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politics and politicians Title: IG: E-mails on Hillary server from highly classified "special access programs" “To date, I have received two sworn declarations from one [intelligence community] element. These declarations cover several dozen emails containing classified information determined by the IC element to be at the confidential, secret, and top secret/sap levels,” said the IG letter to lawmakers with oversight of the intelligence community and State Department. “According to the declarant, these documents contain information derived from classified IC element sources.” Intelligence from a “special access program,” or SAP, is even more sensitive than that designated as “top secret” – as were two emails identified last summer in a random sample pulled from Clinton’s private server she used as secretary of state. Access to a SAP is restricted to those with a “need-to-know” because exposure of the intelligence would likely reveal the source, putting a method of intelligence collection — or a human asset — at risk. Currently, some 1,340 emails designated “classified” have been found on Clinton’s server, though the Democratic presidential candidate insists the information was not classified at the time. “There is absolutely no way that one could not recognize SAP material,” a former senior law enforcement with decades of experience investigating violations of SAP procedures told Fox News. “It is the most sensitive of the sensitive.” As Catherine Herridge and Pamela Browne note, the SAP classification was set out in an executive order issued by Barack Obama in December 2009. The order, EO 13526, makes it crystal clear that the impact of exposure on national security from these programs is considered “exceptional,” and that only Cabinet level officials or their principal deputies have the authority assign SAP status. The EO emphasizes that it is only to be used when “the normal criteria for determining eligibility for access applicable to information classified at the same level are not deemed sufficient to protect the information from unauthorized disclosure,” and that these programs have to be regularly reviewed to maintain SAP status. In other words, SAP designation requires even more security and oversight than other classified information. Transmitting it over an unsecured system, and storing it in an unauthorized location and manner, would create even more vulnerabilities for national security. That brings us back to 18 USC 793 and especially 18 USC 1924, and perhaps other statutes as well. The former makes the exposure and/or unauthorized transmission of classified information a felony, even if it happens through “gross negligence” rather than malice. The latter deals with removal and retention of classified material: (b) For purposes of this section, the provision of documents and materials to the Congress shall not constitute an offense under subsection (a). (c) In this section, the term “classified information of the United States” means information originated, owned, or possessed by the United States Government concerning the national defense or foreign relations of the United States that has been determined pursuant to law or Executive order to require protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interests of national security. Hillary Clinton retained that information at her residence on her e-mail server for years. She required her subordinates to communicate with her over this unauthorized and unsecured system, creating the exposure through her own gross negligence. As an official with a clearance, Hillary was well aware of the consequences of her decisions, as were those who worked for her and did not attempt to report these violations. Under 18 USC 793 (g), that might qualify everyone involved as members of a conspiracy: This puts even more pressure on the Department of Justice to take action against Hillary and her team. No one can pretend that they didn’t know about the ramifications for using this illicit server, and no one can pretend that they thought information from programs with SAP designations were unclassified and in the open. Those who helped Hillary carry out this scheme and who moved SAP information into an unsecured system may find out that they were the real saps. Update: Guy Benson notes the connection to David Petraeus is even clearer: Poster Comment: They are going to levy some further fines on Petraeus, related to his retirement pay. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 1.
#1. To: All, redleghunter, GarySpFc, sneakypete, Vicomte13, tomder55, Pericles (#0)
The plot thickens...
#2. To: TooConservative, GarySpFc, sneakypete, Vicomte13, tomder55, Pericles, Nolu Chan (#1)
SAP is to never leave a certain area. NEVER. Nolu may know of exceptions but even General Officers had to travel to the special facility to see SAP. The one facility where I served did not even have an unclassified phone line and did not have unclassified internet connections. It's called sensitive for a reason and had no business outside the 'container.'
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