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"BleachBit" is a program that erases computer data so completely that even the FBI can't find it.

"The [FBI] documents provided a number of new details about Mrs. Clinton’s private server, including what appeared to be a frantic effort by a computer specialist to delete an archive of her emails even after a congressional committee had requested they be preserved."

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/03/us/politics/hillary-clinton-fbi.html?_r=0

Why this "frantic" effort to erase emails about wedding plans and yoga classes?

Now comes the DEAD silence from the Hillary-bots here.

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Probably because she wanted everything gone and "BleachBit" erases just about everything. Including those plans. She tried to completely wipe her server clean of everything. But, a good hacker could still get in and get access to those files anyway. The NSA and CIA employ quite a few of them and I'm sure if the FBI really wanted to know what was on them, they would do the same. Only a really strong encryption program can completely hide files but that can be broken in time also.

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I'm not sure I understand what you mean here.

I thought BleachBit completely erases the data, so that there would be nothing for a hacker or the FBI to find, once the erasure had been done.  Or are you saying that there still is a way to detect faint traces of previous states of each "bit" of data before the erasure?

Encryption, on the other hand, does not erase the data, but just encodes it in a way that is difficult to decipher.

I think the most likely scenario is that Hillary had her server completely erased (except for the part that the computer specialist forgot... the "oh, sh*t moment" referred to in the Times article), but before it was erased, transferred the data to memory sticks that only she and Bill know about and have access to.

Of course, any number of hackers could have gotten the emails before they were erased. That's her big worry between now and Election Day.

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I've actually seen this done. No server or hard drive can ever be completely erased, no matter what the people say that it can be.

Strong encryption can slow the process down but that's it.

I've seen partially burned or destroyed servers and hard drive still cough up their stored data.

We have four people in my company that can get to anything anytime no matter what the person has done to erase it.

Don't let the FBI's propaganda fool you. If they really wanted all the info? They could get it.

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So Comey perjured himself in his sworn testimony before Congress, when he said the FBI couldn't recover the erased emails, and no one in Congress knew (or didn't let on they knew) any better?

We're in worse trouble than I thought.

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I would say that you are right. There is always a way to get info out of a server or hardrive no matter what program they used. She might have buried things in false folders but they can get to it. I've seen some of these guys and they are just genius with those things. The harder it is, the more they enjoy cracking it.

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