http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/22/politics/hillary-clinton-benghazi-hearing-updates/
An 11 hour hearing (the second so far) concluded on October 22nd regarding the questionable emails sent by Hillary Clinton about actions in Benghazi. As a result of a Romanian hacker breaking into a private email server on Clinton's property, emails were released showing that Clinton may not have done as much as she could to save the American ambassador and soldiers that died in Benghazi. Soon after, Clinton released 30,490 "work" emails, maintaining that she did this "out of an abundance of being transparent." However, 31,830 "personal" emails were deleted as well. Both Democrats and Republicans presided over her hearing, with Democrats in support of Clinton's good intentions and Republicans demanding answers for questions they feel are still unanswered. Whatever the case may be, implications for her campaign are huge as people feel that her integrity is severely lacking.
Is it a violation of Clinton's right to privacy if she is condemned for things taken from her without permission? Are Republicans right to ask what Clinton had in her personal (and now deleted) emails? Or, did she even have the right to delete them in the first place after the hack, possibly knowing that they would come up later?
Yes, it is a violation of her privacy. Just as evidence gained unlawfully would not be considered in a legal case, this information cannot be used either. Republicans can ask to see whatever they want, but Clinton is under no obligation to release that information, just as she was under no obligation to keep the emails.
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ReplyDeleteEven though what Hilary did may be wrong, it is a violation of her privacy. The information obtained should not be used against her in her hearing, as specified in the exclusionary rule. However, they cannot prevent the public from viewing Hilary differently or change the way they perceive her actions. I think Hilary had the right to delete any of her personal emails, because they are, in fact, personal. For the Republicans to ask Hilary to share private information is intrusive.
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ReplyDeleteWow, just read the article. 11 hours of testimony! The key sentence in the article referred to the evident partisanship. Both sides have made up their minds on this one.
ReplyDeleteYes, it was a violation of her right to privacy because the evidence in question and presented was not lawfully collected under due process. What's more, she had a right to delete those emails because it was most likely nothing more than simple inbox maintenance, and at no point does it specify whether or not those deleted emails had any actual significance
ReplyDeleteI agree with all of the previous comments, Hillary's privacy was violated and so these emails should not even be reviewed because they were illegally produced. It was in her right to delete the emails because these emails were personal and the Republicans have no grounds to question her on them.
ReplyDeleteIf the NSA can force a company to turn over the personal emails of a US citizen, the same should be expected at the highest levels of government. This is an issue of policy, not privacy; when Senator Clinton became Secretary of State in 2009, she entered a higher level of scrutiny and as such should have followed existing government policies. The issue has become overblown, but the root cause remains valid.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the emails were initially produced unjustly through a hacker, Clinton is a much larger political figure with a significant amount of power. Therefore, she should be held to a different standard and expected of to be clear about her actions. I don't think that Republicans have the right to ask what she had in her personal emails, but her deleting of those email did create a much more controversial issue.
ReplyDeleteWhile the argument can be made that evidence seized without the proper procedures can not be used in trial, Clinton must be held to a different standard because of he position, as well as because of her candidacy. Republicans have the right to ask her, but Clinton has the right not to reply. She also had the right to delete them, but it makes her own defense much more difficult, especially if she knew the emails would come up later.
ReplyDeleteWhile the argument can be made that evidence seized without the proper procedures can not be used in trial, Clinton must be held to a different standard because of he position, as well as because of her candidacy. Republicans have the right to ask her, but Clinton has the right not to reply. She also had the right to delete them, but it makes her own defense much more difficult, especially if she knew the emails would come up later.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Lina in all the points she brings up. The procedures and policies of strictness regarding search and seizure should adjust according to Hilary Clinton's high position in politics today. Nonetheless, Clinton does still possess the right to plead the 5th, refusing to submit an answer to the Republicans' relentless, but fair, interrogations. Regardless, Clinton worsens her case as suspect as she was the one to delete so many personal e-mails at around the same time as this case was being made about her. She really should have done her therapeutic technological cleansing of her inbox at a previous time.
DeleteWhile Clinton's privacy was violated by the hacker, Clinton's actions should be held to a different standard because of her importance as a prominent American politician. She has no right to determine what emails were relevant and irrelevant in the case. While it is not illegal for her to use her private email when conducting governmental issues, she has to make them all available (same as if she used a government issued email address).
ReplyDeleteYou can argue that the emails released into the public spectrum through the hacker should not even be considered or read by those presiding over her hearing, however it wasn't the government that claimed these emails without her permission. Unlike the parameters of how the Fourth Amendment takes place that any evidence found without a warrant is negligible, these emails were not found through a search. While it is an invasion of her privacy by the hacker, the resulting outcome is not. The republicans have all the right to question her actions while she also had the right to delete her own PRIVATE emails. If her actions go against anything written by law or agreed upon prior to her deleting them then yes she shouldn't have, however there is no record whatsoever of anything of the sort. I'm not defending her, rather giving her the benefit of the doubt that every person deserves regardless of the acts committed.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that 11 hours is a bit much and they shouldn't be forcing her to tell them what is in her private e-mails, but she definitely did something wrong and due to her very high position in government, she should be held to stricter questioning. High rankings government officials like the Secretary of State shouldn't be using personal e-mails for work because they are not with the government servers and they can be easily hacked and reveal possibly classified information. I think that Hillary shouldn't have deleted the e-mails in the first place and the fact that she did should raise suspicion. Also, I agree with Mateo that the evidence isn't really illegal evidence since it wasn't from an illegal government search.
ReplyDeleteHilary Clinton did do something very questionable. The act of deleting half of her emails after a scandal about her emails should be raising eye-brows. It questions her integrity. Clinton is the favorite of the democratic party, so many like to pretend this was not an issue at all. It clearly is. It only contributes to the negative view of Clinton as untrustworthy. BERNIE 2016
ReplyDeleteIt is true that what Hilary did was a very suspicious and sketchy act. When you delete a large amount of emails, or course people will start asking questions and wondering what the content of those emails may be. Clinton is the Democrats biggest hope right now to be the president so it shouldn't affect her too much. All this scandal does is park a little dent in the Hillary mobile but it does not stop the car altogether.
ReplyDeleteHillary Clinton did have her right to privacy violated, but it was only because of her suspicious actions. Deleting that many emails should open up people's eyes and further question the situation. Republicans have the right to interrogate her about her personal emails because they are related to a world-wide issue. If these emails had nothing to do with a controversial topic, then the Republican Party would not have the right to look deeper into these emails. Clinton had the right to delete them, but it was extremely dumb because it makes her look more suspicious.
ReplyDeleteAlthough what Hilary did was not morally okay, it is an invasion of her privacy. By deleting the emails it made the situation worse but anything they found should not have been used against her. She should not have decided what emails could and could not be used against her. 11 hours also seems a bit too long and this is mainly the hackers fault, but Hilary's actions are questionable.
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