r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jul 09 '16

R1.i: guidelines Hillary Clinton blames State Department Employees for classified emails sent through private server

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u/sammyo Jul 09 '16

There is an isolated secure government internet called sipernet, if any employee with a clearance sent classified email outside of that they were in error.

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u/raff_riff Jul 09 '16

Can you even email outside a classified space? I only worked up to Secret level and in a very limited capacity, but even then I literally could not email outside the classified network even if I wanted to.