and that's one of the things that my colleague michael schmitt raises in the story, that we don't know if the e-mail she was using, even though it was personal, was somehow encrypted. there are so many unanswered questions right here. and i think that this story's going to continue to play out for a few more days. >> well, if it's true that she never used a state department e-mail address, we have something that, at first read, has no conceivable rational explanation. what could it possibly be? >> you know what the other amazing thing about it, this was uncovered, basically, by the benghazi committee. and democrats and opponents about the benghazi committee have been saying they're wasting their time. this is just political, this is just redundant. and yet, we have an example of something very significant raised by this committee. so i think it emboldens republicans to pry away at her and see what else she's hiding. >> the "new york times" is on it, the media is going to be on it. it doesn't matter what the republican does at this point. thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thank

michael schmitt told us something yesterday about why prosecutors may have let david petraeus down so gently in this case. >> we do know that mr. petraeus is it represented by williams and conley, the top law firm in washington. what was going to happen is if this went to trial, it was going to be really ugly. it was going to be a lot of motions filed against the government, it was going to be a tough fight for them. >> a really tough fight. prosecutors wanted to bring felony charges against david petraeus. david petraeus said meet my lawyers from williams and conley. this week, another former high ranking obama official is embroiled in a different kind of scandal. hillary clinton is under fire for using only a private e-mail address when secretary of state, essentially making her the gate keeper of how and whether her communications from her time in office are preserved and made available for the public. well, today, before house republicans sent out subpoenas, they got a note from hillary clinton's lawyer. his name is david kendall from a law firm called williams and conley. the sam