It amazes me that the government and media have completely run over the fact that Hillarys server was hacked and whoever did it (wikileaks or Russians) know everything discussed by email. THAT should be the focus here...

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
It amazes me that the government and media have completely run over the fact that Hillarys server was hacked and whoever did it (wikileaks or Russians) know everything discussed by email. THAT should be the focus here...

But it's Classified so they can't talk about it.

Long article with e-mail examples.

The State Department’s top career official pressured the FBI — unsuccessfully — to change the classification of a Benghazi-related email because it would cause him “problems,” an FBI official told the bureau during the Hillary Clinton email investigation.

The official, Patrick Kennedy, State’s under secretary of state for management, asked another FBI official to put a classification grade on the email which would allow him to “archive the document in the basement of [Department of State] never to be seen again.”



http://dailycaller.com/2016/10...-it-caused-problems/

this whole situation feels like there is going to be big explosion sooner or later.

FBI Agents Say Comey ‘Stood In The Way’ Of Clinton Email Investigation

http://dailycaller.com/2016/10...email-investigation/

FBI agents say the bureau is alarmed over Director James Comey’s decision to not suggest that the Justice Department prosecute Hillary Clinton over her mishandling of classified information.

According to an interview transcript given to The Daily Caller, provided by an intermediary who spoke to two federal agents with the bureau last Friday, agents are frustrated by Comey’s leadership.

“We talk about it in the office and don’t know how Comey can keep going.”

The agent was also surprised that the bureau did not bother to search Clinton’s house during the investigation.

“We didn’t search their house. We always search the house. The search should not just have been for private electronics, which contained classified material, but even for printouts of such material,” he said.

“There should have been a complete search of their residence,” the agent pointed out. “That the FBI did not seize devices is unbelievable. The FBI even seizes devices that have been set on fire.”

Another special agent for the bureau who worked counter-terrorism and criminal cases said he is offended by Comey’s saying: “we” and “I’ve been an investigator.”

“Comey was never an investigator or special agent. The special agents are trained investigators and they are insulted that Comey included them in ‘collective we’ statements in his testimony to imply that the SAs agreed that there was nothing there to prosecute,” the second agent said. “All the trained investigators agree that there is a lot to prosecuted but he stood in the way.”

He added, “The idea that [the Clinton/e-mail case] didn’t go to a grand jury is ridiculous.”

People inside the bureau are furious. They are embarrassed. They feel like they are being led by a hack but more than that that they think he’s a crook. They think he’s fundamentally dishonest. They have no confidence in him. The bureau inside right now is a mess.”

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Originally posted by olfuzzy:
Long article with e-mail examples.

The State Department’s top career official pressured the FBI — unsuccessfully — to change the classification of a Benghazi-related email because it would cause him “problems,” an FBI official told the bureau during the Hillary Clinton email investigation.

The official, Patrick Kennedy, State’s under secretary of state for management, asked another FBI official to put a classification grade on the email which would allow him to “archive the document in the basement of [Department of State] never to be seen again.”



http://dailycaller.com/2016/10...-it-caused-problems/

This should be the smoking gun in the Hillary investigation. Here's a good summary from Power Line (with the photos of the actual documents removed for easy posting):

"Today the FBI released another 100 pages relating to its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s conduct as Secretary of State. Why it has taken so long for the agency to review, redact and publish a very small quantity of documents is inexplicable. Be that as it may, the documents released today are explosive.

You may have seen headlines to the effect that Hillary’s State Department tried to pressure the FBI to say that various documents located on Hillary’s insecure home server were not classified. This was critical, obviously, because one of Hillary’s lines of defense was to claim, falsely, that she never sent or received classified documents on her off-the-books email system.

Those headlines are correct, but to get the full impact you really have to see the relevant portions of the FBI investigation. Here they are; in all cases, click to enlarge. But first, a description.

