[mason240]

>Supposedly she got the server set up because the NSA refused to give a politician who travels frequently a secure smartphone.

I have a very hard time believing that the 3rd (possibly 2nd) highest person in the US government couldn't get their IT requests fulfilled.

[GVIrish]

The NSA is not beholden to the State Department so they could very easily have told her no. Even between different branches of the Armed Forces there is limited ability to force the issue if another branch doesn't want to do something.