Clinton should have just used the NSA approved smartphone

At the time Clinton was asking for a phone, only the Sectéra Edge was available (the Guardian was running behind in development). But you couldn't just buy the Edge and be ready to go—it required multiple server-side and phone-side e-mail additions, desktop synchronization software, and other supporting products. Since it had both a secure and nonsecure side, it required separate accessories for each of its modes. The "Executive Kit" version of the Edge, priced for government purchase at $4,750, included:

Type 1 Sectéra® Edge™(GSM or CDMA) device plus: Executive Carry Case, Leather Holster Travel Charger, Red/Black USB Cables, Vehicle Charger, Earbud, Stylus 10-pack, microSD Card with User Manual, Spare Battery, Privacy Shield 4-pack, Antivirus Software, Apriva® Email Client and Perpetual Rights fee and Office Suite for Windows® CE

But to support the Edge, organizations still needed to buy the Apriva e-mail server (a separate secure mail server just for mobile users) and mobile management server, annual or perpetual seat licenses for each mail client, annual server support contract fees for the e-mail and management servers, an annual Symantec Antivirus maintenance contract, and different phone modules for US and international use. Plus, the government would have had to pay for training on the servers. Not counting the man hours required from State Department IT, configuring a Sectéra Edge for Secretary Clinton would have cost just over $30,000—not a lot to pay, in hindsight, for secure communications for the person fourth in line for succession to the presidency.

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Saint Peter said:

a drop
in the bucket

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