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FED ER AL B URE AU O F INV ES TIG A TIO N

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(U//PO UO.) On July 2, 2 016, HIL LAR Y R ODH AM CL INTO N, date of birib

was in tervie wed by F ederal Bu reau qfln vesi igatio n (F BI) S pecial Agen ts (S A) land

i’s attorney* Davi

at the 1, Edg ar H oove r Bu ildin g lo cated at 935 Pe nnsyl vsma A venu e NW ,

and Samu elson agre ed to sign a non-disclosu re, agreement in anticip ation o f view ing doc uments

during the in terview tha t we re cla ssifie d as part o f a Special A ccess Program (S AP). Afte r being a dvised

of the i dentit ies o f the in tervi ewin g age nts, and the p urpo se o f the interview . CLINT ON pr ovide d the

follow ing inform ation :

(U/^ OU O) Upon t aking offi ce as the Se cretar y o f Stat e (S ecSta ie) a t the IKS . Department of State

(herea fter. State) in January 20 09, CLINTON rec alled her offic e on the seven th f loor a t Sta te hea dqua rters

had on e bl ack p hone capable of unseeu re and-s ecure com mu nica tions , one yello w ph e*r for -'.ecure

communic ation only , and o ne w hite pho ne cap able of direct call s to certain govera me > o il trial s.

CUN TON did not have a computer terminal o f any kind or a facs imile mach ine in her Hs at State.

to her pr eference to use her offic e at Sta te. It was CLINTON'S pract ice to lo ck the SCIF every time it was

vacated. When in her re sidences , CLINT ON w ould receiv e cla ssified inf orma tion throu gh diplom atic

pouch via-cour ier, sec ure phon e call or secur e fax. After c onsu ming hard co py cla ssifie d do cume nts a t her

reside nce, C LINTON would plac e th e docum ents in a “b urn bag,"

(S//NF ) When travelin g domest ically. CLINTO N ha d n o tech nical suppor t, trav eling with her as it

related to s ecure com muni catio ns.

verbal brief ings on-the sec urity of her co mm unica tions

J CLINTO N reealled

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(U/flPOUO) After review ing an e mail dated lufy i . 2 012 w ith sub sect line *'Fw: Congr atulations!”

CLINTON stated she receive d no p artic ular guidanc e as to how she s houl d us e the Pre siden t's «»ail

addres s |&who.ed p.uov. S ince the foreg oing email was .sent from Russi a, C LINTON slated she

must have seat it fro m t he pla ne.

(IMP QUO ) A fter revie wing an e mail dated March 22» 2009 with sub ject line “ Re: Fol low up,”

CLINT ON stated th is ema il p ertain ed t o how her “ files” were g oing to b e trea ted at State,. CLINT ON

relayed wh ile if? she Se nate, she m ainta ined a p ersona! and offi cial pape r fil e. Th is pr oces s was not

implemented through Sena te pro cedur e or gu idance but thro ugh CLINTON*», own personal process ,

CLIN TON was not aware how o ther State s taff mainta ined the ir rec ords and was unaware o f Slat e’s State

CLINT ON coul d not recall ho w oft en s he u sed th is a uthor ity o r any tra ining or g uida nce provi ded by

State, CLIN TON cou ld no t giv e an exam ple of how c lassi ficati on o f a docu ment was dete rmine d,

CLINT ON state d the re w as-a pr oces s at State befo re s he ar rived and she relie d on the caree r fo reign

service pro fess ional s she work ed with to app ropr iatel y ha ndle and mark clas sified in forma tion.

(U/flPOUO) CL INTO N recall ed being b riefed on Specia l Ac cess Prog ram (SA P) in form ation but

could not recall any speci fic brie fing on how lo h andle informa tion ass ocia ted w ith SA Ps. C LINT ON was

certain she signe d an agre emen t m emo rializ ing her a cce ss■ to SAP m ateria l, b ut sh e cou ld n ot rec all

specifi c deta il. C LINTON recalled all SA P re lated inf orma tion was deliv ered to her by pape r in her of fice,

through co urier at he r res idenc e, or thro ugh .co nversation in her office or in the Situa tion Room at t he

White Ho use, in g en era l CL INTON knew S AP infor matio n w as o f great im portance an d n eeded to be

CLINT ON knew there was a role for DOD, State and the CIA but could not pro vide speci fics as to w hat it

was. D ue to a disag reement betwe en these agen cies. CLINTO N: reca lled h aving ma ny di scus sions relat ed

drone prog ram e xtern ally it wa s at the Wh ite H ouse. CLINTON neve r had a co ncer n wit h ho w clas sified

inform ation pert ainin g to the d rone program w as ha ndled .

(Uffi OUO ) C LINT ON was not issue d a mobi le de vice by S tate, but con tinue d to use the

passw ord pr otected B laekB erry she u sed during her time in th e Se nate, Thi s devi ce w as c onnec ted to he r

AT&T Bl aekBe rry a ddres s wh ich was used for b oth p ersona l c omm unic ation s an d off icial busin ess,

CLINTON made th is deci sion out o f conv enien ce a nd noted she had spoken to former Secre tary of S tate

COLIN F OWBL L w ho u sed a private email accoun t, as had othe r Secre taries o f State b efore him.

(U//T QUO ) Aft er r eviewin g an ema il dat ed February 12. 2009 with th e subject line “ Re: New

ceiL" CLINTON stat ed s he w as fa miliar with the p hone number e nding in

referenced in the em ail.

She bel ieve d the num ber was t hat o f he r BlaekB erry be cause she did not re call usin g a fli p phone during

tampe red w ith, nor d id sh e ev er lo se a Blaek Berr y wh ile t raveling. There w ere a few occ asion s wh ere