What the State Department Email Report Means for Hillary Clinton (NBC)

[Uncle Joe]

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Has She Told the Truth?

It depends on whom you ask.

Clinton has repeatedly said that her use of the server was "allowed." And last year on NBC's "Meet the Press," she insisted that she's been "as transparent as possible."

But the IG's report appears to contradict both assertions. In more than one place, it says no senior State Department official in charge of information security was ever asked to approve the arrangement. Had they been asked, they would have said no, according to the report.

And while Clinton has said she's been cooperative and transparent, the report discloses that she declined to cooperate with the State Department inquiry — along with at least eight of her top State Department advisers.

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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/what-state-department-email-report-means-hillary-clinton-n580516

There is a video on the link.

[scscholar]

1. Did you miss the part where Fallon pointed out their anti-Clinton bias?

You can't trust that report.

[spin]

5. The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy excuse is weak in this case. ...

State Dept. inspector general report sharply criticizes Clinton’s email practices
By Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger May 25 at 10:18 AM

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The inspector general has rejected allegations of bias, noting that the scope of the review encompasses secretaries of both parties and that it was undertaken at the direction of Clinton’s Democratic successor, Kerry.

The inspector general, Steve Linick, was appointed by President Obama and has served since 2013
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-dept-inspector-general-report-sharply-criticizes-clintons-email-practices/2016/05/25/fc6f8ebc-2275-11e6-aa84-42391ba52c91_story.html

[spin]

3. I have a question for any computer server experts. ...

Supposedly there is no evidence on the server logs that Hillary's server was hacked.

If hackers who are part of a highly professional foreign intelligence agency gained access to Hillary's server would they leave any evidence behind or erase their digital fingerprints as they left. Are intrusions by foreign agencies easy to detect or does it take advanced computer forensics?

[jeff47]

7. They would not leave any evidence behind.

They also would not leave. You install software on the server that continues to send you information. Usually it's that continued sending of information that lets the security people figure out the server was hacked.

And by not alerting anyone when team Clinton thought their server was under attack, they prevented the necessary monitoring and forensics to determine if they were actually hacked.

Are intrusions by foreign agencies easy to detect or does it take advanced computer forensics?

Imagine the best scientists on the planet were given an unlimited budget to break into your computer. That's basically what happens when you're talking about nation-state-backed cyber attacks.

[spin]

8. Thanks. I was pretty sure that if Hillary's computer had been hacked by ...

Russian intelligence they would not politely leave a note behind saying, "Ivan was here."

[Binkie The Clown]

4. Was that the sound of a tipping domino I just heard? n/t

[snowy owl]

6. It's the sound of the latest Trump ads featuring apologies from Clinton.

It's about judgement and he'll make it an issue.