The 11-page FBI summary released Friday of Hillary Clinton’s July 2 interview in the criminal email investigation shows bureau agents focused their questions to her on the 22 “Top Secret” emails considered too damaging to national security to make public.
(FOX)- These emails contained some of the U.S. government’s most closely held secrets, known as Special Access Programs (SAP), as first reported by Fox News.
Though the summary is heavily redacted, it shows FBI agents asked Clinton about an Afghan national identified as “Salehi,” who appeared in her emails, which included a discussion of a New York Times report about his alleged ties to the CIA. Clinton said she did not remember the email, had no reason to believe the discussion involved classified information, and had “no reason to doubt the judgment of the people working for her on the ‘front lines.'”
The discussion of a foreign national working with the U.S. government raises security implications — an executive order signed by President Obama said such unauthorized disclosures are “presumed to cause damage to the national security.”
The Salehi email, and the discussion of a possible relationship with the U.S. government, was first reported by Fox News as an example of how human spying intelligence, known as humint, was contained in the Clinton emails. The sharing and discussion of such intelligence puts lives at risk.
Clinton was also asked about an October 2012 email that discussed, “This am Green on Blue” — referencing an attack in Afghanistan where American personnel were among the dead. While key sections are redacted, a separate publicly released State Department email, as well as details in the FBI summary, suggest the communication included discussion of an American later revealed to be a CIA officer. Fox News is not reporting the identity of the individual in deference to the family’s wishes not to publicize his national security work.