One hundred and forty-seven FBI agents are part of the investigation
into Hillary Clinton's emails, said a lawmaker who'd been briefed by
FBI Director James B. Comey,
.
The FBI is hurrying to avoid announcing any action in the case too
close to the presidential election, the report said.
Clinton and her staff were "dedicated addicts" of the BlackBerry
device during her tenure as secretary of state, but the device was
vulnerable to hacking, reported the Post.
Part of the issue revolves around the officials' attempts to allow
Clinton to continue to use the BlackBerry and her personal email
account for work.
While Clinton aides and government officials looked into ways to
allow her to continue to use the BlackBerry, Clinton continued using
it. Officials claim they did not know that it was tied to a personal
email server at the Clinton family home in Chappaqua, N.Y., so they
did not protect the server against spying, said the Post.
In March 2009, assistant secretary for diplomatic security Eric
Boswell sent a memo that said "any unclassified BlackBerry is highly
vulnerable in any setting to remotely and covertly monitoring
conversations, retrieving e-mails and exploiting calendars."
Boswell that she read his memo and "gets it." Then she continued
to use her BlackBerry, reported the Post.
The case has perplexed many. Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S.
District Court in Washington is presiding over one of the
Freedom of Information Act lawsuits in the case.
He said in a hearing Feb. 23, "Am I missing something? How in
the world could this happen?"
The private server's logs have shown no evidence of hacking,
according to Clinton officials. Clinton aide Bryan Pagliano, who
maintained the server, cooperated with the Justice Department
investigation in exchange for immunity.
Experts interviewed for the Post story said Clinton's efforts to
keep emails secure were not up to par with federal regulations.
The FBI is setting up interviews with a number of Hillary
Clinton's aides as part of its investigation,
reports The Los Angeles Times.
Democratic primary voters have "largely dismissed" the issue,
said Democratic pollster Mark Mellman and it is a well-known
part of the campaign, "baked into the cake for the general
electorate."
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