Clinton Aide Left Classified Materials in Front Seat of Her Car

Hillary Clinton may have thought that her email scandal was behind her, but her and her staff’s handling of classified info is a topic that refuses to go away for long.

Emails released on Monday show that Hillary Clinton’s top State Department aide, Huma Abedin, left classified government information that needed to be burned in the front seat of her vehicle.

“Favor” is the subject of Abedin’s July 20, 2009 email to Lauren Jiloty, Clinton’s personal assistant. Judicial Watch obtained the records and hundreds more pages of Abedin emails as part of its ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the State Department.

“I’m going to have ambassador ride on next drive,” wrote Abedin. “There’s a bunch of burn stuff in the pocket of my front seat.”

And seemingly realizing the significance of her error, Abedin asked Jiloty to move the documents to a more secure location.

 “Can u put in trunk?” she asked.

Jiloty told Abedin she would.

The State Department’s Foreign Affairs Manual provides rules related to the burning of agency materials and records. One section of the manual states that only classified material should be burned. It reads:

“Burn bags must contain only the classified material that is to be destroyed. Personal documents, trash, recyclable materials, metal objects (such as binder clips and acco fasteners), string, twine, spiral bindings, cleaning cloths, food, or any other object that is not classified material should not be placed in a burn bag.”

When David Petraeus was found with info in a desk at home, he was prosecuted immediately. But when a Clinton-connected aide is caught with classified materials in an insecure location, no one seems to care.

Meanwhile, some think Abedin should never have had access to confidential material to begin with.

Source: DailyCaller