In the first page, an unidentified FBI employee says he was “pressured” to change the classification of an email to render it unclassified. This pressure came from someone within the FBI, who said he had been contacted by Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy, who “had asked his assistance in altering the email’s classification in exchange for a ‘quid pro quo.'” The quid pro quo was that, if the FBI would say the email was unclassified, the State Department would allow the FBI to “place more Agents in countries where they are presently forbidden.”

Subsequently, the interviewee was summoned to an “all agency” meeting at the State Department to discuss the classification review of the Hillary Clinton emails. This fact itself is astonishing: the meeting was attended by representatives of the State Department, the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency “and other government agencies,” including, obviously, the FBI. Patrick Kennedy presided. Someone asked whether any of the Hillary emails that were being reviewed for production were classified. Kennedy replied, “Well, we’ll see.”

Following the all agency meeting, Undersecretary of State Kennedy renewed his effort to pressure the FBI to change its classification of the document in question. The FBI representative wouldn’t budge, so Kennedy asked who else at the agency he could talk to. The interviewee gave the name of Michael Steinbach.

The interviewee then participated in a call with Kennedy and Steinbach, in which Kennedy “continued to pressure the FBI to change the classified markings on the email to unclassified.” Steinbach refused. What happened next is–deserves to be, anyway–a bombshell.

Prior to ending the conversation, KENNEDY asked whether the FBI or STATE would conduct the public statements on the matter. STEINBACH advised KENNEDY that the FBI would not comment publicly on the matter.

That was enough for the astonishingly corrupt Hillary Clinton. This is what happened next:

The conference call ended and, according to [ ], the Associated Press (AP) published the story within the hour. Former Secretary of State Clinton appeared in front of the press shortly thereafter to deny having sent classified emails on her private email server.

The next page of the FBI investigation report is a summary of an interview with someone at the agency–I assume the Mr. Steinbach already referred to. This person says that he got a phone call from Patrick Kennedy, which surprised him because he and another FBI official “had both been trying to contact KENNEDY for months without response.” What did Kennedy want? He “asked [ ] assistance in changing a classification of FBI information contained in an email.”

Kennedy explained that the classified email “caused problems,” and he wanted to categorize the document as a B9. The reference apparently is to a Freedom of Information Act exemption, but this is not clear. In any event, Kennedy said that such a classification would “allow him to archive the document in the basement of DoS [the State Department] never to be seen again.”

POSTED ON OCTOBER 17, 2016 BY JOHN HINDERAKER IN 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, HILLARY CLINTON
HILLARY’S HENCHMEN PRESSURED FBI ON CLASSIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS
Today the FBI released another 100 pages relating to its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s conduct as Secretary of State. Why it has taken so long for the agency to review, redact and publish a very small quantity of documents is inexplicable. Be that as it may, the documents released today are explosive.

You may have seen headlines to the effect that Hillary’s State Department tried to pressure the FBI to say that various documents located on Hillary’s insecure home server were not classified. This was critical, obviously, because one of Hillary’s lines of defense was to claim, falsely, that she never sent or received classified documents on her off-the-books email system.

Those headlines are correct, but to get the full impact you really have to see the relevant portions of the FBI investigation. Here they are; in all cases, click to enlarge. But first, a description.

In the first page, an unidentified FBI employee says he was “pressured” to change the classification of an email to render it unclassified. This pressure came from someone within the FBI, who said he had been contacted by Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy, who “had asked his assistance in altering the email’s classification in exchange for a ‘quid pro quo.'” The quid pro quo was that, if the FBI would say the email was unclassified, the State Department would allow the FBI to “place more Agents in countries where they are presently forbidden.”

Subsequently, the interviewee was summoned to an “all agency” meeting at the State Department to discuss the classification review of the Hillary Clinton emails. This fact itself is astonishing: the meeting was attended by representatives of the State Department, the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency “and other government agencies,” including, obviously, the FBI. Patrick Kennedy presided. Someone asked whether any of the Hillary emails that were being reviewed for production were classified. Kennedy replied, “Well, we’ll see.”

Following the all agency meeting, Undersecretary of State Kennedy renewed his effort to pressure the FBI to change its classification of the document in question. The FBI representative wouldn’t budge, so Kennedy asked who else at the agency he could talk to. The interviewee gave the name of Michael Steinbach.

