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2016 Postmortem

ProfessorPlum

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1. I still can't figure out what this 'scandal' is supposed to be about

Reply to magical thyme (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 06:55 AM

Mar 2016

She preferred using a BlackBerry and the technology obviously existed, so why couldn't the gov. provide her one? This is stupid. I support Sanders in the primary, but I can't find anything nefarious in any of this email story. It feels like Whitewater - much noise, no actual wrongdoing or intent.

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Emails: Hillary Clinton asked for a BlackBerry in 2009, but the NSA said no [View all] magical thyme Mar 2016 OP

I still can't figure out what this 'scandal' is supposed to be about ProfessorPlum Mar 2016 #1

It's about bringing Hillary Clinton down. sufrommich Mar 2016 #2

It's the only way the 'revolution' can succeed. randome Mar 2016 #3

national security. it's right in the article. nt magical thyme Mar 2016 #4

yeah. But . . . ProfessorPlum Mar 2016 #7

read the article. no blackberries. no waivers for no blackberries. they are not secure. nt magical thyme Mar 2016 #9

yeah, I get that. But as soon as she started using one ProfessorPlum Mar 2016 #13

Me too. DCBob Mar 2016 #10

Me too n/t gollygee Mar 2016 #14

Sounds like she wanted to do what she wanted to do, damn any security concerns tomm2thumbs Mar 2016 #5

& she used the unsecure blackberry in countries China could easily hack straight off cell towers magical thyme Mar 2016 #6

LOL. So asking for a secure phone is now "breaking a rule". #desperation DanTex Mar 2016 #8

You are in the bargaining stage of grief. nt LexVegas Mar 2016 #11

And a few more pro-Bernie OPs gets pushed a little deeper down the GDP stack. JoePhilly Mar 2016 #12