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I would be just as happy for

CVille Dem — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 14:20:05 +0000

In reply to I was thinking about Walker

I would be just as happy for Walker to stay under the radar and get the nomination. He has plenty of his own scandals (which show actual malfeasance), he has ruined Wisconsin, he is not intelligent OR smart and has no curiosity. His lack of foreign policy basics is pathetic. He is even less likable than Mitt.

Exactly. Well said, Missy!

MrSmith1 — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 02:21:54 +0000

In reply to With all of our eggs in one

Exactly. Well said, Missy!

With all of our eggs in one

barefooted — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 01:01:58 +0000

In reply to The reason I started this

With all of our eggs in one basket, we can't afford to ignore or downplay any threat. This is not a small matter, and they-did-it-too is a weak defense at best. There are legitimate questions that need answers - before the truth gets buried by the Republican machine.

The reason I started this

MrSmith1 — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 23:36:10 +0000

In reply to I wrote about this on TPM,

The reason I started this thread, was my frustration with the near silence I felt coming from our side of the aisle in the beginning. I know the story has little merit, but ignoring it just lets it fester and grow in the Fox News world of phony breathless outrage which then spills over into mainstream media and becomes 'common perception.' Where is that list? I'd like to share it on my Facebook page.

Wow. I had not heard about

Verified Atheist — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 21:36:50 +0000

In reply to I'd say there's a good chance

Wow. I had not heard about that. While an impressive result, it does require that the would-be hacker to be able to place a microphone close enough to the computer to pick up on all of its internal sounds (as the article says, not just the hard drive's sounds). That said, you're right that I wouldn't put it past the NSA to target high-level government officials.

I was thinking about Walker

Richard Day — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 21:20:51 +0000

In reply to Lest we forget about Scott

I was thinking about Walker this week.

In the end, this strange eyed person will be quoted a thousand times during the next fifteen months and once some folks interrogate him, it will be all over.

Walker shall be dead in the water.

HOPEFULLY.

hahahah

I'd say there's a good chance

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 21:15:21 +0000

In reply to In all seriousness, I'd like

I'd say there's a good chance that her computer among any was targeted by this algorithm.

In all seriousness, I'd like

Verified Atheist — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:59:34 +0000

In reply to The NSA has a copy, whatever

In all seriousness, I'd like to believe that the e-mail program she was using used 4096-bit RSA encryption as a default, which would be very difficult for the NSA to crack. (Impossible, most likely, unless they have a quantum computer that we haven't heard about, which is actually a possibility I wouldn't rule out.)

Hmm. Actually, in thinking about it some more, in order for her to use encryption, the receiving party would also have to be set up with decryption software. Not unusual in business, but my experience with government agencies makes me think it's unlikely to be the default. (sigh) You'd be amazed at some of the stupid things they do. I know of one agency that will block encrypted zip files because they can't scan it for malicious content, where "malicious" is ridiculously defined. They block things they shouldn't while also allowing through things they shouldn't.

Edit to add: even if all of her e-mails were fully encrypted, snoops would typically be able to know that e-mail was being sent, and to who it was being sent, unless Tor or something similar was being used in a very creative manner, which no one is suggesting in this case.

Lest we forget about Scott

CVille Dem — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:56:08 +0000

In reply to Hand-wringing over Hillary ... ?

Lest we forget about Scott Walker's email problems (which are intentionally illegal):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/scott-walker-john-doe-investigation/

a pretty good summary of articles, but they all seem dead in the water.

Come out and say "I didn't

Verified Atheist — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:36:17 +0000

In reply to Come out and say "I didn't

Come out and say "I didn't mess up because the law or directive didn't exist yet"? I think that's been said.

Has it? Can you provide a link? (Right now my internet is incredibly slow due to damage to the fiber optic cable that usually provides me with connectivity.) As for the "law or directive" not existing yet, the regulation in question has existed since 2009. Hillary was Secretary of State until 2013, so from when that regulation was created until 2013, she should've been using a government account. That said, the fact that we're just now hearing about this, given that she'd already released e-mails relating to Benghazi (I think), shows that very few other people thought it unusual until it was pointed out.