Rep Cartwright: Were they properly documented, were they properly marked, according to the manual*?
Director Comey: No.
Rep Cartwright: According to the manual... if you're going to classify something, there has to be a header. on the document, right?
Director Comey: Correct
Rep Cartwright: Was there a header on the 3 documents... that had a little (c) in the text someplace.
Director Comey: There were 3 e-mails, the (c) was in the body, in the text, but there was no header on the e-mail or in the text.
Rep Cartwright: So if Secretary Clinton really were an expert in what's classified and what's not classified, and were following the manual, the absence of a header would tell her immediately that those 3 documents were not classified. Am I correct in that?
Director Comey: That would be a reasonable inference.
* Manual: ”Marking Classified National Security Information”