Guardian: Cyber Security Experts Said Secretary Clinton’s Private Server “Employs Several Techniques To Obscure Its Location As Well As Some Sophisticated Security Shields To Protect It From Hackers.” “The private email infrastructure created by Hillary Clinton after she left the State Department employs several techniques to obscure its location as well as some sophisticated security shields to protect it from hackers, cyber security experts have told the Guardian.” [Guardian, 3/7/15] Washington Times: “Experts Say…Mrs. Clinton’s Email Server At Her Suburban New York Home In Chappaqua Might Not Have Been Much Less Secure Than The Official Ones At State.” “Ironically, experts say, Mrs. Clinton’s email server at her suburban New York home in Chappaqua might not have been much less secure than the official ones at State, given the lapses at Foggy Bottom. ‘Given the fact that every two years the Chinese or the Russians succeed in getting into the State server it’s not clear it [Mrs. Clinton’s server] made that much difference,’ said James Lewis, director and senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and a former State Department employee.” [Washington Times, 4/2/15] AND DURING THE TIME CLINTON SERVED AS SECRETARY OF STATE, THE STATE DEPARTMENT STRUGGLED TO ENSURE THAT ITS OWN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS WERE SECURE Brinster, Jeremy 5/5/2015 7:53 PM Wall Street Journal: “The Government Faces Challenges Keeping Hackers Out Of Its Own Comment [2]: Adding this here but obviously Networks.” “For all of the U.S. government’s prowess at getting into people’s computers through the its tricky NSA and the military’s Cyber Command, the government faces challenges keeping hackers out of its own networks.” [Wall Street Journal, 2/19/15] Buzzfeed: “The State Department’s Communications System Is Operating Without Basic Technical Security Measures In Place, Despite Warnings About Its Vulnerabilities.” “The State Department’s communications system is operating without basic technical security measures in place, despite warnings about its vulnerabilities, according to documents obtained by BuzzFeed and sources who have worked on the project. The system, known as SMART (the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset), is used to share internal State Department documents, including sensitive diplomatic cables — the type of document released to WikiLeaks in 2010, in the biggest data breach in the history of the United States government.” [Buzzfeed, 10/2/13] Buzzfeed: “Failures Have Left Thousands Of [State Department] Cables And Messages, Including Highly Sensitive And Classified Ones, Vulnerable To Espionage Or Leaks For The Last Four Years.” “The sources, who spoke to BuzzFeed on condition of anonymity, say the failures have left thousands of cables and messages, including highly sensitive and classified ones, vulnerable to espionage or leaks for the last four years. The State Department approved the project (and hundreds of millions of dollars in payments to contractors) in 2009 despite known flaws, and proceeded even after the 2010 Chelsea Manning leaks, despite two inspector general reports condemning the project’s lack of security, and even after then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised to stop another leak.” [Buzzfeed, 10/2/13] STATE DEPT EMAILS-TRANSPARENCY 2016ER ATTACKS TED CRUZ CALLED FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO HILLARY CLINTON’S PRIVATE EMAIL ACCOUNT HEADLINE: “Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz Says Justice Dept. Has An Obligation To Investigate Clinton Emails.” [Associated Press, 3/7/15]