The interviewee then participated in a call with Kennedy and Steinbach, in which Kennedy “continued to pressure the FBI to change the classified markings on the email to unclassified.” Steinbach refused. What happened next is–deserves to be, anyway–a bombshell.

Prior to ending the conversation, KENNEDY asked whether the FBI or STATE would conduct the public statements on the matter. STEINBACH advised KENNEDY that the FBI would not comment publicly on the matter.

That was enough for the astonishingly corrupt Hillary Clinton. This is what happened next:

The conference call ended and, according to [ ], the Associated Press (AP) published the story within the hour. Former Secretary of State Clinton appeared in front of the press shortly thereafter to deny having sent classified emails on her private email server.

The next page of the FBI investigation report is a summary of an interview with someone at the agency–I assume the Mr. Steinbach already referred to. This person says that he got a phone call from Patrick Kennedy, which surprised him because he and another FBI official “had both been trying to contact KENNEDY for months without response.” What did Kennedy want? He “asked [ ] assistance in changing a classification of FBI information contained in an email.”

Kennedy explained that the classified email “caused problems,” and he wanted to categorize the document as a B9. The reference apparently is to a Freedom of Information Act exemption, but this is not clear. In any event, Kennedy said that such a classification would “allow him to archive the document in the basement of DoS [the State Department] never to be seen again.”

Finally, the last page of this part of the report quotes an FBI employee whose name is redacted, who contacted Patrick Kennedy to talk about the classification issue. Before talking to Kennedy, he learned that “the email of KENNEDY’s concern was classified by the FBI Counterterrorism Division (CTD) and was related to the attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.” Having been told this, the FBI interviewee “contacted KENNEDY and informed him that there was no way he could assist KENNEDY with declassifying the information contained in the email.”

We have here a clear pattern of corruption that makes Watergate look like child’s play. Hillary’s aide, Patrick Kennedy, tried to bribe the FBI to change the classification of a Benghazi document so as to enable Hillary’s false claim that she didn’t send or receive classified information on her illegal home server. The FBI, to its credit, refused. (James Comey wasn’t involved at that stage.)

Hillary’s aide then asked whether the FBI would be saying anything publicly about the classification issue. Once assured that the FBI would be silent, Hillary took the stage and alleged publicly, and falsely, that she never used her illegal home server to send or receive classified information. One wonders, too, how many critically important documents have been “archive[d] … in the basement of DoS [the State Department] never to be seen again,” based on bogus FOIA exemptions.

Donald Trump has his faults, but Hillary Clinton is far too corrupt to serve as President of the United States.

Article at Power Line

New FBI release on Clinton email probe refers to 'Shadow Government'

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/17...ton-email-probe.html


Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens to a question during the town hall debate at Washington University on October 9, 2016 in St Louis, Missouri.
FBI releases trove of Clinton documents
23 Hours Ago | 00:52

A new trove of interview summaries and notes from the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails lays out a series of allegations that could prove fodder for future attacks on the Democratic presidential nominee.

The 100 pages, released Monday morning, include claims that Clinton "blatantly" disregarded protocol. Other claims include that a group of powerful State Department employees attempted to coordinate a document release, and that a department official asked for a "quid pro quo" related to the former secretary of state's emails.

The documents, part four of four to be released by the FBI, include notes and interview summaries that may illuminate more about the bureau's decision not to recommend Clinton be prosecuted for her actions.

Many Republicans have criticized that decision, but FBI Director James Comey has repeatedly insisted the move was apolitical.

"I want the American people to know we really did this the right way. You can disagree with us, but you cannot fairly say we did it in any kind of political way," Comey said in July. "We don't carry water for anybody. We were trying to do what the right thing is."

One revelation in the documents came from an interview with an unidentified person who suggested that Freedom of Information Act requests related to Clinton went through a group sometimes called "the Shadow Government."

