(AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received information on her private email server that has now been classified about the deadly attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi.
The
email in question, forwarded to Clinton by her deputy chief of staff
Jake Sullivan, relates to reports of arrests in Libya of possible
suspects in the attack.
The
information was not classified at the time the email was sent but was
upgraded from "unclassified" to "secret" on Friday at the request of the
FBI, according to State Department officials. They said 23 words of the
Nov. 18, 2012, message were redacted from the day's release of 296
emails totaling 896 pages to protect information that could damage
foreign relations.
Because the
information was not classified at the time the email was sent, no laws
were violated, but Friday's redaction shows that Clinton received
sensitive information on her unsecured personal server.
