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CNN: "Unlike Clinton, Powell's emails remained in government computer servers." -- (link)

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Jul 5 '16, 12:30

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/politics/hillary-clinton-email-classified-colin-powell-condoleezza-rice/ (www.cnn.com)

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Well, that's sort of misleading. It still was in a private, non-governmental email account, so a copy of the email left the government servers. They - pmb Jul 5, 12:33
"the State Department inspector general concluded that Powell and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice both received classified information -- (link) - decline Jul 5, 12:33 7
- moved below -- nm* - decline Jul 5, 12:34
- private email accounts =/ private email servers? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 5, 12:34 5
  - semantics. From a security perspective private email accounts are even worse -- (edited) - decline Jul 5, 12:35 4
    - I agree it's semantics, but why is it worse? Because the commercial provider has access to the data? -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 12:39 2
      - Security on third party servers might be less reliable. And any government IT security folks - TWuG Jul 5, 12:42 1
        
        Thinking about it, another reason it's less secure is that all it takes is for someone to guess the password. (Like with how Palin's emai was hacked) - Roger More Jul 5, 12:48
    - Right. -- nm - David Jul 5, 12:37

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