Understanding the e-mail scandal...

[Bubzer]

It isn't just about Hillary... but she's certainly part of it.
Contrary to what some would tell you, this issue was NOT brought up be right wing groups...though it was certainly latched onto after it came to light.

After taking a close look at a small sample of about 40 of Clinton’s work emails to or from her personal account, a pair of government investigators warned late last month that they’d found what they said were several intelligence secrets, at least two of which they believe should have been marked as “top secret” but weren’t. The information, the investigators said, is classified now and was likewise back when it was sent. “This classified information never should have been transmitted via an unclassified personal system,” the inspectors general for the State Department and for the intelligence community said in a statement.

It is illegal for someone to “knowingly” receive a classified document or briefing and then turn around and send along that info in an unclassified email

Reuters did a close reading of some of Clinton's emails that the State Department has since stamped "classified" and found that those new stamps—which include data suggesting the nature of the classification—suggest that those messages may have contained information that, under State Department rules, should have always been considered classified even before it was marked that way. According to a former director of the U.S. government's Information Security Oversight Office, such information is "born classified."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/20/hillary_clinton_email_scandal_explained.html

[monicaangela]

1. Investigations take a long time

The constant threat of something actually having been done by the ex-secretary of state that could be considered criminal is criminal itself. This investigation should be stepped up so that it can be closed as rapidly as possible. If there is wrong doing involved it should be exposed before the general election in case she wins the nomination. If there is no wrong doing on her part that should be exposed as well so that this will be on less thing for voters to have to try to struggling through while trying to make a decision.

[bernbabe]

2. There are 30,000 emails?

It takes a while to go through them all, even with 100+ FBI agents working on it as reported. And not only are they looking for material that should not have been moved to that server, they are investigating if there was any relation between Clinton Foundation donations and her actions as Secretary of State.

[monicaangela]

3. Yes I know bernbabe

I am impatient when it comes to this subject. I guess I would rather they did a thorough investigation, I just feel that if she wins the nomination and something is exposed right before the general election we could wind up with a Trump or a Cruz....Heaven Forbid.

BTW: I love your tag line photo of the Sanders and Clinton battle...made me laugh. How do you guys come up with this stuff. Perfect!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. I used to think this was a non-issue

I thought this was a right wing hit job but now the FBI are involved. Why have these emails been classified since they have been read (probably also by Russian and Chinese intelligence?)

[Bubzer]

5. I'd rather it be a non-issue. It'll be damaging to the party. Heck, it already is.

But I'm not about to bury my head in the sand about it. If it's legitimate, it has to be addressed. At least, that's my view.

[eridani]

6. Wondering how this compares to private servers used by Powell and--

--other Secretaries of State.