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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Who had greater authority than Hillary to classify or declassify State Dept info? [View all]H2O Man
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Who had greater authority than Hillary to classify or declassify State Dept info? [View all]
pnwmom
Jan 2016
OP
It really doesn't matter what HRC does or don 't do, GOP masters will fine something
Iliyah
Jan 2016
#4
And since the emails werent top secret when she recieved them I dont know why it is
randys1
Jan 2016
#12
Agency heads do NOT have authority to declassify documents classified by other agencies
leveymg
Jan 2016
#17
This is one of the lamest threads today, and there have been a bunch. It's dumbfounding. nt
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2016
#44
I don't believe it all orginated at state. Plus some types have to be classified.
Skwmom
Jan 2016
#19
That would only be the case for DOD documents that are classified. There is no report
pnwmom
Jan 2016
#30
NBC News:"Clinton's emails contained information classified Top Secret/Special Access Program"
leveymg
Jan 2016
#33
So what? The Dept of State uses these designations and Hillary as the agency head
pnwmom
Jan 2016
#40
SAP is also a DOS designation. The designation doesn't tell us where it originated.
pnwmom
Jan 2016
#43
NBC reported the classified docs on her server were from an "intelligence agency" not DOS
leveymg
Jan 2016
#51
She only had classification authority over DOS originated information. Not TS/SAP or TS/SCI
leveymg
Jan 2016
#27
It was stated in the NBC article that the TS/SAP docs were "intelligence agency"
leveymg
Jan 2016
#49
DOS documents can be designated SAP -- it isn't exclusively a term used by the DOD.
pnwmom
Jan 2016
#41
In this instance, NBC identified the source of the TS/SAP documents as an "intelligence agency"
leveymg
Jan 2016
#45
Classified info gets sent from a classified server to another classified server.
pnwmom
Jan 2016
#36
No, there is no evidence that 1300 times classified material got into her emails.
pnwmom
Jan 2016
#56
Are the email communications between the president and the secretary of state classified?
Jarqui
Jan 2016
#66
According to the spokesman, NONE of them were classified at the time they were sent.
pnwmom
Jan 2016
#67
I'm not sure why you think that has any real meaning in relation to this story
loyalsister
Jan 2016
#62