Computers from China and Russia tried to attack Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server, according to never-released e-mails from the Denver company that set up and maintained the system.
And other internal e-mails show the IT executives fretted about being ordered to purge e-mails and scrambled to distance themselves from what they believed was the former first lady “covering up some shaddy [shady] s- -t.”
In a gallows-humor message, one called it “Hillary’s coverup operation.”
The FBI in July chastised Clinton and her aides over the use of the private server, saying, “They were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.” But the agency declined to recommend charges.
The FBI report noted there were many hacking attempts into the system, both while Clinton was secretary of state and afterward when Platte River Networks took over the administration of the home server. The agency said none had been successful, and it never named the hackers or their points of origin.
But multiple internal Platte River e-mails reviewed by The Post show that computers in China tried on three occasions in 2014 to log into Clinton’s server and a computer in Russia tried once in 2013.
The internal communications also revealed how the execs belatedly tightened security on Clinton’s now-controversial home server and frantically sought to “cover our asses” when news broke that the former secretary of state’s communications were deleted.
Thornton and fellow Platte River specialist Paul Combetta refused to answer questions last week before a congressional committee probing the server scandal. Each cited his Fifth Amendment rights.
Platte River itself was issued a congressional subpoena last month after it refused to voluntarily answer questions about the system.
Some 30,000 Clinton e-mails have been publicly released by the State Department as Congress investigated the 2012 deaths of US personnel in Benghazi, Libya, and another 15,000 are expected to be made public in the coming months. Clinton said she had deleted 32,000 e-mails she considered personal.
Clinton put the e-mail server in the hands of Platte River even though no one at the company had a government security clearance.
Tania Neild, a Westchester-based consultant, reached out to Platte River on Jan. 3, 2013, in an e-mail to David DeCamillis, its director of business development. She wrote that she had a project to redo an e-mail server that needed “HIGHEST security possible.”
Platte River didn’t learn the identity of the “top-secret client” until weeks later. It won the job, which cost Clinton and her husband, Bill, $35,000 initially and then more for ongoing technical support, the e-mails show.
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And other internal e-mails show the IT executives fretted about being ordered to purge e-mails and scrambled to distance themselves from what they believed was the former first lady “covering up some shaddy [shady] s- -t.”
In a gallows-humor message, one called it “Hillary’s coverup operation.”
The FBI in July chastised Clinton and her aides over the use of the private server, saying, “They were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.” But the agency declined to recommend charges.
The FBI report noted there were many hacking attempts into the system, both while Clinton was secretary of state and afterward when Platte River Networks took over the administration of the home server. The agency said none had been successful, and it never named the hackers or their points of origin.
But multiple internal Platte River e-mails reviewed by The Post show that computers in China tried on three occasions in 2014 to log into Clinton’s server and a computer in Russia tried once in 2013.
The internal communications also revealed how the execs belatedly tightened security on Clinton’s now-controversial home server and frantically sought to “cover our asses” when news broke that the former secretary of state’s communications were deleted.
Platte River IT consultant Bill Thornton wrote to colleagues on Aug. 19, 2015.
Thornton and fellow Platte River specialist Paul Combetta refused to answer questions last week before a congressional committee probing the server scandal. Each cited his Fifth Amendment rights.
Platte River itself was issued a congressional subpoena last month after it refused to voluntarily answer questions about the system.
Some 30,000 Clinton e-mails have been publicly released by the State Department as Congress investigated the 2012 deaths of US personnel in Benghazi, Libya, and another 15,000 are expected to be made public in the coming months. Clinton said she had deleted 32,000 e-mails she considered personal.
Clinton put the e-mail server in the hands of Platte River even though no one at the company had a government security clearance.
Tania Neild, a Westchester-based consultant, reached out to Platte River on Jan. 3, 2013, in an e-mail to David DeCamillis, its director of business development. She wrote that she had a project to redo an e-mail server that needed “HIGHEST security possible.”
Platte River didn’t learn the identity of the “top-secret client” until weeks later. It won the job, which cost Clinton and her husband, Bill, $35,000 initially and then more for ongoing technical support, the e-mails show.
http://nypost.com/2016/09/18/inside-the-scramble-to-cover-up-clintons-private-email-server/
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