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FBI Docs: Clinton Ignored Security Protocols for Photo Ops

FBI Docs: Clinton Ignored Security Protocols for Photo Ops

 Secretary Clinton walks through the Petojo residential area of central Jakarta on February 19, 2009. (AFP via Getty Images)

Monday, 17 October 2016 07:36 PM EDT

A security agent told the FBI that Hillary Clinton was "contemptuous" of those protecting her when she was secretary of state, and "disregarded security and diplomatic protocols," Fox News reported. 

The stinging critique by an unnamed agent was included in pages of documents released by the FBI Monday that related to its probe of Clinton's private email server.

The agent was responsible for protecting Clinton.

"Agents were indignant that they were required to follow security policy but [Clinton] made herself exempt from the same regulations," the agent complained, including during a 2009 visit to Indonesia, where the agent charged that Clinton overrode security recommendations to stay out of potentially hostile areas in Jakarta, Fox News reported.

Clinton put the traveling party in "unnecessary danger in order to conduct a photo opportunity for 'her election campaign,'" the document says.

“…[the Diplomatic Security advance team] recommended in writing that this excursion be stricken from the schedule but were told by DS management that it was going to happen because 'she wanted it,'" the document says.

"It was also believed that [Clinton] disregarded security and diplomatic protocols, occasionally without regard for the safety of her staff and protection detail, in order to gain favorable press."

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A security agent told the FBI that Hillary Clinton was contemptuous of those protecting her when she was secretary of state, and disregarded security and diplomatic protocols, Fox News reported.
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