AP Exclusive: Clinton Email Server Setup Risked Intrusions

[greywar]

Originally Posted by Grumpy ol' Man

Your desire to protect a corrupt felon never wavers, your loyalty to be admired. Unfortunately you picked one of the world's more horrible** people to bestow that loyalty on.
**obama is right up there, running neck and neck with her as far as corruption goes.. You need to choose better when you picking your hero's...

Oh please. This email nonsense is just that. ALL the prior secretary of states did this, but suddenly because its Clinton its horrible! Please. Your desire to drag her through the mud knows no limits. Benghazi benghazi! Email!

While I dont like her for president, I have no respect for all of this nonsense.

[Dequindre]

Originally Posted by greywar

Bwahahaha. That would be awesome wouldn't it. I dont see Bernie bringing it up though.

Maybe O'Malley will throw that bomb out there.

[Dequindre]

Originally Posted by greywar

Oh please. This email nonsense is just that. ALL the prior secretary of states did this, but suddenly because its Clinton its horrible! Please. Your desire to drag her through the mud knows no limits. Benghazi benghazi! Email!

While I dont like her for president, I have no respect for all of this nonsense.

All of them had a server set up in their home to hide information from congressional oversight? Please name one Secretary of State that did that (other than Hillary).

[greywar]

Originally Posted by Dequindre

All of them had a server set up in their home to hide information from congressional oversight? Please name one Secretary of State that did that (other than Hillary).

All of them have been asked for their emails during their terms. Hillary was the only one that could provide them. Some didn't use email, others used gmail for example!

As for having your own server, thats actually reasonable if you want better security. The opposing side of that is that with better security you also have better control-including the ability to hide information.

So its arguable from both sides. it was reasonable given the existing rules. Do I like it? Nope. But its being made into something it isn't.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by greywar

thats actually reasonable if you want better security....

If you want security you use the government servers, these are closed networks. A Gmail account is going to be very difficult to hack into if it's set up properly (e.g. good password). The big issue there is someone at Gmail having access to it. The security of a private server in your house is partly going to depend on the competency of those that set it up which apparently in this case was dismal based on some of the reports.

Most attacks on servers are random where they are probing for vulnerable scripts, software and common passwords using bots. It's a daily barrage that never stops. Someone successful at this would probably never even know it was Clinton's server. If on the other hand a foreign government was aware of this server and people with skill were tasked to hack it the probability of them compromising it is very high especially considering what is already known about the security of it.

it was reasonable given the existing rules.

Nothing is reasonable about the Secretary of State using a private server, gmail account or anything else. Just because someone else did it to some degree or another is no excuse. There is no logical reason for anyone to go through this much trouble unless they are purposely trying to hide information.