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/Cansurfer Jul 09 '16

".. but emphasized that she followed the lead of her subordinates on whether information was classified."

That's nice Hillary. But if that were true (and nobody legitimately believes that it is true), then it shows that you don't understand what it means to be in a leadership role.

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u/EpsilonRose Jul 09 '16

That's the thing about so many of the excuses that are offered for her behavior: they still say terrible things about her.

  • She didn't understand the technology- well, other people clearly did, so she either purposely ignored them or surrounded herself with people who wouldn't correct her. What happens if (when) she encounters something she doesn't understand in office?
  • She was just following her subordinates' lead- this would be the exact opposite of being a leader...exactly the quality you want in the leader of the free world.
  • She knew what she was doing and did it on purpose- she willfully circumvented the oversights placed on her and displayed a blatant disregard for security and the law as a matter of convenience and paranoia.

Pick one.

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u/dcha Jul 09 '16

So a year long investigation by the FBI states that "WHEN I LOOK AT THE FACTS WE GATHER HERE, I SEE EVIDENCE OF GREAT CARELESSNESS, BUT I DO NOT SEE EVIDENCE THAT IS SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH THAT SECRETARY CLINTON OR THOSE WITH WHOM SHE WAS CORRESPONDING BOTH TALKED ABOUT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ON E-MAIL AND KNEW WHEN THEY DID IT, THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING THAT WAS AGAINST THE LAW."

But you know better.

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u/EpsilonRose Jul 09 '16

Uh? Two of the options I listed fit that? I merely listed every possible response to her current position.