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The Democratic presidential hopeful has so much blackmail potential - not only from hackers like the Romanian taxi driver - but from foreign services that have all of her email correspondence, former CIA officer Ray McGovern told RT.

The US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Wednesday that the Justice Department decided to close the investigation into Clinton's use of a private instead of a secure server to send classified information via email.

RT: Are you surprised the Attorney General decided to close the investigation?

Ray McGovern: Sadly I am not surprised at all. The thing was fixed from the beginning. Yesterday when [James] Comey gave that incredible speech, it was very clear that the die had been cast and Secretary Clinton would be granted privileged treatment from any indictment.

RT: Lynch accepted the FBI's recommendation not to charge Hillary Clinton. But do you think her private meeting with Bill Clinton played a role in her decision?

RM: It may have, but I think that the whole thing was fixed from the beginning. Bill Clinton exercised very poor judgment in boarding her plane, and she did almost recuse herself. But the standard had been set with General [David] Petraeus, who actually lied to the FBI, which is a felony ipso facto. He was let off with a misdemeanor and so it was very clear that Hillary Clinton would not be prosecuted, that she would be allowed to become president.

The problem here is that she has so much baggage, and there is so much blackmail potential - not only from hackers like the Romanian taxi driver - but it is very clear to me and to my technical colleagues at the NSA that services like those of Russia, of China, of Iran have a full book on her e-mail correspondence. That means that they could use that for blackmail purposes any time they choose. So just visualize a president of the US with that kind of cloud hanging over her head.