I'm not sure I understand that last bit in parentheses. It's illegal to pass classified information in email. I've never seen any, "confidential" or above that wasn't marked "for eyes only" on the cover sheet.

Here's the thing, though: I've caught myself starting to email confidential stuff, or discuss it in non-secure locations because whatever-it-was had just been on CNN. Just because it's classified doesn't mean it isn't known to many people without clearances.

Flash back to Desert Storm. The start of it was classified. Talking to folks back home (in Indiana at the time), they knew it was starting. It had been on the news. Because folks sat and watched an enormous number of aircraft take off one night.

Still, unless something has changed, there's no such thing as a legal classified email.

And Comey needs a new job.