2016 Postmortem

leftofcool

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20. Private servers are more secure.

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:38 PM

Aug 2015

Note that Hillary's emails did not go out to wikileaks. My husband uses a private server for some government business through his company and there is no way it can be hacked. Mine on the other hand is not private and hackers try to get to me on a weekly basis.

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colin powel used personal e-mail account [View all] DesertFlower Aug 2015 OP

Yea butt .. JoePhilly Aug 2015 #1

not even a little ok. And the "he/she did it too" defense is just pathetix cali Aug 2015 #4

Clearly it was ok. JoePhilly Aug 2015 #8

If he were running for president it wouldn't be ok yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #51

Was it hosted on a personal server in his private home? HappyPlace Aug 2015 #2

Really? BooScout Aug 2015 #10

and it was and still is a big issue nadinbrzezinski Aug 2015 #26

And that little fact is not a good example as God only knows what they jwirr Aug 2015 #30

Were they hosted on personal servers in their private homes? cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #36

It doesn't matter because George Bush white house staffers did it too! HappyPlace Aug 2015 #56

Tell you what... some of the worst whoopin's I got as a child were when I pointed at my Sister cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #57

I'm no happier with Powell placing government communications in "The Cloud" HereSince1628 Aug 2015 #50

Definitely not good, either one. HappyPlace Aug 2015 #52

No it doesn't uponit7771 Aug 2015 #55

When he runs for president, I'm sure it will be brought up tularetom Aug 2015 #3

Who cares? HassleCat Aug 2015 #5

There is a difference between a private account and a private server n/t retrowire Aug 2015 #6

Condi Rice had a private server.... BooScout Aug 2015 #12

I've no opinion on Condoleeza. n/t retrowire Aug 2015 #13

Then don't vote for her. frylock Aug 2015 #17

...? Ok? n/t retrowire Aug 2015 #23

You sure about that? cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #38

Private servers are more secure. leftofcool Aug 2015 #20

Her e-mails on Private Server were discovered by Hackers.. KoKo Aug 2015 #31

soooo BENGHAZI is a big deal then? BooScout Aug 2015 #34

No...Sid Blumenthal's Hacked E-Mail correspondence was a Big Deal KoKo Aug 2015 #42

"no way it can be hacked" cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #41

private accounts are stored on servers outside of govt control GitRDun Aug 2015 #27

tell that to wiki leaks BooScout Aug 2015 #39

Huh? GitRDun Aug 2015 #40

No. leftofcool Aug 2015 #47

ugh, not what I said GitRDun Aug 2015 #48

So did Jeb Bush, Jindal, Perry, and a lot of other politicians for personal use. Doesn't make it still_one Aug 2015 #7

What makes it wrong ... JoePhilly Aug 2015 #11

+ one gadzillion leftofcool Aug 2015 #21

make that +one gadzillion times two ericson00 Aug 2015 #22

How many times can I rec this? mcar Aug 2015 #24

You don't know if info was lost, you don't know if info was leaked nor do you know that Snowden Purveyor Aug 2015 #29

I have two personal E-Mail Accounts. But, I don't have a server in my home KoKo Aug 2015 #33

None of those three had access to anything nearly as classified as Clinton did Reter Aug 2015 #35

So he claims he has no clue where they are. Thor_MN Aug 2015 #9

Colin Powell was also a member of the most corrupt administration in history Bjorn Against Aug 2015 #14

Tell it to the FBI ibegurpard Aug 2015 #15

It's settled. He won't get my vote for president. frylock Aug 2015 #16

Did he delete half of the server without any oversight? Motown_Johnny Aug 2015 #18

He's not running for president. Autumn Aug 2015 #19

So it's OK as long as you kacekwl Aug 2015 #25

He's a republican and what he does is irrelevant to me in terms of my vote. Autumn Aug 2015 #28

Having also shown horrible judgment wrt that and the Iraq War in the same way as Hillary at least Bonobo Aug 2015 #32

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It appears that it's very easy to sell the delrem Aug 2015 #44

i'm not trying to defend her. i'm DesertFlower Aug 2015 #45

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I too take my lead from Republicans. delrem Aug 2015 #43

Are you trying to argue it is best practice for officials to act as their own information gatekeeper TheKentuckian Aug 2015 #49

i wasn't trying to argue anything. i was just DesertFlower Aug 2015 #53

If you don't see how the push for zero oversight of officials while tolerating and even TheKentuckian Aug 2015 #58

gopropaganda machine cares nothing about him. It's Hillary they want to bring down with EGhazi! Cha Aug 2015 #54

Well . . . we know how poor Colin Powell's judgement was so maybe . . . Vinca Aug 2015 #59