Reuters, Washington :
This 17 August 2015 story was refiled to correct the headline and first paragraph to show U.S. intelligence agencies identified the emails, not State Department and also to add in paragraph 7 to describe role of State Department officials)
Officials from U.S. intelligence agencies have so far identified 305 emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server used while she was secretary of state to be reviewed for potentially classified information, the State Department said in a court filing on Monday.
The department said the emails referred for review came from a sample of about 20 percent of the Clinton emails screened to determine if they can be released publicly.
Last December, Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2016 presidential election, handed over about 30,000 emails she sent and received while America’s top diplomat.
Clinton’s use of her private email while secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 came to light in March and drew fire from political opponents who accused her of sidestepping transparency and record-keeping laws.
This 17 August 2015 story was refiled to correct the headline and first paragraph to show U.S. intelligence agencies identified the emails, not State Department and also to add in paragraph 7 to describe role of State Department officials)
Officials from U.S. intelligence agencies have so far identified 305 emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server used while she was secretary of state to be reviewed for potentially classified information, the State Department said in a court filing on Monday.
The department said the emails referred for review came from a sample of about 20 percent of the Clinton emails screened to determine if they can be released publicly.
Last December, Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2016 presidential election, handed over about 30,000 emails she sent and received while America’s top diplomat.
Clinton’s use of her private email while secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 came to light in March and drew fire from political opponents who accused her of sidestepping transparency and record-keeping laws.
