[pertinhower]

This is an unusually political post to have risen so high on Hacker News. Is that because of the significance of email to the story? The use of email in this case is not very technically interesting. Or is there some other attraction?

[joshuaheard]

A hacker discovers a secret email account and server being run in violation of the law that could bring down the leading Democratic presidential candidate? That's Hacker News.

[_delirium]

It's kind of a well-known phenomenon that if you give it any opening, sites will fill up with American-presidential-race news for about 1 out of every 4 years, regardless of the nominal subject of the site. Seems to have expanded to 1.5 now? Requires active efforts from the management to keep the flood out, and most sites don't.

[gluejar]

The HN discussion is useful because the news media accounts skip all the tech detail. For example, what provider was used, and what are their security procedures?

[TillE]

Honestly, I expect it's because the HN audience probably doesn't like Hillary Clinton. It really has zero relevance here.