How safe were Hillary Clinton’s secrets?

Now the question becomes how exactly Clinton kept that personal email secure—and what steps she took to ensure that she wasn’t spilling any secrets. Even information that’s technically unclassified could reveal the inner workings of American foreign policy. And Clinton, by dint of her position, would be an obvious target for spies, as would any other senior officials with whom she was communicating.

“The practice of using personal email accounts raises potential security concerns,” Steven Aftergood, a government secrecy expert with the Federation of American Scientists, told The Daily Beast. “It would be surprising if Secretary Clinton never dealt with classified matters via email. Were her email messages secured in any way against interception or monitoring?”

A Clinton aide, who asked not to be named, flatly denied that Clinton spilled any secrets through her personal email. “Using her own email account broke no laws, and… was used for communicating non-classified information only,” the aide told The Daily Beast.