Lawmaker Says He’s ‘Never Read Anything That’s More Sensitive’ Than Information In Hillary’s ‘Top Secret’ Emails [VIDEO]

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Lawmaker Says He’s ‘Never Read Anything That’s More Sensitive’ Than Information In Hillary’s ‘Top Secret’ Emails [VIDEO]

Posted By Chuck Ross On 2:59 PM 02/03/2016 In | No Comments

A member of the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday that he has “never read anything that’s more sensitive” than the contents of the “Top Secret” Hillary Clinton emails identified by the State Department last week.

Utah Rep. Chris Stewart also said during an interview with Fox New’s “America’s Newsroom” that there are “actually more” than 22 “Top Secret emails,” which is the number reported by the State Department. In a separate interview with the Washington Examiner, Stewart said that another seven emails are being withheld in full because of their sensitive nature.

“I have never read anything that’s more sensitive than what these emails contain,” Stewart told Fox. “They do reveal classified methods, they do reveal classified sources, and they do reveal human assets.”

“I can’t imagine how anyone could be familiar with these emails, whether they’re sending them or receiving them, and not realize that they’re highly classified,” the Republican continued.

Clinton and her allies have downplayed the existence of the classified emails on her personal email account, which were maintained on a private email server. Her campaign communications director, Brian Fallon, said last week that the upgrade of the “Top Secret” emails “appears to be over-classification run amok.”

“We understand that these emails were likely originated on the State Department’s unclassified system before they were ever shared with Secretary Clinton, and they have remained on the department’s unclassified system for years,” he added.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein , a Democratic member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, complained in a statement that Clinton should not be “held responsible for email exchanges that originated with someone else.”

“The only reason to hold Secretary Clinton responsible for emails that didn’t originate with her is for political points, and that’s what we’ve seen over the past several months,” she said in a statement.

Asked Wednesday if Clinton sent or received the emails in question, Stewart said, “Oh, absolutely.”

“They were her emails,” he said, adding that the existence of the sensitive records on her private email server raise questions about legality as well as her judgement.

“Did Hillary Clinton demonstrate the judgement and the respect for protocol that would allow her to protect national security?” he asked.

“When I read these emails and when I see how she has exposed some of the most sensitive information, or potentially exposed that, I don’t see how we can say that she did demonstrate that judgement.”

Update: State Department spokesman John Kirby issued a statement after publication of this article pertaining to Stewart’s claim that seven additional Clinton emails would be upgraded to “Top Secret.”

“We are not aware of any additional documents that will be upgraded to Top Secret. If, in the course of our FOIA review process, it is determined that additional information should be classified as Top Secret we will do so,” he said.

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[Free Vulcan]

Keep that faucet dripping!

[truth_seeker]

Somebody better known and more prominent than Utah Rep. Chris Stewart, needs to put out a definitive accusation, that Clinton has put our national security in jeopardy.

Make specific claims. She put individuals' lives at risk. She exposed technical secrets, etc. Plain talk, so 6th graders can understand.

[Free Vulcan]

Somebody better known and more prominent than Utah Rep. Chris Stewart, needs to put out a definitive accusation, that Clinton has put our national security in jeopardy.

Make specific claims. She put individuals' lives at risk. She exposed technical secrets, etc. Plain talk, so 6th graders can understand.

I agree. The iron is hot.

[truth_seeker]

Today it comes in the news that Colin Powell and Condi Rice had classified emails, on private emails, too.

I don't know if it is true, or is a Clinton word-parsing excuse.

[Scottftlc]

Today it comes in the news that Colin Powell and Condi Rice had classified emails, on private emails, too.

I don't know if it is true, or is a Clinton word-parsing excuse.

Ah, playing for the best cover possible.  They're all the same, they all do it.  That one has worked forever.

[240B]

I'm seeing from multiple reports that Hillary had the names of undercover operatives in some of her emails. This strikes me as very odd.

I can't see a reason that Hillary would need to know the specific names of intelligence assets. That is not how it normally works. The handlers would know names, everyone else would just see asset1 and asset2.

There is something more going on here. She not only put classified information on a private unsecured server, it sounds very much like she had access to information to things that she was not supposed to be dealing with. This might be why the FBI is talking about an espionage investigation.

She may have been accessing information that she was not supposed to see, or have access to. That would be espionage, even for a Secretary of State.

[PzLdr]

To me, the Wicked Witch of Westchester is akin to the canary in the coal mine insofar as the United States remains a nation of laws. She should be in prison for the server alone. She, the Hill Billy and her daughter should be RICO'ed over the money laundering operation known as the Clinton foundation. And she should be indicted for selling favors as the Sec/State.

If NOTHING is done as a result of any of the above, we're screwed.

[truth_seeker]

Ah, playing for the best cover possible.  They're all the same, they all do it.  That one has worked forever.

It is WRONG, even if they all did it. But if Rice and Powell did it, it is of little use to take Hillary down.

Get it?

[rangerrebew]

I wonder if the emails are more sensitive than those documents Sandy Burglar (Bile Clinton's crony) stole from the National Archives for her husband?

[flowers]

I wonder if the emails are more sensitive than those documents Sandy Burglar (Bile Clinton's crony) stole from the National Archives for her husband?