Cybersecurity experts troubled that Clinton and two top deputies apparently skipped training
The State Department has no record of former Secretary Hillary Clinton or her two top aides receiving IT security training while Clinton led the department, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
In response to a Freedom of Information request filed by the nonprofit Competitive Enterprise Institute in March, State said it could not locate any record of Clinton, chief of staff Cheryl Mills, or deputy chief of staff Huma Abedin undergoing any sort of IT security training.
“One former, senior executive branch personnel official contacted me to point out the requirement that appointees take this training, and that if Mses. Clinton, Abedin or Mills had deigned to follow the law, a record of this would exist,” explained CEI senior fellow Chris Horner, who filed the FOIA request.
“He also noted, however, that if anyone was to turn up their noses and refuse the training—and be permitted to—these are the folks. We now know this to be the case,” Horner said in an email.
The request also asked for “all separation documents … completed or submitted” by Clinton, Mills, or Abedin. State returned no responsive documents to that request.
The department previously stated that it had no record of Clinton signing such separation documents, designed to ensure that former employees do not retain confidential information after their departure. State’s reply appears to confirm that neither Clinton nor her top aides submitted those documents.
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6 comments:
Well that would 'splain it Lucy! Being a person who works for a federal contractor I can say that I would not be allowed to have email and network logon without the minimum of IT security training. It is mandatory every year.
If she broke the law then arrest her. Oh, and don't forget to go after Sharpton for tax evasion and Obama for Social Security fraud.
what difference does it make?
Lock her butt up !
That url was a link back to one of your articles on June 13th, Joe.
Shot yourself in the foot with that cull, pal?
Anon 1102: She didn't break the law per se by not taking the training but if she was allowed to log onto government computers without the training then someone was overlooking their responsibilities by showing her favoritism. One could conclude that this could be part of her defense if she goes to court, you know, the poor innocent victim who wasn't told what she needed to do.
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