Oh, it just gets better and better. Via Fox News:
Hillary Clinton’s emails on her unsecured, homebrew server contained intelligence from the U.S. government’s most secretive and highly classified programs, according to an unclassified letter from a top inspector general to senior lawmakers.
Fox News exclusively obtained the text of the unclassified letter, sent Jan. 14 from Intelligence Community Inspector General I. Charles McCullough III. It laid out the findings of a recent comprehensive review by intelligence agencies that identified “several dozen” additional classified emails — including specific intelligence known as ‘special access programs’ (SAP).
That indicates a level of classification beyond even ‘top secret,’ the label previously given to two emails found on her server, and brings even more scrutiny to the presidential candidate’s handling of the government’s closely held secrets.
To prevent anyone from proving her corruption, to avoid leaving an e-mail trail, Hillary Clinton violated federal law and operated an exclusive, unsecured e-mail server out of her own home. She had no concern for American national security, but only for herself. Among her pathetic excuses is that her home server was secure because her property was guarded by the Secret Service, and all of the classified materials sent and received via her server weren’t classified when they were sent or received.
It beggars belief to imagine that our worst enemies had not, long ago, hacked Clinton’s server, and knew precisely what the Obama Administration was going to do in foreign affairs and elsewhere. Knowing what Clinton and Obama were thinking and planning would easily convince Iran, for example, that there really was no humiliation too large, no mocking too grievous, no stonewalling too strong. Iran could do and say anything it wanted and Obama would follow along like a good little poodle.
That damage of intelligence leaks at this level is incalculable.
To date, I have received two sworn declarations from one [intelligence community] element. These declarations cover several dozen emails containing classified information determined by the IC element to be at the confidential, secret, and top secret/sap levels,’ said the IG letter to lawmakers with oversight of the intelligence community and State Department. ‘According to the declarant, these documents contain information derived from classified IC element sources.’
Intelligence from a ‘special access program,’ or SAP, is even more sensitive than that designated as ‘top secret’ – as were two emails identified last summer in a random sample pulled from Clinton’s private server she used as secretary of state. Access to a SAP is restricted to those with a ‘need-to-know’ because exposure of the intelligence would likely reveal the source, putting a method of intelligence collection — or a human asset — at risk. Currently, some 1,340 emails designated ‘classified’ have been found on Clinton’s server, though the Democratic presidential candidate insists the information was not classified at the time.
Oh, but Mrs. Clinton and her apologists have claimed that classified materials weren’t classified when they were sent or received, or that they weren’t marked classified. Surely they wouldn’t lie about a thing like that?
There is absolutely no way that one could not recognize SAP material,’ a former senior law enforcement with decades of experience investigating violations of SAP procedures told Fox News. ‘It is the most sensitive of the sensitive.’
There is no formal appeals process for classification, and the agency that generates the intelligence has final say. The State Department only has control over the fraction of emails that pertain to their own intelligence.
While the State Department and Clinton campaign have said the emails in questions were ‘retroactively classified’ or ‘upgraded’ – to justify the more than 1,300 classified emails on her server – those terms are meaningless under federal law.
The former federal law enforcement official said the finding in the January IG letter represents a potential violation of USC 18 Section 793, ‘gross negligence’ in the handling of secure information under the Espionage Act.
You don’t say. Things are getting more and more interesting. At the most recent Democrat debate, Mrs. Clinton dramatically changed her tone and all but promised to be the reincarnation of Barack Obama. Was this a quid pro quo? Was it fealty to the Obama legacy over all in exchange for no prosecution?
There is no question that there is no love lost between the Clintons and the Obamas. Barack Obama loves none but himself. The only question is whether the most corrupt Department of Justice in American history will prosecute the Democrat frontrunner. Mrs. Clinton, also at the last Democrat debate, all but taunted the DOJ by proclaiming that no one is too big to jail. Or did she? If she knew the fix was in, why not throw that out, pretend to be virtuous knowing that she is, in fact, too big to jail?
Of course, if the DOJ prosecutes Clinton, they’ll have to pursue Clinton’s aides that shared Clinton’s server, such as Cheryl Mills, and Huma Abedin, whose Muslim Brotherhood connections run deeply indeed. Would Barack Obama want to allow that can of worms to be opened?
Or will Mr. Obama stonewall until December and simply pardon everyone that can harm him or his legacy? I expect an unprecedented blizzard of pardons.
The next year is going to be very ugly indeed.
#HILLARYFORPRISON 2016
Orange is the new black after all.
Special compartmented intelligence exists to protect the source. The idea is the source is more important than the intel. This goes back to WWII and Coventry England, when Churchill let the town be bombed rather than let the Germans know we had broken enigma, saving the source until the time when the intel far outweighed the source. What Clinton did boggles the mind. She had no right. There is no telling how many people and systems she put at risk. She belongs in federal prison.
Again, great article.
Dear Dixie:
Thanks!
What fascinates me is that Ms. Clinton had to have hired someone to set up the private email server in her home AND our national security apparatus didn’t even twitch!! How many people reading this even know about that option or how to do it or who to hire for such a task? Ms. Clinton certainly knew something about it and did it either herself or by hire. I ask myself if I would have thought of such a thing and thought in addition to how I would use it if I were in such a position of responsibility. Her explanation of the incident is simply not to avoid talking about that aspect.
My theory about her has long been that she’s actually pretty stupid and thought she could do the job of Secretary of State easily. Someone suggested to her that she could avoid having the govt. looking over her shoulder by having her own email server at home.
Anyone else have thoughts on this?
Beyond that, I thought posting this on my Facebook page might help spread the word about Ms. Clinton’s present position vis a vis the law.
Dear 1706701790:
The gentleman responsible for that server has already plead the 5th. Typical.
Thank you! Just as I suspected. This eliminates possible “reasonable explanations” which Clinton’s supporters are so determined to impose over the real story.
I would hate to be the intelligence official in Beijing, Pyongyang or Moscow who failed to hack into Hillary’s private email account.
It is odd, when Hillary is asked about “enemies” she always cites fellow Americans…..the NRA and the pro-life people. The Clintons dont mention North Korea, or ISIS or anyone who could and would kill millions of Americans if they could…..instead they confuse those who stand in the way of their personal ambitions with the nation’s enemies.
I think that this explains her actions…..she is more afraid of her political opponents than she is of our nation’s enemies.
The crimes that she has committed not only include the mishandling of classified info, but the retention and destruction of official government documents. Enough to put her away for the rest of her life for sure. I agree that Obama cares only about himself, but his legacy will take a huge bruising if he obstructs an investigation, an act that may eventually land him in hot water once the Republicans regain the Presidency.
My guess is that she will be indicted and that Joe will; show up to save the day. If this doesn’t happen, then we are much farther down the toilet as a nation than I imagined.
Lo those 40 years ago as a young, 20-year-old US Navy Seaman, I was responsible for recognizing classified SCI material and marking it appropriately. Whether or not a document was marked as classified, I was responsible for recognizing if the information contained therein was classified, and at what level (Confidential, Secret, Top Secret, and various other ancillary classification levels), and handling it appropriately to its potential for damage to my country. Had I screwed that up, I would have been at jeopardy of spending protracted periods of time in the loving embrace of my Rich Uncle in impressive facilities such as Ft Leavenworth.
But she claims that if it wasn’t marked as classified, as Secretary of State she wasn’t responsible for handling it appropriately.
The woman is beyond my disgust.