"There was a powerful group of very high-ranking STATE officials that some referred to as 'The 7th Floor Group' or 'The Shadow Government.' This group met every Wednesday afternoon to discuss the FOIA process, Congressional records, and everything CLINTON-related to FOIA/Congressional inquiries," the FBI's interview summary said.

That group, according to the summary, argued for a Clinton document release to be conducted all at once "for coordination purposes" instead of on a rolling basis as would normally be the case. But the "Shadow Government" did not get its way, and the agency in charge decided for a rolling release, the FBI summary said.

Another claim from the documents is that one unidentified interviewee said Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy pressured the FBI to unclassify certain emails from Clinton's private server that were previously deemed classified.

The interviewee said Kennedy contacted the FBI to ask for the change in classification in "exchange for a 'quid pro quo.'"

A representative for the State Department categorically denied that claim.

"This allegation is inaccurate and does not align with the facts. To be clear: the State Department did upgrade the document at the request of the FBI when we released it back in May 2015," State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner said.

"Under Secretary Kennedy sought to understand the FBI's process for withholding certain information from public release," Toner added. "As has been reported, there have been discussions within the interagency on issues of classification. Classification is an art, not a science, and individuals with classification authority sometimes have different views. There can be applicable FOIA exemptions that are based on both classified and unclassified rules."

The FBI also denied such a "quid pro quo," offering NBC News the following statement:

"Prior to the initiation of the FBI's investigation of former Secretary Clinton's personal email server, the FBI was asked to review and make classification determinations on FBI emails and information which were being produced by the State Department pursuant to FOIA. The FBI determined that one such email was classified at the Secret level. A senior State Department official requested the FBI re-review that email to determine whether it was in fact classified or whether it might be protected from release under a different FOIA exemption. A now-retired FBI official, who was not part of the subsequent Clinton investigation, told the State Department official that they would look into the matter. Having been previously unsuccessful in attempts to speak with the senior State official, during the same conversation, the FBI official asked the State Department official if they would address a pending, unaddressed FBI request for space for additional FBI employees assigned abroad. Following the call, the FBI official consulted with a senior FBI executive responsible for determining the classification of the material and determined the email was in fact appropriately classified at the Secret level. The FBI official subsequently told the senior State official that the email was appropriately classified at the Secret level and that the FBI would not change the classification of the email. The classification of the email was not changed, and it remains classified today. Although there was never a quid pro quo, these allegations were nonetheless referred to the appropriate officials for review."

Separately, one claim from the FBI documents that was receiving attention online was that one interviewee said there was a "stark difference" between Clinton's "obedience to security and diplomatic protocols" and that of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Clinton, the interviewee said, "blatantly" disregarded such protocols, including her frequent refusal to attend foreign diplomatic functions with the local ambassador.

"This frequently resulted in complaints by ambassadors who were insulted and embarrassed by this breach of protocol," the interview summary said, adding that the subject claimed that "Clinton's protocol breaches were well known throughout Diplomatic Security and were 'abundant.'"

How many seconds did ABC, CBS, NBC or PMSNBC give to this story tonight? Yeah. I thought not. Regards 18DAI

Obama "clears" things up, as only he can,

Obama:

“With respect to the State Department and the FBI reports, I think you’ve heard directly from both the FBI and the State Department that the notion or the accounts that have been put out there are just not true,”

“And you can question them again, but based on what we have seen, heard, learned, some of the more sensational implications or appearances, as you stated them, aren’t based on actual events and based on what actually happened, and I think derive from sort of overly broad characterizations of interactions between the State Department and the FBI that happen a lot and happen between agencies.”

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the only thing he said that is true is the part about "happen a lot and happen between agencies"

http://www.breitbart.com/big-g...cabe-clinton-emails/

A report says that Terry McAuliffe gave over half a million dollars in campaign cash and material support to the wife of an FBI official who was involved in the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s unsecured, homebrew email server from which she conducted all her business as Secretary of State — including the sharing of classified information.

The political organization of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, an influential Democrat with longstanding ties to Bill and Hillary Clinton, gave nearly $500,000 to the election campaign of the wife of an official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation who later helped oversee the investigation into Mrs. Clinton’s email use.

