State Department releases final batch of Hillary Clinton emails

Hillary Clinton had to be trained on how to check her email. — (Image credit: Getty Images)

On Monday, the State Department released the final installment of 1,723 emails Hillary Clinton had stored on a private server while she was secretary of state. Of the 30,068 emails released over the past several months, under court order, the State Department has retroactively classified 65 as "secret," the second-highest level of security, and one as "top secret." At the CIA's demand, 22 emails won't be released. Another 2,028 have portions blacked out.

Among the final batch of emails was a forward to Clinton regarding a North Korea missile test that a U.S. spy agency had wanted classified "top secret." That "original assessment was not correct, and the document does not contain top secret information," said State Department spokesman John Kirby. In another email, dated Dec. 29, 2011, Clinton actually made a decent Star Wars joke:

If that was a prescient bid for the nerd vote, well-played, Secretary Clinton.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.