Second IT firm agrees to give Clinton’s server data to FBI

[Lychee2]

Source: McClatchy

WASHINGTON--Hillary Clinton hired a Connecticut company to back up her emails on a “cloud” storage system, and her lawyers have agreed to turn whatever it contains over to the FBI, a person familiar with the situation said Tuesday.

The disclosure came as a Republican Senate committee chairman, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, also asked the firm to turn over to the committee copies of any Clinton emails still in its possession.

There were conflicting accounts as to whether the development could lead to recovery of any of Clinton’s more than 31,000 personal emails, which she said she deleted from her private server upon turning over her work-related emails to the State Department, at its request, in December 2014.

Datto Inc., based in Norwalk, Conn., became the second data storage firm to become entangled in the inquiry into Clinton’s unusual email arrangement, which has sparked a furor that has dogged her campaign. In August, Clinton and the firm that had managed her server since June 2013, Colorado-based Platte River Networks, agreed to surrender it for examination by the FBI.

On Friday, Clinton’s attorney, David Kendall, and Platte River agreed to allow Datto to turn over the data from the backup server to the FBI, said the person familiar with Datto’s storage, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.



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[jalan48]

1. Second firm? Is this new info or has it already been disclosed by the Clinton team?

[magical thyme]

4. new as of late last night/early this morning...

[jalan48]

10. Whoa. WTF is going on with Hillary and this email thing?

This makes no sense. Why would she not have disclosed this?

[magical thyme]

14. she was hoping to outrun it?

in total denial?

who knows? My experience is most people who skirt policies, laws, etc, plan on outrunning the situ. They expect they'll be promoted to where they can't be touched by the time it catches up to them.

It apparently didn't occur to her that her email -- or in this case, the email of her friend Blumenthal -- could be hacked, the contents published and a hole can of worms opened up for the world to see.

[leftofcool]

2. Oh no! Hillary stored some personal emails in a cloud.

[magical thyme]

5. yeah...except that *somebody* asked the 2nd IT firm to delete the old emails

shortly after the FBI investigation got underway and 2 months after the State dept. requested the emails.

And emails from an IT person at that 2nd firm indicate concern about the appearance of a coverup.

"The letter also noted that Platte River employees were directed to reduce the amount of email data being stored with each backup. Late this summer, Johnson wrote, a Platte River employee took note of this change and inquired whether the company could search its archives for an email from Clinton Executive Service Corp. directing such a reduction in October or November 2014 and then again around February, advising Platte River to save only emails sent during the most recent 30 days.

Those reductions would have occurred after the State Department requested that Clinton turn over her emails."

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article37968711.html#storylink=cpy

[Geronimoe]

6. The cloud was likely backed up

They probably have tape backup of server or harddrive images.

[razorman]

9. From the beginning, I doubted that the emails in question were actually lost.

My understanding is that it is next to impossible to completely destroy email. The FBI, in particular, has top-notch experts who can pull them out. So, for her sake, it had better only be personal emails that were deleted. Just using a private server instead of an official one would be problematic for her, but I do not believe terribly serious. Moving classified info around is another matter. I'm not sure what to think, and will hold off making any judgements until the facts are in and made public.

[magical thyme]

15. I read earlier today, and I forget exactly where but it was at least a reasonable source

so it stuck in my head, that several "personal" emails were turned over to investigators by the people sorting through them.

I personally think this is ultimately going to take her down. My wish is not too soon. I want her to hang on to the bitter end and Biden to jump in just in time to split the vote. Time will tell....

[razorman]

17. You could be right. But, I still do not think that Joe Biden will run.

I am sure he is weighing his options, and he has wanted it for many years. But, considering his age, health, and the personal family tragedies, I think he is likely to decide to retire and enjoy his remaining years with his loved ones. As for Secretary Clinton, I am not sure even an indictment (which I do not consider likely) would make her let go. This is her last chance at the brass ring, at which she has aimed for decades. But, you are right. Time will tell.

[Jesus Malverde]

11. OOOOPs

That sounds like a crime.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Another bullshit witchhunt.

[mercuryblues]

7. seems it

Clinton left SoS in 2013. Yet they are concerned with e-mails and email policy from 2014 -15.

[HooptieWagon]

12. Makes sense, if '14 & '15 emails were directing deletions of earlier ones.

[jeff47]

8. Drip (nt)

[Throd]

13. D'oh!

[restorefreedom]

16. is there anyone who DIDNT have access to those emails?

it seems they have had many homes.

seems kinda slip shod for high level classified offficials

not an attack, a genuine concern

[Lychee2]

18. They were stored in New Jersey for a while.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/07/politics/hillary-clinton-emails-platte-river-networks/

That's what bothers me.