Campaign finance records show Mr. McAuliffe’s political-action committee donated $467,500 to the 2015 state Senate campaign of Dr. Jill McCabe, who is married to Andrew McCabe, now the deputy director of the FBI.

The Virginia Democratic Party, over which Mr. McAuliffe exerts considerable control, donated an additional $207,788 worth of support to Dr. McCabe’s campaign in the form of mailers, according to the records. That adds up to slightly more than $675,000 to her candidacy from entities either directly under Mr. McAuliffe’s control or strongly influenced by him. The figure represents more than a third of all the campaign funds Dr. McCabe raised in the effort.

Mr. McAuliffe and other state party leaders recruited Dr. McCabe to run, according to party officials. She lost the election to incumbent Republican Dick Black.

^^^ Front page news on the Wall Street Journal today.

Can you spell "DKIM", you lying commie twat?

Where is the tar and feathers? I'd like to help carry the rail this asshole should ride out of DC on...


Clinton State Department IT Official John Bentel Takes Fifth Amendment During Judicial Watch Deposition

OCTOBER 24, 2016

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that another witness in the Clinton email matter asserted his Fifth Amendment rights during a Judicial Watch deposition today. The deposition of John Bentel, the State Department’s former Director of Information Resource Management of the Executive Secretariat (“S/ES-IRM”), was ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan. S/ES-IRM is the office that handles information technology for the Office of the Secretary. Mr. Bentel answered over 90 questions with “On advice from my legal counsel, I decline to answer the question and I invoke my Fifth Amendment rights.”

Mr. Bentel, on advice of Obama Justice Department and personal counsel, refused to answer any questions about whether Hillary Clinton was paying his legal fees, offered him employment, or other financial incentives. There were three government attorneys and two personal attorneys present for the deposition.

On August 19, 2016, Judge Sullivan granted Judicial Watch’s request to depose Bentel, citing significant discrepancies in Bentel previous statements on the Clinton non-state.gov email system:

The Court is persuaded that Mr. Bentel should be deposed because the record in this case appears to contradict his sworn testimony before the [House Select] Benghazi Committee. . . . Specifically, Mr. Bentel testified that he was not aware that Secretary Clinton’s email account was housed on a private server until media reports in 2015. . . . However, several emails indicate Mr. Bentel knew about the private server as early as 2009.

In ordering Bentel’s deposition, Judge Sullivan also cited a May, 2016 Inspector General’s report that found:

Mr. Bentel told employees in his office that Secretary Clinton’s email arrangement had been approved by the State Department’s legal staff and also instructed his subordinates not to discuss the Secretary’s email again:

In one meeting, one staff member raised concerns that information sent and received on Secretary Clinton’s account could contain Federal records that needed to be preserved in order to satisfy Federal recordkeeping requirements. According to the staff member, the Director stated that the Secretary’s personal system had been reviewed and approved by Department legal staff and that the matter was not to be discussed any further. . . . According to the other S/ES-IRM staff member who raised concerns about the server, the Director stated that the mission of S/ES-IRM is to support the Secretary and instructed the staff never to speak of the Secretary’s personal email system again.

Judicial Watch deposed seven former Clinton top aides and current State Department officials, including top Clinton aides Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin. Judicial Watch also deposed IT official Brian Pagliano, who asserted his Fifth Amendment right not to testify during the Judicial Watch deposition. And Clinton last week answered Judicial Watch’s question under oath regarding her non-government email system.

The depositions come in connection with a Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit that seeks records about the controversial employment status of Huma Abedin, deputy chief of staff to former Secretary Clinton (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:13-cv-01363 )).

“The fact that yet another State Department official took the Fifth highlights the disturbing implication that criminal acts took place related to the Clinton email and our Freedom of Information Act requests,” stated Judicial Watch Tom Fitton.

