I am reading Corn and Isikoff's book "Russian Roulette"

[triron]

In one chapter they bring up Comey's announcement in July regarding the State Depts handling
of "classified" emails. In Comey's statement he makes reference to "110 emails" that contained
classified information "when they were sent". I recall something about there being only 3 and even these were questionable because the emails did not have the proper header. My question is (because I do not recall now) how did 110 become 3?
I was dismayed that Corn and Isikoff failed to address this in their book.

[Hekate]

1. Perhaps they address it later in the book?

[triron]

2. I think I know the anser (partially)

Only 3 had markings to indicate being classified. So how did Comey assess that another 107
had classified info when they were sent????

[OnDoutside]

3. Wasn't it that those emails had been forwarded so much that they

Lost the markings in the header ?

[mr_lebowski]

4. The count of how many gallons of Chef Boyardee Ravioli's are on a particular aircraft carrier

on a particular mission would likely be considered 'classified' info.

Something being 'classified' ... in and of itself ... tells you very little. All KINDS of things that you'd never expect to be ... are technically 'classified'. It's a very generic, umbrella-like term, covering everything from 'Sensitive' to 'Top Secret'.

[Vinca]

5. I've been debating whether to buy this book or not.

Have you learned anything new? It's probably interesting, but even though "Fire and Fury" was entertaining, since I follow the Trump nightmare closely there wasn't much I didn't already know.

[triron]

6. Yes I think it is worth reading. I have the kindle version.

I just think there are a few topics they cover superficially (such as this one on the private email server, etc.).
I might add also unfairly (to Clinton).
The authors also seem to be a bit timid calling out any Trump-Russia conspiracy (at least so far).
But that is not their 'job'.

[Vinca]

7. Thanks.

[PatSeg]

8. Yes, I noticed that too

and recalled there being only 3 such emails. Also, I thought there had been something about confusion between "confidential" and "classified" emails.

I'm farther along in the book now and still haven't seen anything else about the "classified" emails.

[PatSeg]

9. Here is what Wikipedia says about the 110 emails

FBI Director James Comey identified 110 emails as containing information that was classified at the time it was sent, including 65 emails deemed "Secret" and 22 deemed "Top Secret". None of these had classification markings. However, as noted in Clinton's non-disclosure agreement, unmarked classified information should be treated the same as marked classified information. An additional three email chains contained "portion markings", simply a (C) indicating "Confidential" in front of one or more paragraphs. These were not included in Comey's list of 110 because the State Department failed to confirm they were classified at the time they were sent. Clinton told the FBI she did not know the meaning of (C). Nearly 2,100 emails on the server were retroactively marked as classified by the State Department.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_email_controversy

Perhaps the "3" was referring to the 3 email chains. That is where "C" indicated "Confidential", not "Classified".