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Hillary Clinton Finally Surrenders, Relinquishes Secret Email Server

<p>Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that she would finally consent to months of demands by handing over the secret email server she used while serving as Secretary of State&period; However&comma; it is unclear whether or not any useful data remains on the device&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When an investigation into the Benghazi terrorist attack led to the discovery of Clinton&rsquo&semi;s secret server&comma; the diplomat handed over thousands of pages of emails to the State Department &ndash&semi; after deleting over 30&comma;000 emails&nbsp&semi;she&nbsp&semi;considered &ldquo&semi;personal&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many believe America&rsquo&semi;s top diplomat used the server to send and receive classified information &ndash&semi; a suspicion that has been confirmed recently by Inspector General Charles McCullough&comma; who says that at least two of the emails were &ldquo&semi;Top Secret&sol;SCI level&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;Top Secret&rdquo&semi; refers to any material that if released could be a threat to national security&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hillary refutes this claim by explaining that nothing she sent or received was marked &ldquo&semi;classified&rdquo&semi; at the time&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Federal investigators have been begging the Democratic candidate for months to give up the questionable server&comma; but it wasn&&num;8217&semi;t until McCullough&rsquo&semi;s discovery&nbsp&semi;that she finally surrendered&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;This information revealed by the inspector general makes it even more important that the FBI and the State Department secure these documents&comma;&rdquo&semi; says Senator Charles E&period; Grassley of Iowa&period; &ldquo&semi;To date&comma; the two agencies most critical to securing this information have failed to assure the American people that they are taking the necessary steps to protect America&rsquo&semi;s national security interests&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Clinton&rsquo&semi;s spokesman Nick Merrill said that both the server and a flash drive with copies of her emails were handed over to the Justice Department&period; &ldquo&semi;She pledged to cooperate with the government&rsquo&semi;s security inquiry&comma; and if there are more questions&comma; we will continue to address them&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Merrill&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;It&rsquo&semi;s about time&comma;&rdquo&semi; says House Speaker John Boehner&period; &ldquo&semi;Secretary Clinton&rsquo&semi;s previous statements that she possessed no classified information were patently untrue&period; Her mishandling of classified information must be fully investigated&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;From my perspective the facts are very clear&comma;&rdquo&semi; says Hillary&period; &ldquo&semi;This has all been done in accordance with the rules and the regulations in effect and&comma; you know&comma; I just trust the American people to sort through all of that stuff&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I believe that Clinton had plenty of time to delete any &ldquo&semi;sensitive&rdquo&semi; information before surrendering the server&period; In fact&comma; she even admitted to wiping the device &ndash&semi; so there may be no data left at all&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The State Department was supposed to have finished filtering through Clinton&rsquo&semi;s emails by now&comma; but the deadline has come and gone&period; The department&comma; now aided by five intelligence agencies&comma; still has 2&comma;000 more pages of emails to inspect&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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