Agreed - but only as long as secondary & tertiary partitions are also addressed which is not something Joe Public would know about. I would think Hillary's IT folks are up to snuff and I guarantee you that the drives were physically restored. Trust me, Maxtor could still get at least some of your data even after a full "wipe" via a tertiary partition. But why the hassle when a hammer or junk microwave or .308 is guarenteed and way more fun?

Anyway...what difference at this point does it make?