Some vaguely worded messages from U.S. diplomats in Pakistan and Washington used a less-secure communications system
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Emails in Clinton Probe Dealt With Planned Drone Strikes. Some vaguely worded messages from U.S. diplomats in Pakistan and Washington used a less-secure communications system
Top-secret emails at the core of a
criminal probe involving Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified
information were, officials say, vaguely worded messages concerning CIA
drone strikes. How did they end up on Mrs. Clinton's email server?
At the center of a criminal probe involving Hillary Clinton’s
handling of classified information is a series of emails between
American diplomats in Islamabad and their superiors in Washington about
whether to oppose specific drone strikes in Pakistan.
The 2011 and 2012 emails were sent via the “low side’’—government slang for a computer system for unclassified matters—as part of a secret arrangement that gave the State Department more of a voice in whether a Central Intelligence Agency drone strike went ahead, according to congressional and law-enforcement officials briefed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation probe.
Some of the emails were then forwarded by Mrs. Clinton’s aides to her personal email account, which routed them to a server she kept at her home in suburban New York when she was secretary of state, the officials said. Investigators have raised concerns that Mrs. Clinton’s personal server was less secure than State Department systems.
White House calls FBI probe into Clinton's classified emails a 'criminal investigation' – to glee of Republicans – on the same day Obama endorses her
Lawyers for the Justice Department are fighting the disclosure of an immunity deal the government reached with Bryan Pagliano, a former technology adviser to Hillary Clinton.
The DOJ lawyers submitted a motion to U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan on Friday, arguing that such a disclosure could hurt the FBI probe into Clinton’s private email server.
The filing argues that the judge can use his “inherent discretion”
to keep under wraps the immunity agreement, if the court demands to view
it as part of a Freedom of Information Act suit filed by Judicial
Watch, a conservative group.
The lawyers also state that "releasing Mr. Pagliano’s agreements with the United States could prematurely reveal the scope and focus of the pending investigation."
Pagliano was scheduled to be deposed on Monday in the case, which is seeking details of Clinton’s use of a private email server while she served as secretary of state, but he is seeking to assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
In the judge's order delaying the testimony, Sullivan ordered Pagliano to file a legal explanation justifying his planned assertion as well as a copy of an immunity agreement under which he reportedly gave testimony to the FBI, which is probing Clinton’s unusual email set-up.
The 2011 and 2012 emails were sent via the “low side’’—government slang for a computer system for unclassified matters—as part of a secret arrangement that gave the State Department more of a voice in whether a Central Intelligence Agency drone strike went ahead, according to congressional and law-enforcement officials briefed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation probe.
Some of the emails were then forwarded by Mrs. Clinton’s aides to her personal email account, which routed them to a server she kept at her home in suburban New York when she was secretary of state, the officials said. Investigators have raised concerns that Mrs. Clinton’s personal server was less secure than State Department systems.
White House calls FBI probe into Clinton's classified emails a 'criminal investigation' – to glee of Republicans – on the same day Obama endorses her
- Within an hour of Barack Obama's endorsement of Hillary Clinton, his spokesman acknowledged that she faces a 'criminal investigation'
- The misstep sent Republicans cackling to reporters
- Clinton faces the possibility of prosecution for housing classified documents on a private email server
- She used the homebrew setup for all her emails – including sensitive government matters – when she was secretary of state
- White House press secretary Josh Earnest insisted that the endorsement wouldn't be interpreted inside the FBI as a signal to let her off the hook
- See more of the latest news on the FBI probe into Hillary Clinton's emails
Lawyers for the Justice Department say the
deal's disclosure court hurt FBI probe into Clinton's private email
server.
Lawyers for the Justice Department are fighting the disclosure of an immunity deal the government reached with Bryan Pagliano, a former technology adviser to Hillary Clinton.
The DOJ lawyers submitted a motion to U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan on Friday, arguing that such a disclosure could hurt the FBI probe into Clinton’s private email server.
The lawyers also state that "releasing Mr. Pagliano’s agreements with the United States could prematurely reveal the scope and focus of the pending investigation."
Pagliano was scheduled to be deposed on Monday in the case, which is seeking details of Clinton’s use of a private email server while she served as secretary of state, but he is seeking to assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
In the judge's order delaying the testimony, Sullivan ordered Pagliano to file a legal explanation justifying his planned assertion as well as a copy of an immunity agreement under which he reportedly gave testimony to the FBI, which is probing Clinton’s unusual email set-up.
