this was an extraordinary moment. here is cnn's jim sciutto. >> james comey spared hillary clinton the devastating prospect of an fbi indictment just four months from election day. >> in looking back at our investigations into the mishandling or removal of classified information, we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts. >> reporter: however, in a surprise announcement of the conclusion of what he called a pain staking investigation, director comey issued damninc criticism of the use of multiple private e-mail servers. although we did not find clear evidence that secretary clinton and her colleagues intended to violate laws, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. >> the fbi found that of the