When this first broke, it was mentioned that Secretaries before her had home set-ups. But by virtue of media magic, that little tidbit went unmentioned for like forever.

Powell used a personal email account very openly. The SD put in the line for him to connect to his computer.

What is true is that there was likely no law against doing that for the non classified email that otherwise would have been on .gov.

The problem was it was not properly archived, but that may violate guidelines and practices, but not laws. It was a terrible idea, but likely not illegal.

It did make FOIA requests impossible to do correctly, but that apparently is not a criminal action

and, she was definitely head of the department! By definition, she could do no wrong.

Remind me, who was it that said "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal."?

Department heads now have the authority to set retention rules.

Time for all to move on.

Hope all is well in your part of this big beautiful universe!

.... Hillary Clinton would have launched a presidential campaign had there been any doubt. That's the reason I've been laughing my ass off ever since this and the Benghazi shit began knowing that there would be much sadness and bitter tears, deservedly, when all was said and done. The Rolling Stones were wrong. You can get some satisfaction.

that Clinton was a highly successful and well-respected attorney in private practice herself before moving into government.

There is no way that she would knowingly do something that is illegal.

Only a fool would put themselves in that position. Hillary Clinton is no fool.

Nixon was a lawyer too, ya know...

And the resolution is in court, in the form of a lawsuit, not through the FBI.

a law. It was certainly voilated.

Let's celebrate Hillary not getting indicted, but let's not pretend no laws were broken.

Until a court finds a willful violation of FOIA, I'll reserve judgement.

that the FOIA would be what gets her.

From the rumors and leaks though, it sounds like she's clear.

civil FOIA fights judging from the court orders.

touched on a bit really is overlooked. Given that Hillary Clinton is herself an attorney, I don't see where she would've done this in a way to break laws. Something else that is almost never touched on, is the antiquated tech in government. If her tech was/is better, than what does that say? It says that budget needs aren't being met. Why? Just look at the obstructionism for the last several years from the Rethugs. Why would they approve budget reqs that could help the opposing party, even though the department in question needs it?

A law degree is hardly a guarantee that the bearer will behave legally...

this thread?

It appears so.

But perhaps your definition of spamming is one that encompasses giving a similar response to two people who are making the same fallacious argument?

is if you can prove that Hillary is an attorney who has knowingly done something illegally.

We both said that her training as an attorney would have made her more mindful of NOT doing something illegally.

We were speaking specifically about Hillary Clinton. You were either speaking about Richard Nixon or a generic unethical lawyer.

But please proceed.

Sure, I've got a couple minutes...


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There is no way that she would knowingly do something that is illegal


Not "make her more mindful"... A categorical statement that she would not knowingly break a law (and this is not to dive down the further rabbit hole of potential ignorance of the law). She was a successful lawer, so there is no way she would break the law.

don't give up your day job to be one.

If you are a lawyer who has passed the bar and is actually practicing, I wish your clients good luck. They will need it.

In either event, I'm done with you.

you know, it's so damn obvious, all of this. You're not getting the indictment fairy.

I don't pretend to know enough to say that a crime was or wasn't committed, unlike some folks here.

That doesn't mean I have to fall for a line like 'she was the boss, so she couldn't have broken the rules' or 'she was a lawyer, so she would never have broken the law'...

You could even go into the Wikileaks and Manning stories.

Technology in the Federal Governmant is horrible. Due directly to a lack of funding.

People here are unreal

but good her entire life. Incapable of anything bad or wrong.