[DonDiego has copied his post addressing possible transgressions by Ms. Clinton with regard to the transparency of her State Department communications onto this brand new thread.
It seemed inappropriate to poor old DonDiego that the post would only be buried within a thread entitled "Fat Man To Be Probed". It also seemed inappropriate to entitle this thread "Fat Woman To Be Probed", so DonDiego did not do so.]
Re: Official State Department Communications and Record Keeping
"It seems that Clinton did all of her emailing through a domain called 'clintonemail.com.' As the Washington Post points out, this address was created on Jan. 13, 2009, which was the first day of Clinton's Senate confirmation hearings. It’s not clear who set it up, but the domain was renewed in 2013 and is paid for through 2017."
Ref: Slate Magazine
So, apparently, Ms. Clinton used an e-mail domain created exclusively for her use. DonDiego supposes this is, umm, . . . unusual.
" 'I can recall no instance in my time at the National Archives when a high-ranking official at an executive branch agency solely used a personal email account for the transaction of government business,' said Mr. Baron, who worked at the agency from 2000 to 2013."
Ref: New York Times
So, apparently, it is unusual for a high-ranking official to use their exclusive personal e-mail account to transact all her official correspondence.
"It was only two months ago, in response to a new State Department effort to comply with federal record-keeping practices, that Mrs. Clinton’s advisers reviewed tens of thousands of pages of her personal emails and decided which ones to turn over to the State Department. All told, 55,000 pages of emails were given to the department. Mrs. Clinton stepped down from the secretary’s post in early 2013."
Ref: New York Times
So, in response to a State Department request Ms. Clinton turned over all the records which she and her advisors decided to turn over.
DonDiego trusts that these selected records did not include any that may be embarrassing or incriminating to Ms. Clinton.
"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.
Operating her own server would have afforded Clinton additional legal opportunities to block government or private subpoenas in criminal, administrative or civil cases because her lawyers could object in court before being forced to turn over any emails. And since the Secret Service was guarding Clinton's home, an email server there would have been well protected from theft or a physical hacking.
In theory but not in practice, Clinton's official emails would be accessible to anyone who requested copies under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. Under the law, citizens and foreigners can compel the government to turn over copies of federal records for zero or little cost. Since Clinton effectively retained control over emails in her private account even after she resigned in 2013, the government would have to negotiate with Clinton to turn over messages it can't already retrieve from the inboxes of federal employees she emailed."
Ref: Associated Press
So, Ms. Clinton's exclusive e-mail account is maintained on her exclusive server located in her house. And "the Government would have to negotiate with Clinton to turn over messages" available only on her exclusive server.
DonDiego trusts that as a member of the most transparent Administration in history, Ms. Clinton would comply with any legitimate request.
If only President Richard M. Nixon had had a private server in his California home, . . . he might still be President.
It seemed inappropriate to poor old DonDiego that the post would only be buried within a thread entitled "Fat Man To Be Probed". It also seemed inappropriate to entitle this thread "Fat Woman To Be Probed", so DonDiego did not do so.]
Re: Official State Department Communications and Record Keeping
"It seems that Clinton did all of her emailing through a domain called 'clintonemail.com.' As the Washington Post points out, this address was created on Jan. 13, 2009, which was the first day of Clinton's Senate confirmation hearings. It’s not clear who set it up, but the domain was renewed in 2013 and is paid for through 2017."
Ref: Slate Magazine
So, apparently, Ms. Clinton used an e-mail domain created exclusively for her use. DonDiego supposes this is, umm, . . . unusual.
" 'I can recall no instance in my time at the National Archives when a high-ranking official at an executive branch agency solely used a personal email account for the transaction of government business,' said Mr. Baron, who worked at the agency from 2000 to 2013."
Ref: New York Times
So, apparently, it is unusual for a high-ranking official to use their exclusive personal e-mail account to transact all her official correspondence.
"It was only two months ago, in response to a new State Department effort to comply with federal record-keeping practices, that Mrs. Clinton’s advisers reviewed tens of thousands of pages of her personal emails and decided which ones to turn over to the State Department. All told, 55,000 pages of emails were given to the department. Mrs. Clinton stepped down from the secretary’s post in early 2013."
Ref: New York Times
So, in response to a State Department request Ms. Clinton turned over all the records which she and her advisors decided to turn over.
DonDiego trusts that these selected records did not include any that may be embarrassing or incriminating to Ms. Clinton.
"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.
Operating her own server would have afforded Clinton additional legal opportunities to block government or private subpoenas in criminal, administrative or civil cases because her lawyers could object in court before being forced to turn over any emails. And since the Secret Service was guarding Clinton's home, an email server there would have been well protected from theft or a physical hacking.
In theory but not in practice, Clinton's official emails would be accessible to anyone who requested copies under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. Under the law, citizens and foreigners can compel the government to turn over copies of federal records for zero or little cost. Since Clinton effectively retained control over emails in her private account even after she resigned in 2013, the government would have to negotiate with Clinton to turn over messages it can't already retrieve from the inboxes of federal employees she emailed."
Ref: Associated Press
So, Ms. Clinton's exclusive e-mail account is maintained on her exclusive server located in her house. And "the Government would have to negotiate with Clinton to turn over messages" available only on her exclusive server.
DonDiego trusts that as a member of the most transparent Administration in history, Ms. Clinton would comply with any legitimate request.
If only President Richard M. Nixon had had a private server in his California home, . . . he might still be President.
