>>Surely you agree there's a difference between something that was classified at the time it was sent and something that was later classified. Pretty sure she said she hadn't sent emails that were classified at the time.
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>>Tamar
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>Information is not classified because it is marked. It is marked because it is classified.
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>Obama had roughly a dozen or so people sign an executive order back in 2009 that, in effect, named them as being able to identify classified material based on the content. HRC was one of the dozen.
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>That is one of the fundamental statements of the Comey announcement back in early July - that HRC should have identified classified content. This is also part of the content in the FBI summary 302 - that HRC (by her own admission during the FBI interview with her) did not understand classified markings.
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>So either she was completely lying, or she did not understand the context. Either scenario conflicts with the assertion that she has the "skills and temperament" to be President.
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>So candidly - the "she said she hadn't sent emails classified at the time" is not an affirmative defense.
This article says it's not that simple:
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/250998-clinton-emails-reveal-murky-world-of-top-secret-documents------
The IG’s note to Congress on Tuesday addressed the distinction.
The watchdog said it found a number of Clinton’s emails that currently contained “classified intelligence community information.” But the State Department has said it did not consider that language classified at the time those emails were sent.
Both sides can be correct, said several former officials.
Not only is each side entitled to different standards of classification, but information can become classified almost retroactively, as situations and guidelines change over the years.
An IG could decide “it is a completely different scenario,” and that certain details must now be protected, said Michael Brown, a former DHS director of cybersecurity coordination and current vice president at security firm RSA.
And culturally, intelligence agencies tend to lean toward classification more than an agency like State would, several former employees on both sides agreed.
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Tamar
