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jimnyc
03-04-2015, 08:22 AM
Wow, this is insane. She basically bypassed all standards and had her own little farm going on, likely to evade any future issues and to try and keep everything private, even from the government and public.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails — on a private account she used exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state — traced back to an Internet service registered to her family's home in Chappaqua, New York, according to Internet records reviewed by The Associated Press.

The highly unusual practice of a Cabinet-level official physically running her own email would have given Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, impressive control over limiting access to her message archives. It also would distinguish Clinton's secretive email practices as far more sophisticated than some politicians, including Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin, who were caught conducting official business using free email services operated by Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc.

Most Internet users rely on professional outside companies, such as Google Inc. or their own employers, for the behind-the-scenes complexities of managing their email communications. Government employees generally use servers run by federal agencies where they work.

In most cases, individuals who operate their own email servers are technical experts or users so concerned about issues of privacy and surveillance they take matters into their own hands. It was not immediately clear exactly where Clinton ran that computer system.

Clinton has not described her motivation for using a private email account — hdr22@clintonemail.com, which traced back to her own private email server registered under an apparent pseudonym — for official State Department business.

http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-ran-own-computer-system-121721814.html

Kathianne
03-04-2015, 08:44 AM
Wow, this is insane. She basically bypassed all standards and had her own little farm going on, likely to evade any future issues and to try and keep everything private, even from the government and public.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails — on a private account she used exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state — traced back to an Internet service registered to her family's home in Chappaqua, New York, according to Internet records reviewed by The Associated Press.

The highly unusual practice of a Cabinet-level official physically running her own email would have given Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, impressive control over limiting access to her message archives. It also would distinguish Clinton's secretive email practices as far more sophisticated than some politicians, including Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin, who were caught conducting official business using free email services operated by Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc.

Most Internet users rely on professional outside companies, such as Google Inc. or their own employers, for the behind-the-scenes complexities of managing their email communications. Government employees generally use servers run by federal agencies where they work.

In most cases, individuals who operate their own email servers are technical experts or users so concerned about issues of privacy and surveillance they take matters into their own hands. It was not immediately clear exactly where Clinton ran that computer system.

Clinton has not described her motivation for using a private email account — hdr22@clintonemail.com, which traced back to her own private email server registered under an apparent pseudonym — for official State Department business.

http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-ran-own-computer-system-121721814.html

This is a huge story. Indeed, may have been a crime. Liberals seem to have major issues with it too. http://www.nationaljournal.com/twenty-sixteen/maybe-hillary-clinton-should-retire-her-white-house-dreams-20150303

This story of the emails was broke by NYT, not exactly a group out to get Clinton. It seems the media may actually be in process of actually being kicked towards vetting her; something that wasn't done properly with Bill and with Barack. It may be that they have a vague inkling that this hasn't been working out so well?

The story of the Clinton foundation regarding soliciting foreign donations was originally played as that these contributions were halted while she was SoS, by WSJ. Some investigation by I believe Politico and WSJ put lie to that 'pledge.'

Then there is the dangling story of Bill and Jeffry Epstein, a problem unlikely to just disappear.

jimnyc
03-04-2015, 08:47 AM
I can almost understand having separate emails. But having your own server at home? It's obvious she wanted certain things away from prying eyes, whether legal or not. If not for a hacker, no one would ever have know that she was trying to hide communications. And my next thought is just what else is hidden in there?

Kathianne
03-04-2015, 08:50 AM
I can almost understand having separate emails. But having your own server at home? It's obvious she wanted certain things away from prying eyes, whether legal or not. If not for a hacker, no one would ever have know that she was trying to hide communications. And my next thought is just what else is hidden in there?

Her State Department emails are 'our property', not hers. These are part of the history of the US and are to be archived. That was Fournier's point. There is something refreshing about an 'honest' liberal, not a knee jerk sheep.