“There are two things that matter in a criminal investigation of a subject.What did the person do, and when they did that thing, what were they thinking? When you look at the hundred-years-plus of the Justice Department investigation and prosecution of mishandling of classified information, those two questions are obviously present.” ThinkingYearsLooksPersonsTwoMatterJusticeSubjectsInformationHundredCriminalsTwo ThingsDepartmentPlusInvestigationThings That MatterProsecutionClassified InformationCriminal Investigation Author:James Comey
“There is evidence that Democrates were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.” InformationEvidenceSensitiveCarelessClassified Information Author:James Comey
“Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.” LawClearInformationEvidenceClintonSensitiveColleaguesGoverningCarelessClassified Information Author:James Comey
“Our investigation looked at whether there is evidence classified information was improperly stored or transmitted on that personal system, in violation of a federal statute making it a felony to mishandle classified information either intentionally or in a grossly negligent way, or a second statute making it a misdemeanor to knowingly remove classified information from appropriate systems or storage facilities.” WayInformationEvidenceAppropriateRemoveInvestigationViolationFacilityStorageStatutesFelonyMisdemeanorsClassified Information Author:James Comey
“The lawyers doing the sorting for Secretary Clinton in 2014 did not individually read the content of all of her e-mails, as we did for those available to us; instead, they relied on header information and used search terms to try to find all work-related e-mails among the reportedly more than 60,000 total e-mails remaining on Secretary Clinton’s personal system in 2014.” TryingUsedTermInformationClintonAvailableLawyerRelatedMailSecretarySortingWork Related Author:James Comey
“Only a very small number of the e-mails containing classified information bore markings indicating the presence of classified information. But even if information is not marked 'classified' in an e-mail, participants who know or should know that the subject matter is classified are still obligated to protect it.” IfsKnowsShouldStillsMatterNumbersSubjectsInformationProtectMailBoresSubject MatterParticipantsContainingSmall NumbersClassified Information Author:James Comey
“Our process inside the United States government has gotten much better at making sure we touch all possible source of information about a refugee. The interview process has gotten more robust, so we've gotten our act together in that respect. The challenge remains, especially with respect to folks coming from Syria, we're unlikely to have anything in our holdings. That is, with people coming from Iraq, the United States government was there for a very long period of time. We had biometrics, we had source information. We're unlikely to have that kind of picture about someone coming from Syria.” PeopleKindLongStatesGovernmentTogetherProcessChallengesUnitedUnited StatesInformationSourcePeriodsRemainsFolksIraqInterviewsSyriaRefugeeUnlikelyRobustState GovernmentLong Periods Of TimeUnited States GovernmentBiometrics Author:James Comey