The full case history of the Abedin employment lawsuit is accessible on the Judicial Watch website.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/p...al-watch-deposition/

few more bullets on the Terry McAuliffe / FBI issue

Mr. McCabe was running the FBI’s Washington field office that provided resources to the Clinton probe

Mrs. McCabe announced her candidacy the same month (March 2015) as the news broke about Mrs. Clinton’s private email server.

98% of the McAuliffe donations to Mrs. McCabe came after the FBI launched its Clinton probe.

All these people do is protect each other's lying corrupt ass.

Let us not forget McAuliffe was also under FBI investigation, for illegally receiving Chinese cash when these payments were made.

So apparently there were more than a few people in Obummer's inner circle that knew about Hil's private server. Apparently Obummer did not learn about it in the news papers like the rest of us deplorable skum. Looks like he was well aware of Hil's shenanigans. I'm thinking the "careless but not intentional" theory might be a little off on its' assumptions.

NY Times

In a March 2015 interview, President Obama said that he had learned about Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state “the same time everybody else learned it, through news reports.”

But that assertion concerned aides of Mrs. Clinton, who knew that the president himself had received emails from the private address, according to a hacked email made public on Tuesday by WikiLeaks.

“We need to clean this up — he has emails from her — they do not say state.gov,” Cheryl D. Mills, a top aide, wrote to John D. Podesta, another senior adviser, on March 7, 2015.

Two days later, Mr. Obama’s spokesman, Josh Earnest, tried to clarify the president’s remarks, saying that he had, in fact, exchanged emails with Mrs. Clinton through her private account. But Mr. Earnest suggested that the president had no idea the emails could be a problem, because he had relied on Mrs. Clinton to make sure that using a private account did not break any laws.

“The point that the president was making is not that he didn’t know Secretary Clinton’s email address — he did — but he was not aware of the details of how that email address and server had been set up, or how Secretary Clinton and her team were planning to comply with the Federal Records Act,” Mr. Earnest said on March 9.

For Mrs. Clinton, the private email account to conduct State Department business has been a constant source of criticism during her presidential campaign, prompting a series of explanations and apologies from her and her aides, and even an F.B.I. investigation.

The email exchange made public on Tuesday highlighted how the issue was quickly viewed with deep concern not only for Mrs. Clinton, but also for her political ally and former boss, the president.

The release also followed months of Republican arguments that the Obama administration had coordinated with the Clinton campaign to limit the damage from the emails, up to and including the Justice Department’s decision this summer not to prosecute her.

Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Mrs. Clinton’s campaign, declined to comment on Ms. Mills’s email to Mr. Podesta, just as the campaign has declined to discuss any of the tens of thousands of internal campaign-related emails that have been released by WikiLeaks over the last month. The emails were hacked from the account of Mr. Podesta, who is now the campaign’s chairman, and the campaign has blamed the Russian government for breaking into his account in an attempt to help Donald J. Trump defeat Mrs. Clinton on Nov. 8.

The president’s spokesman said Tuesday that Mr. Obama’s original comment that he had not known about the private email server was accurate.

“I recognize that some of the president’s critics have attempted to construct some type of conspiracy about the communication between the president and the secretary of state, but they’ve failed to put forward a conspiracy that withstands any scrutiny,” Mr. Earnest said.

Mrs. Clinton’s use of a private, nongovernmental email server to conduct State Department business raised concerns about whether she had exposed classified information to hacking. The F.B.I. concluded that while she had been “extremely careless,” ultimately she had committed no crime.

Besides the implication that the Clinton team had worked to protect Mr. Obama, the messages about Mrs. Clinton’s private email server, like others recently released by WikiLeaks, revealed the kind of stagecraft and damage control that go on behind the scenes of a modern political campaign.

They showed how Clinton advisers immediately grappled with the issue, anticipating that her opponents would try to exploit to reinforce a perception that she was untrustworthy.

Neera Tanden, another adviser, traded several messages with Mr. Podesta on March 2, 2015, the day The New York Times first reported Mrs. Clinton’s use of the private email address.

Ms. Tanden predicted that Jeb Bush, who was viewed at the time as the potential Republican front-runner, would “go to town” on the issue because his own emails as Florida governor were public.

