Eli Lake, Columnist

Don't Let the FBI's E-Mail Surprise Swing the Election

The Weiner-Abedin-Clinton chain is troubling. But we are living in an age where secure information is an oxymoron.

Very close.

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To borrow a phrase from Vermont's favorite socialist, I too am sick and tired of hearing about Hillary Clinton's damn e-mails.

As we all found out on Friday afternoon, the FBI is reviewing some messages involving a close Clinton aide to see if they contained classified information. The agency's director, James Comey, said so in a vague letter to congressional leaders, and it has turned the election yet again on its head.