The overlooked bombshell in the IG's report demonstrating that Hillary Clinton's emails had been compromised

Marc Thiessen:
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... the overlooked bombshell of the report is the inspector general's confirmation that classified information contained in Clinton's emails was in fact compromised by foreign intelligence services, and that Clinton had recklessly emailed President Barack Obama using her unsecured personal email from the territory of a hostile foreign adversary.
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Well, it turns out, the FBI knew with certainty at the time that hostile actors had in fact gained access to classified information via Clinton's emails. According to the inspector general, a special review of the Clinton email investigation in 2017 by the Office to the FBI's Inspection Division (INSD) found that, before Comey's 2016 statement, "the FBI ... successfully determined classified information was improperly stored and transmitted on Clinton's email server, and classified information was compromised by unauthorized individuals, to include foreign governments or intelligence services, via cyber intrusion or other means."

The initial draft of Comey's 2016 statement said it was "reasonably likely" that hostile actors had gained access to Clinton's private email account. Moreover, the inspector general quotes FBI agent Peter Strzok as commenting on that "It is more accurate to say we know foreign actors obtained access to some of her emails (including at least one Secret one) via compromises of the private email accounts of some of her staffers." These facts were inexplicably left out of the final statement.

We still don't know the full extent of the damage Clinton caused, because the inspector general reports that the FBI intentionally chose not to follow every potential lead of compromised classified information. The report notes that "Strzok further stated that the FBI's 'purpose and mission' was not to pursue 'spilled [classified] information to the ends of the earth' and that the task of cleaning up classified spills by State Department employees was referred back to the State Department."
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No one not named Hillary Clinton could have gotten away with such irresponsible handling of classified material.  It is another example of the bias at the FBI to try to salvage her campaign.

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