[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by spence

If all government networks carry a classification level,

Its not "If".....they do.....anywhere from "Top Secret" to "Unclassified" , Every network as to be certified to a certain level.....this is what type of information that is certified to be present on that network

Originally Posted by spence

yet there was no hard rule against using private email, that would suggest the default classification at state.gov was pretty low, if existent at all..

She can use private e-mail....there is no Rule against it....but there are plenty of rules a responsible government official must adhere to when transmitting government docs....and putting any classified/unclassified sensitive information on them is a no-no

Originally Posted by spence

So if there wasn't a hard rule on using private email, and the state.gov servers aren't supposed to have classified information on them anyway,

Again, there are hard rules on what types of documents can be on an unclassed network...if state.gov mail server is on an unclassed network, then she can't have them on that server either

Originally Posted by spence

I don't see where the argument is that she broke any laws. It's a totally different scenario than Petraeus.

We'll find out when they are done with the investigation, won't we?

Originally Posted by spence

Sure, it wasn't wise for a variety of reasons but I'm not sure they were doing it to hide anything. If that was the case you'd have a totally clandestine account.

Of course she wasn't doing it to hide anything...that's obvious....it was all hanging out there for every hacker in the world to look at...the problem is she should have taken the safeguards to HIDE EVERYTHING....that's the problem