ABC’s Raddatz: State Dept’s Computer Help Desk Was ‘Confused’ by Clinton’s Private Server

STEPHANOPOULOS: “We are going to turn now to those Hillary Clinton e-mails released overnight. More than 7,000 pages, the largest release yet from her time as secretary of state. They have been a thorn in her side throughout this campaign. Martha Raddatz and our team in Washington pored through them all night long. And Martha, a real mix here, of policy, politics and some personal stuff.”

RADDATZ: “There certainly was, George. The e-mails include thoughts from her daughter Chelsea, to her choice of TV shows; to the most serious issues confronting Clinton while secretary of state.”

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RADDATZ (voice-over): “Overnight, those 7,000 pages of e-mails from Clinton’s private server released. One hundred and twenty-five now deemed classified. Including details from a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now heavily redacted. A Clinton aide aware at the time of the sensitivities, happy to talk secure your convenience, he writes. But then adding the highlights are as follows. Those details now blanked out. It appears even employees of the State Department's computer help desk were confused by Clinton’s use of the private server. They had no idea it was you. Just some random address, so they e-mailed. Her aide, Huma Abedin, replies to Clinton, many of the other e-mails more mundane but providing insight into the person behind the office, details from her daughter Chelsea about a trip to Haiti, her excitement over an iPad asking, do you think you can teach me to use it on the flight to Kiev next week? Disdain for government shutdowns during snow days in the nation's capital. I guess, I will work from home again but think this is silly. Even the need to know when two popular television shows air, can you give me times for two TV shows, ‘Parks and Recreation’ and ‘The Good Wife.’ So far only 25 percent of the e-mails have been released. The State Department is aiming to have them all out by January 2016.”

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RADDATZ: “Clinton has said repeatedly that none of the e-mails she exchanged were marked classified. But clearly officials now think that some information being discussed over her private e-mail server at the time contains information that certainly should be. And there are many more e-mails yet to come.”