A joint review by the CIA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency confirmed an inspector general’s finding that a pair of emails on Hillary Clinton’s private server should have been marked “top secret” when they were sent in 2009 and 2011.
The Clinton campaign continued to dispute the conclusion that any emails were classified at any level at the time they were transmitted, according to a report by the New York Times.
After the inspector general for the intelligence community discovered the two top secret emails among a sample of just 40, Clinton began to blame the growing controversy over the sensitivity of her emails on bureaucratic infighting, which she said had led officials in the intelligence community to conclude some emails were classified when, in fact, they were not.
One of the top secret emails in question discussed North Korea’s nuclear program using information that came from spy satellites, a report from the Washington Times found.
Clinton refused to apologize Monday for using a private server to shield her government communications while serving as secretary of state, insisting that everything she did was permitted by the State Department.
Bryan Pagliano, the Clinton aide responsible for managing the server network, declined to answer questions from three different congressional committees, the State Department inspector general and the FBI, vowing to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights if called to testify before Congress.
Clinton has attempted to distance herself from Pagliano’s decision, with her campaign arguing the former secretary has encouraged everyone involved to cooperate with investigators.
Clinton herself will face questions about her private emails when she testifies before the House Select Committee on Benghazi on Oct. 22.
