In a 78-page report, out today, the inspector general finds that Clinton never sought approval to use private email for government business; Weighing the Libertarian party's role in the presidential election this year and Senate candidate Tom Del Beccaro joins Larry Mantle.
State Department investigation finds fault with Clinton’s emails
An internal investigation by the State Department has concluded that Hillary Clinton violated cyber security guidelines by using a separate email account and server to handle sensitive government business.
In a 78-page report, out today, the inspector general finds that Clinton never sought approval to use private email for government business, or proved that her Blackberry met minimum security requirements to conduct such business.
It found the past five Secretaries of State did a poor job of recognizing and managing cybersecurity risks and sometimes failed to meet the legal requirements for how they handled electronic data.
However, the IG is particularly pointed in criticizing practices during Clinton's tenure from 2009 to 2013. The report points out that State's security guidelines were significantly beefed up and better-communicated by the time of Clinton's arrival. Despite State's cyber rules, Clinton exclusively used her personal email server to conduct government business. She often used an unapproved mobile device for such communication.
The report contends Clinton staffers twice shut down State's IT department when it raised concerns about Clinton's email practices, saying the matter wasn't to be discussed any further. The FBI criminal investigation is continuing into Clinton's email practices. Clinton aides have been interviewed for that.
Former Secretary Clinton and her staff members at the time refused to be interviewed for the State Department audit. We talk with two strategists about what this could mean on the campaign trail.
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Guests:
Michael Biesecker, reporter for the AP based in Washington D.C.
Bill Burton, Democratic political strategist, California managing director at the public affairs firm SKDKnickerbocker, and former deputy White House press secretary to President Obama; he tweets
Paris Dennard, Republican political analyst and former staffer for President George W. Bush and the Republican National Committee; he tweets
Reason editor, Libertarian presidential candidate on what our third-largest political party’s role will be in election 2016
Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump –and the Libertarian Party?
That’s right, the Libertarian Party is making its way onto at least 32 state ballots for the 2016 presidential candidate election.
The U.S.’s third-largest political party has its convention happening in Orlando this weekend with former New Mexico Governor poised to be the party’s nominee for the second straight election cycle.
The party has traditionally espoused views encouraging small government and more autonomy for individual citizens to make choices about how they live their lives. Some research even suggests that millennials are more likely to identify as Libertarians, which lends some credibility to the idea that the Libertarian movement is on the rise.
What does a Libertarian candidate look like? Meet Austin Peterson, owner and CEO of publishing consulting firm Stonegait, and a Libertarian Party presidential candidate hopeful who believes in economic freedom and personal liberty.
He describes himself as “Pro Liberty, Pro Life and Pro Constitution” in his twitter bio and was recently vocal about supporting same-sex marriage at the May 16 Libertarian Party debate in Nevada. One point Peterson has stressed about Libertarianism is that the party’s ideas are marketed incorrectly.
How do Peterson’s ideas differ from his fellow candidates? What are some of his biggest national concerns and how does he plan to address them? Will the #NeverTrump #NeverClinton movement pick up steam with the help of the Libertarian Party? Can the Libertarian Party change the dynamic of the current election?
Guests:
Matt Welch, editor-in-chief at Reason Magazine and co-author of the book "The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America"; he tweets
Austin Petersen, 2016 Libertarian Party presidential candidate; he is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services; he tweets
Meet the U.S. Senate Candidates: Tom Del Beccaro
AirTalk’s U.S. Senate race coverage continues with the top candidates vying to fill Barbara Boxer’s seat.
Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez have the lead among the top five contenders and Larry Mantle has already welcomed Republican candidates Duf Sundheim and Ron Unz to the studio. Next up? Former state Republican Party Chairman Tom Del Beccaro.
Del Beccaro has been regarded as the most conservative candidate running for Barbara Boxer’s seat in the state Senate race.
His most notable campaign positions include a wastewater recycling program to lead the state in water technology and, as a Contra Costa County business attorney, he’s also drawn up a plan to redesign the federal tax code, implementing a flat tax.
Del Beccaro has also voiced his concerns with security along the Mexico-U.S. border. In a Sacramento Bee article last month, he was said to have disagreed with Kamala Harris’ stance that undocumented immigrants are not criminals.
Larry Mantle speaks to Del Beccaro today on his positions, his campaign struggles in a largely liberal state and what he hopes will be the future of California.
Guest:
Tom Del Beccaro, candidate for U.S. Senate; lawyer and former chair of the California Republican Party
Weighing the risks of attending the 2016 Rio Olympic Games
The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer may be stifling athletes and attendees’ excitement with worry.
Open water swimmers, canoers and rowers will have to compete in water with floating debris and raw sewage. For Olympians and their supporters in Rio, summer heat and humidity may mean more exposure to mosquitos and higher chances of picking up the Zika virus.
But ticket sales are up for the 2016 games, which begin on August 6. That means people aren’t necessarily hindered by headlines of polluted water and Zika. And there’s little chance that athletes working to make it to the Olympics will forfeit their opportunity to compete because of a waterborne illness.
So what health risks should athletes consider going into the games? What is the likelihood of waterborne illnesses for those competing in contaminated water? Which precautions can people take to guard against the Zika virus?
Guests:
Ed Hula, editor-in-chief of Around The Rings, a publication devoted to covering the Olympic Games
Kristina Mena, U.S. expert in risk assessment for waterborne viruses at the University of Texas
William Schaffner, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN
Street of Eternal Happiness tells personal stories of Shanghai residents
Changle Lu is the Street of Eternal Happiness in Shanghai, the most populated city in the world, in a country going through rapid change.
Most of the stories we hear about China in the news are about issues: the economy, national security, human rights. We hear much less about are people, the people affected by these issues in concrete ways. As a foreign correspondent Marketplace reporter Rob Schmitz immersed himself in his neighbor’s stories, walking the street and meeting middle-aged women who have new money-making opportunities, young people who are looking for meaning in a hectic urban landscape, and the workers who move from job to job to job to try to pass a little more than what they have to their children.
If you’d like to hear more from Rob, you can see him tonight at our Crawford Family Forum here at KPCC where he’ll be in conversation with our All Things Cnsidered host, Nick Roman . You can find more information about that here.
Guest:
Rob Schmitz, China correspondent for Marketplace; his new book is “Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road” (Crown, 2016); he tweets