IF HILLARY CLINTON were a high-flying policy wonk seeking a post in the National Security Council, her hopes would surely be dashed by the FBI’s judgment, delivered on July 5th by the bureau’s director, James Comey, that she had been “extremely careless” in her handling of very sensitive, highly classified information during a previous job at the State Department. Specifically, her government career would now be in a state of limbo following the FBI’s finding that dozens of e-mail chains sent to and from a private server at Mrs Clinton’s home included “secret” information, and that eight e-mail chains, some written by her, contained information classified as “top secret: special access programmes”, the highest level.
Were Mrs Clinton up before the Senate seeking confirmation as ambassador to NATO, she could expect to be pounded by senators from both parties, as they examined the gaps between her own statements defending her use of a personal e-mail address for work, and the FBI’s verdict on her conduct. Hostile senators would be able to pick their favourite line of attack.
One senator might note Mrs...Continue reading
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