of Clinton’s correspondence.
