PEORIA, IL -- The Hillary Clinton e-mail issue is such a crock of you know what! And it's a Republican witch hunt, as well
But given the usual media hate-fest involving Hillary, she must respond. I have watched and read about the controversy, and here's what I have concluded. So --
Dear Hillary, here's what you should say:
This e-mail system was set up for convenience, and in the tradition of other government officials, including Colin Powell. (Notice, no one is investigating them!)
Government people do this so they can respond regardless of where they are, in a distant land or on vacation.
I was never told my system was not secure. In fact it apparently was not hacked, something that can't be said of the State Department's servers.
Every e-mail eventually came from or went to the State Department, so was not kept from the public record.
To the best of my knowledge every e-mail was not classified when I sent or received it. (Over-classification is an issue that should be resolved.)
Given the above, to the best of my knowledge I was not careless or reckless. I know little about technology, so trusted my aides to manage the servers. In fact I thought there was only one server, and it was secure because my residence was guarded around the clock by the Secret Service. At least nobody burglarized my home and stole the system.
If the FBI has concluded this was a reckless system, I won't disagree. In hindsight it was a mistake, made because of tradition, not malice. (Why would I want to harm the USA?)
So this whole situation is like a bad dog with a ball in its mouth. "Drop it, drop it," I say. Let's talk about the real issues facing our nation, not this.
-- Elaine Hopkins
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