Gates: Odds are ‘Pretty High’ Hillary’s Emails Were Read by Russia, China, And Iran


Although Hillary’s defenders fret over technicalities of her email server in an attempt to deflect blame from her, they ignore the fact that her practice was unheard of in the official circles she traveled in. As Gates himself says, communicating via email presents many risks for cabinet officials. He elaborated on these issues in his discussion with Hewitt.

“Hewitt asked Gates, ‘[A]re you surprised by the news that continues to come out about the former Secretary of State’s server and the fact that the intelligence community’s inspector general has said there was a lot of very highly classified information on her server?’

‘Yeah, that’s a concern for me,’ Gates said. ‘I never used email when I was head of CIA or head of the Department of Defense. As I used to joke, I didn’t want to have some chief of station overseas email me and say he was going to do something if I didn’t get back to him in three hours, and I would get back from a five hour hearing to discover I was two hours too late. I preferred dealing with people face to face and putting a signature on a piece of paper on matters of real national security and importance.'”

Source: Daily Caller



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