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Tech asked reddit for help on how to delete Clinton's emails
« on: September 21, 2016, 11:18:36 AM »

As in "I was asked to do something probably illegal. I'm not technically competent on how to do so. How can I tamper with evidence?"

Paul Combetta, aka stonetear, wanted to 'redact' email addresses from a live Exchange email database.
http://archive.is/DShav
https://i.sli.mg/X0fU96.png

The tech was already given immunity from prosecution
https://web.archive.org/web/20160917073836/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-emails-investigation.html

Good tech explanation:
https://www.reddit.com/r/exchangeserver/comments/53ick9/remove_or_replace_tofrom_address_on_archived/d7tjg3v

Also on how to set up an auto-delete policy
http://archive.is/gZfRr


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Re: Tech asked reddit for help on how to delete Clinton's emails
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2016, 11:45:54 AM »
Is he going to hang himself with his hands tied behind his back, or just shoot himself in the head eight times with a 5 shot revolver?

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Re: Tech asked reddit for help on how to delete Clinton's emails
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2016, 12:08:11 PM »
Is he going to hang himself with his hands tied behind his back, or just shoot himself in the head eight times with a 5 shot revolver?

He had admin rights to the server. If he had half a brain, he backed the data up before he started monkeying with the deletes. Or could have. Combined with the immunity that the DOJ so helpfully provided even after committing perjury, he's perfectly safe as long as he keeps his mouth shut and a very low profile. The official story according to Clinton and the govt is that he acted on his own, implausible as that sounds. This kinda shows otherwise. He was already the fall guy.

Reddit has a lot of SJW's which have been taking over a lot of the site during the former CEO's tenure (Ellen Pao), so all of the posts are deleted and they're trying (and failing) to do damage control.

House Oversight Committee is looking into it, but the guy's immunity is probably pretty comprehensive. I would assume he's on some kind of no-work consulting payoff until this blows over.
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Re: Tech asked reddit for help on how to delete Clinton's emails
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2016, 01:26:08 PM »
I would assume he's on some kind of no-work consulting payoff until this blows over.

Screw that. I would need to be set up to retire in upper-middle-class style, and keep myself in 2500 sqft or more, 3 car garage, cars, kids college etc. for life at minimum.
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Re: Tech asked reddit for help on how to delete Clinton's emails
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2016, 06:51:27 PM »
Screw that. I would need to be set up to retire in upper-middle-class style, and keep myself in 2500 sqft or more, 3 car garage, cars, kids college etc. for life at minimum.

That's chump change to the Clintons
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Re: Tech asked reddit for help on how to delete Clinton's emails
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2016, 11:51:02 AM »

Interestingly, his immunity may be predicated on him not lying about statements. I still have no idea how he was given immunity and then plead the Fifth when under oath. Sigh, and she's virtually certain to be our next President.
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