Device storage of Clinton e-mails probed

WASHINGTON: The government is looking into the security of devices on which Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private e-mail was stored when she was secretary of state, Clinton’s attorney said Wednesday.
“We are actively cooperating” with the investigation, attorney David Kendall said in a statement.
The Washington Post reported in Wednesday’s editions that the FBI has asked Kendall about the security of a thumb drive containing copies of Clinton’s work e-mails sent during her tenure as secretary of state, which is in his possession. The Post cited two anonymous government officials, who said that the FBI was not targeting Clinton.
On Wednesday, Kendall characterized the investigation as predictable, given that the inspector general of the US intelligence community alerted the Justice Department last month that information not marked classified — but which should have been — may have been included in e-mail that went through Clinton’s home server. The referral to the Justice Department did not seek a criminal probe and did not specifically target Clinton.
“Quite predictably, after the ICIG made a referral to ensure that materials remain properly stored, the government is seeking assurance about the storage of those materials,” Kendal said in his statement.
Clinton’s e-mails have been under scrutiny since The Associated Press revealed in March that she used a private “homebrew” server traced to her New York home while she was the top US diplomat. Government and congressional investigators have been trying to determine whether she sent or received classified information on unsecured e-mail.