U.S. Intel Reportedly Backs Away from Claim About Classified Info in Hillary Emails

Further investigation of two emails from Hillary Clinton‘s private server determined they did not contain highly classified information, contrary to the conclusion reached earlier this year by the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence determined the emails did not contain intelligence secrets when they were sent and received. The State Department has consistently maintained that Clinton did not send or receive emails marked “classified” over her private server during her tenure as Secretary of State.

Intelligence Community Inspector General I. Charles McCullough III, concluded in August that two of Clinton’s emails were “top secret/SCI level” — a finding that contributed to the FBI’s ongoing probe of Clinton’s email server.

But an anonymous source told Politico the inspector general’s finding was based on “a flawed process.” According to that source, the information was not classified at the time it was sent over Clinton’s server, though a subsequent report related to the information was eventually marked “top secret.” The Office of the Director of National Intelligence concluded that report was not classified until several day after the emails were sent and received.

Clinton has been embroiled in scandal over her eamails since before she announced her candidacy for president. Last month, she sat through an 11-hour hearing on the Benghazi terrorist attacks, with a bulk of the questions aimed at her private server.

Though Clinton maintains her actions were not illegal, she admitted she was “wrong” in using a private server.

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