State Department security specialists, at least initially, had no idea Clinton was using a personal server. Clinton was sworn in as Secretary of State on Jan. 21, 2009. She conducted State Department business via her private email account, run through a server in her New York home, for the duration of her term. According to the Post, State Department security and technology officials were told at a high-level early meeting that Clinton wanted to conduct official business on a BlackBerry. They also knew that she didn't use a government-issued BlackBerry and was thus using a personal device and some sort of personal email account.
But it apparently did not occur to any of these officials that Clinton's email hosting might literally be coming from a server in her basement. "Those officials took no steps to protect the server against intruders and spies, because they apparently were not told about it," the Post writes. (The Post does not say when, if ever, these security officials found out any further details about the server. And on that front, not to excuse Clinton, but couldn't the State Department's top security people have just asked the Secretary of State about her email server?)
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slat...ington_post_s_story_isn_t_flattering_but.html
using a Slate source -not a FOX source so as not to upset you