A nice little bombshell just in from the WashingtonFreeBeacon.com:

Clinton Signed NDA Laying Out
Criminal Penalties for Mishandling of Classified Info

by Lachlan Markay

Dem presidential candidate and top aides signed NDAs warning against ‘negligent handling’ of classified information

As the nation’s chief diplomat, Hillary Clinton was responsible for ascertaining whether information in her possession was classified and acknowledged that “negligent handling” of that information could jeopardize national security, according to a copy of an agreement she signed upon taking the job.

Translated: she knew precisely what she was doing when she signed that document, and she knew precisely what was expected of her and what could potentially occur to her if she were to abrogate that agreement.

It was all made plain and clear, up front.  A copy of that Nondisclosure Agreement (NDA) is here.

A day after assuming office as secretary of state, Clinton signed a Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement that laid out criminal penalties for “any unauthorized disclosure” of classified information.

Part of the document she SIGNED states “I have been advised that the unauthorized disclosure, unauthorized retention, or negligent handling of SCI by me could cause irreparable injury to the United States or be used to advantage by a foreign nation.”

The FreeBeacon continues:

The language of her NDA suggests it was Clinton’s responsibility to ascertain whether information shared through her private email server was, in fact, classified.

“I understand that it is my responsibility to consult with appropriate management authorities in the Department … in order to ensure that I know whether information or material within my knowledge or control that I have reason to believe might be SCI,” the agreement says.

It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to realize Clinton acquired her own email server because she wanted total control of the information, and to ensure that its contents were not readily discoverable — when in fact likely the precise opposite occurred.  Just ask the Chinese and the Russians.

It’s already been revealed there were classified emails on her server.  They were marked “TS/SCI”—top secret/sensitive compartmented information.”  A valuable list of US security clearance delineators is here.

The incredibly smarmy Clinton arrogance and imperious conceit enters the picture when, despite all of this and, having signed her NDA and knowing so, she still believed she was of such import that she would not be touched or held accountable for any action.  The private server was an obvious attempt at avoiding her responsibilities and duties.  She, as with Obama, have administrations that are the opposite of transparent.

They were and are they most opaque by design.

Hillary Clinton jeopardized US security, lied about it, and couldn’t care less about it.

BZ