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Top secret Hillary Clinton emails include drone talk
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In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her Blackberry from a desk inside a C-17 military plane upon her departure from Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea, bound for Tripoli, Libya. (AP)

By AP | Washington
Saturday, 15 August 2015

Neither of the two emails sent to Hillary Rodham Clinton now labeled by intelligence agencies as "top secret" contained information that would jump out to experts as particularly sensitive, according to several government officials.

Still, it's looking increasingly likely the issue of whether Clinton mishandled classified information on her home-brew email server will have significant political implications in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, agreed this week to turn over to the FBI the private server she used as secretary of state. And Republicans in Congress have seized on the involvement of federal law enforcement in the matter as a sign she was negligent in handling U.S. secrets.

While polls show Clinton retains a commanding lead over her Democratic presidential rivals, her attempts to focus her campaign on issues like education and economic recovery have been complicated by constant questions surrounding her decision to run her State Department email correspondence through an unsecured system set up at her suburban New York home.

One of the now "top secret" emails included a discussion of a U.S. drone strike, part of a covert program that is widely known and discussed. A second conversation could have improperly referred to highly classified material, but it also could have reflected information collected independently, U.S. officials who have reviewed the correspondence told The Associated Press.

On Monday, the inspector general for the 17 spy agencies that make up what is known as the intelligence community told Congress that two of 40 emails, in a random sample of 30,000 messages that Clinton gave the State Department for review, contained information deemed "Top Secret," one of the government's highest levels of classification.

While neither of the emails was marked classified at the time they were sent, they have since been slapped with a "TK" marking, for "Talent Keyhole," suggesting material obtained by spy satellites. And they also were marked "NOFORN," meaning information that can only be shared with Americans with security clearances.

The two emails got those markings after consultations with the CIA and other agencies where the material originated, officials said. Some officials said they believed the designations were a stretch - a knee-jerk move in a bureaucracy rife with over-classification.

The officials who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity work in intelligence and other agencies. They wouldn't detail the full contents of the emails because of ongoing questions about classification level.

In a four-page fact sheet that accompanied a letter to Clinton supporters, Clinton spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri stressed that Clinton was permitted to use her own email account as a government employee and that the same process concerning classification reviews would still be taking place had she used the standard "state.gov" email account used by most department employees. The State Department, meanwhile, stressed that it wasn't clear if the material at issue ought to be considered classified at all.

But even if the emails highlighted by the intelligence community prove innocuous, Clinton will still face questions about whether she set up the private server with the aim of avoiding scrutiny, whether emails she deleted because she said they were personal were actually work-related, and whether she appropriately shielded such emails from possible foreign spies and hackers.

The State Department advised employees not to use personal email accounts for work, but it wasn't prohibited.

Last Update: Saturday, 15 August 2015 KSA 08:58 - GMT 05:58
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Take note of this - Hillary Clinton is the front runner for the Democratic nomination. On the other side, it is Donald Trump in the lead for the Republican nomination. I am so excited as to what kind of clash there would be when both Hillary and Trump emerge victorious in the conventions of their parties. Trump would have a lot in his hands and Hillary would be needing a lot of diversions for Trump's statements.
 

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Top secret Hillary Clinton emails include drone talk
652717f4-beb6-4157-9db6-a4bace7e6751_16x9_600x338.jpg

In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her Blackberry from a desk inside a C-17 military plane upon her departure from Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea, bound for Tripoli, Libya. (AP)

By AP | Washington
Saturday, 15 August 2015

Neither of the two emails sent to Hillary Rodham Clinton now labeled by intelligence agencies as "top secret" contained information that would jump out to experts as particularly sensitive, according to several government officials.

Still, it's looking increasingly likely the issue of whether Clinton mishandled classified information on her home-brew email server will have significant political implications in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, agreed this week to turn over to the FBI the private server she used as secretary of state. And Republicans in Congress have seized on the involvement of federal law enforcement in the matter as a sign she was negligent in handling U.S. secrets.

While polls show Clinton retains a commanding lead over her Democratic presidential rivals, her attempts to focus her campaign on issues like education and economic recovery have been complicated by constant questions surrounding her decision to run her State Department email correspondence through an unsecured system set up at her suburban New York home.

One of the now "top secret" emails included a discussion of a U.S. drone strike, part of a covert program that is widely known and discussed. A second conversation could have improperly referred to highly classified material, but it also could have reflected information collected independently, U.S. officials who have reviewed the correspondence told The Associated Press.

On Monday, the inspector general for the 17 spy agencies that make up what is known as the intelligence community told Congress that two of 40 emails, in a random sample of 30,000 messages that Clinton gave the State Department for review, contained information deemed "Top Secret," one of the government's highest levels of classification.

While neither of the emails was marked classified at the time they were sent, they have since been slapped with a "TK" marking, for "Talent Keyhole," suggesting material obtained by spy satellites. And they also were marked "NOFORN," meaning information that can only be shared with Americans with security clearances.

The two emails got those markings after consultations with the CIA and other agencies where the material originated, officials said. Some officials said they believed the designations were a stretch - a knee-jerk move in a bureaucracy rife with over-classification.

The officials who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity work in intelligence and other agencies. They wouldn't detail the full contents of the emails because of ongoing questions about classification level.

In a four-page fact sheet that accompanied a letter to Clinton supporters, Clinton spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri stressed that Clinton was permitted to use her own email account as a government employee and that the same process concerning classification reviews would still be taking place had she used the standard "state.gov" email account used by most department employees. The State Department, meanwhile, stressed that it wasn't clear if the material at issue ought to be considered classified at all.

But even if the emails highlighted by the intelligence community prove innocuous, Clinton will still face questions about whether she set up the private server with the aim of avoiding scrutiny, whether emails she deleted because she said they were personal were actually work-related, and whether she appropriately shielded such emails from possible foreign spies and hackers.

The State Department advised employees not to use personal email accounts for work, but it wasn't prohibited.

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Well Hillary never has really explained why she wanted to use a private email address in the first place. Why she would feel this necessary to do, is kind of strange. I just am not sure why the need to do this was so important for her to do.. She must have thought that this might end up being a problem for any potential candidacy down the road.
 

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Hilary calls out Trump, Trump calls out Hilary. Woop, great deal here. I'm in great hopes that Hilary does NOT take the democratic election, and that it is Sanders. Hilary has absolutely no sense of direction, no initiative, and a completely sneaky person. She needs to learn to handle sensitive information with care, take action when needed. She had agreed to going to war, but when asked she said she later regretted it. I understand that every person is going to make mistakes, but at least have a reasonable explanation to back up your vote. It's as if shes making these decisions by simply flipping a coin.
 

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I just wish people would simply turn out to vote. If they don't, Hillary is going to win. What's the use of filling up stadiums if people don't vote.

I think it was a big mistake to even have a server at home. She should have faced some consequence instead of facing a meaningless enquiry that somehow made her a "victim". The Clintons simply keep getting away with things. There really are no consequences for them.
 
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