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Originally Posted by n david
Not the email investigation. The FBI did NOT clear her of wrongdoing. In fact, the FBI confirmed there was wrongdoing. Listen to Comey's presser again. He did not say she was cleared of wrongdoing. He confirmed she broke the law.
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You're mistaken. There was no evidence of "criminal" wrong doing. The error was procedural.
It's like with my office. We deal with SSI (Sensitive Security Information). We had one TA take a thumb drive home with encrypted work files on it. That really wasn't a problem because it was standard practice to keep our thumb drives on our lanyards. Well, that individual's car was stolen later that evening. Guess what, he always took off his work lanyard and placed it in the glove box of his car! The car was found later after being ditched and set on fire. However, the jump drive and security badges were not located or identified in the wreckage. Of course this TA had to file a report that the SSI was stored on his thumb drive and was lost. There was a big fact finding review because of the nature of the data stored on his thumb drive.
The fact finding found one primary problem. While taking SSI home with us is technically not permitted in our security directives, it was established practice in the department. We were all guilty. This was to stop immediately. Due to the nature of the security violation being an issue of departmental procedure and the circumstances surrounding the lost thumb drive were out of the TA's control, they found that the TA was not guilty of any criminal wrong doing.
The result was a change in departmental procedure. No criminal charges filed.
That's what the FBI is trying to explain in the case of the missing emails. Yes, the FBI found that the use of a private email server was a reckless mishandling of what could be sensitive email. However, private email servers had been used in other governmental departments and had been used even in the State Department going all the way back to the Bush Administration. In fact, in 2007 the Bush Administration was discovered to have had over 22 MILLION emails deleted from a private network of email servers serving the Oval Office and all necessary departments. Private email servers were even being used under the Clinton Administration. So, while the use of a private email server was reckless and against security directives, it wasn't done with any criminal intent. It was past practice. The FBI admonished that emails not be handled in such a way and even promised that the FBI cannot promise leniency if another is found guilty of the same infraction from that point forward. You but your bottom dollar, governmental departments are not going to be using private servers any more, unless they want a scandal. There were also a few technical errors in her testimony. However, there is no evidence that Clinton willfully or knowingly provided false information. The FBI also made note that staff had used the inappropriate heading for a few classified emails. In addition, there is no evidence indicating that any emails stored on the private email server were compromised.
In the end it is a procedural issue, not a criminal issue.
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