Super Tuesday may be behind us, but election season is not close to being over yet. Huge public and political figures are coming out and taking sides in an attempt to sway the polls. Regardless, this will be a close primary for both the Democratic and Republican party. With so much on the line here, we, as voters, need to educate ourselves on what each candidate is wanting to get out of this election. We need to determine who is eligible to be the future POTUS. Now, whenever Hillary Clinton is brought up any anti-Clinton advocate tends to throw the email scandal into the discussion. However, these are the same exact people that cannot explain what happened during this scandal nor how it even became a scandal. So here is a brief explanation in an attempt to help voters determine whether or not to vote for Clinton.
Sept. 11, 2012 a series of attacks on American compounds in Benghazi, Libya left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. In the midst of the attack, it seemed as if this were a spontaneous act to protest an anti-Muslim video, "Innocence of Muslims." However, after further investigation — it was determined that the attacks were in fact premeditated.
Now, you're probably thinking, "Why does this matter?"
It matters because Clinton was Secretary of State at the time of the attacks. That, and the fact that the State Department denied requests for additional security to the compound prior to the attack. So, of course, Clinton took the fall for the departments mess-up. Take that how you must; in the end, though, this incident just shows the never ending human ability to not take preventative measures until after something has gone wrong.
So where do the e-mails come into play?
The New York Times reporter, Michael Schmidt revealed that Clinton had been using a personal email to conduct business as secretary of state. The problem is that there may be a rule requiring that an officials' emails (or any correspondence of that type) be saved for agency records. The key word here is "may," because, lack of a definitive yes/no word is what is keeping Clinton and her aids out of trouble. She's not the first to use a private email for business, but she is the first to use solely a personal account for business.
Why is this a problem?
Personal emails are not secure. And Clinton was conducting government-related business on her personal account. When this article came out Clinton turned over a majority of the emails, but not all of them were preserved by her aides. Of these emails, 65 have been determined to contain classified information.
The situation as a whole is just very shady, and as more and more information comes to light it reflects negatively on Clinton and how she handled the situation as a government official. It's something that individuals need to be paying attention to in the news, especially with one of Clinton's staffers (the one who set up her email server) being granted immunity. Clinton is supposed to be questioned by the FBI soon.
If Hillary becomes president while e-mail's around, will we ever know what's going on in our country?
