Clinton ran own computer system for her official e-mails

The computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Rodham Clinton's e-mails -- on a private account she used exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state -- traced back to an Internet service registered to her family's home in Chappaqua (NY). The highly unusual practice of a Cabinet-level official physically running her own e-mail would have given Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, impressive control over limiting access to her message archives.

It also would distinguish Clinton's secretive e-mail practices as far more sophisticated than some politicians, including Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin, who were caught conducting official business using free e-mail services operated by Microsoft and Yahoo. Clinton has not described her motivation for using a private email account -- hdr22@clintonemail.com, which traced back to her own private email server registered under an apparent pseudonym -- for official State Department business. Operating her own server would have afforded Clinton additional legal opportunities to block government or private subpoenas in criminal, administrative or civil cases because her lawyers could object in court before being forced to turn over any emails. And since the Secret Service was guarding Clinton's home, an email server there would have been well protected from theft or a physical hacking.