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In reply to the discussion: Clinton ran the business of this country on personally owned equipment in the basement of her home. [View all]ViseGrip
(3,133 posts)58. War business to, and it was pay to play. Disgusting!
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Clinton ran the business of this country on personally owned equipment in the basement of her home. [View all]
CentralCoaster
May 2016
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Why could she not just do as Powell and Rice did? Why did she install her own private equipment?
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#2
And, by "her own private equipment" you meant that UNsecure, UNencrypted server
pdsimdars
May 2016
#29
I hadn't thought about section G before... The FBI could very well be framing this as a *conspiracy*
JudyM
May 2016
#38
Who do you think the bulk of voters are? They are Gen Xers and baby boomers who lived through . . .
brush
May 2016
#67
These Independents and same people who support Sanders now already know these things.
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#69
Independents are not a monolith. As I said, some are right-leaning and likely to go repug, some . .
brush
May 2016
#73
No but she did have the ambassodor's travel itinnerary in Libya on that server.
pdsimdars
May 2016
#28
We're expected to ignore it, and to reject the candidate with a better chance of beating the GOP.
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#6
And the evidence we have points to different conclusions, not good ones for the candidate.
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#21
At least if she had used a Google, Yahoo or MS email account there would have been more security.
2cannan
May 2016
#31
The Romanian guy the FBI just extradicted said SEVERAL governments hacked her server...
onecaliberal
May 2016
#75
Try reading things. It's everywhere. Why the hell do you think they extradicted him?
onecaliberal
May 2016
#80
So you have NO CLUE what the actual facts in the case are. That COMPLETELY figures. #Blocked
onecaliberal
May 2016
#84
Her "Home" is a near fortress guarded by Secret Service, and State Dept security!
mackdaddy
May 2016
#36
hence the internet getting wallpapered with "Rice and Powell also had separate email accounts!"
MisterP
May 2016
#7
Most powerful nation on the planet, head of state sez, "let's put a server in my basement".
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#8
How is it really different from Colin Powell using a personal email account for government business?
BootinUp
May 2016
#10
Personal email accounts are managed, saved, archived on large commercial servers, not in your home.
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#13
She's already the weaker candidate in the GE. The GOP will use this to make her weaker.
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#20
And on the emergecy occassions they use a private email account they are required to copy it
pdsimdars
May 2016
#32
Formef AG Mukasey said Obama said Hillary was careless with the emails, and previously she was
pdsimdars
May 2016
#35
The e-mail account of the Secretary of State is hardly "the business of this country"
Tarc
May 2016
#17
Official business conducted over email is indeed "the business of this country"
thesquanderer
May 2016
#26
re: "And then having the gall to decide for us which emails to release and which to delete?"
thesquanderer
May 2016
#24
Why did she take the server to be wiped by a contractor before delivering it to the FBI?
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#30
Hey, did you know that when she left the Senate, somehow ALL the email from when she
pdsimdars
May 2016
#37
And how about this. . . . the security on it was 64,000 times less than a dating site for married
pdsimdars
May 2016
#25
Clinton acted outside the law. This is a criminal action and others are in prison for similar action
haikugal
May 2016
#53
So, if Colin Powell had used a server in George Bush's basement, no problemo?
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#71
Colin Powell owns up to being exactly in Clinton's position but he is not being harassed.
seabeyond
May 2016
#72
I'd like to see a link to that claim, because the two scenarios are nothing alike.
frylock
May 2016
#81
No, he did not. He used private email, that is all, he did now run his own home server. Proof:
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#88
Here is the story told. First that they used private email. But when that didn't stick cause all
seabeyond
May 2016
#92
Server in basement not helpful to doing homework. There's only one reason to do it.
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#93
Same here. It's unthinkable, and she takes no reponsibility, shows no remorse whatsoever.
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#103
She laughs about it. She thinks it's funny. Wiped it? Like with a cloth? Really, Madam Secretary?
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#104