Ms. Tanden also lamented the timing of the revelation and blamed Ms. Mills, a close Clinton confidante who had worked with her at the State Department, calling it a “Cheryl special.” She suggested that Ms. Mills and other members of Mrs. Clinton’s inner circle who knew about the private emails had probably hoped to keep them secret.

“Why didn’t they get this stuff out like 18 months ago? So crazy,” Ms. Tanden wrote. “Unbelievable,” Mr. Podesta responded.

Ms. Tanden wrote back: “i guess I know the answer. they wanted to get away with it.”

Another exchange between Mr. Podesta and Ms. Mills released last week appeared to show them discussing whether Mrs. Clinton’s private emails to and from Mr. Obama could be withheld from the public under the law.

“Think we should hold emails to and from POTUS,” Mr. Podesta wrote on March 4, 2015, using the acronym for the president of the United States. “We could get them to ask for that.”

The State Department has said that Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama and exchanged at least 18 emails on her private server, and in January officials there said those messages would be shielded from release, citing the longstanding practice of delaying the release of presidential communications until after the president has left office.

This month, the F.B.I. released a series of records from its investigation, which revealed that Mr. Obama had used a pseudonym to communicate by email, including with Mrs. Clinton and others. The F.B.I. records did not reveal the pseudonym.

I will have THE most transparent administration in history:

quote:

Originally posted by Bytes:
So apparently there were more than a few people in Obummer's inner circle that knew about Hil's private server. Apparently Obummer did not learn about it in the news papers like the rest of us deplorable skum. Looks like he was well aware of Hil's shenanigans. I'm thinking the "careless but not intentional" theory might be a little off on its' assumptions.

NY Times

In a March 2015 interview, President Obama said that he had learned about Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state “the same time everybody else learned it, through news reports.”

But that assertion concerned aides of Mrs. Clinton, who knew that the president himself had received emails from the private address, according to a hacked email made public on Tuesday by WikiLeaks.

“We need to clean this up — he has emails from her — they do not say state.gov,” Cheryl D. Mills, a top aide, wrote to John D. Podesta, another senior adviser, on March 7, 2015.

Two days later, Mr. Obama’s spokesman, Josh Earnest, tried to clarify the president’s remarks, saying that he had, in fact, exchanged emails with Mrs. Clinton through her private account. But Mr. Earnest suggested that the president had no idea the emails could be a problem, because he had relied on Mrs. Clinton to make sure that using a private account did not break any laws.

“The point that the president was making is not that he didn’t know Secretary Clinton’s email address — he did — but he was not aware of the details of how that email address and server had been set up, or how Secretary Clinton and her team were planning to comply with the Federal Records Act,” Mr. Earnest said on March 9.

For Mrs. Clinton, the private email account to conduct State Department business has been a constant source of criticism during her presidential campaign, prompting a series of explanations and apologies from her and her aides, and even an F.B.I. investigation.

The email exchange made public on Tuesday highlighted how the issue was quickly viewed with deep concern not only for Mrs. Clinton, but also for her political ally and former boss, the president.

The release also followed months of Republican arguments that the Obama administration had coordinated with the Clinton campaign to limit the damage from the emails, up to and including the Justice Department’s decision this summer not to prosecute her.

Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Mrs. Clinton’s campaign, declined to comment on Ms. Mills’s email to Mr. Podesta, just as the campaign has declined to discuss any of the tens of thousands of internal campaign-related emails that have been released by WikiLeaks over the last month. The emails were hacked from the account of Mr. Podesta, who is now the campaign’s chairman, and the campaign has blamed the Russian government for breaking into his account in an attempt to help Donald J. Trump defeat Mrs. Clinton on Nov. 8.

The president’s spokesman said Tuesday that Mr. Obama’s original comment that he had not known about the private email server was accurate.

“I recognize that some of the president’s critics have attempted to construct some type of conspiracy about the communication between the president and the secretary of state, but they’ve failed to put forward a conspiracy that withstands any scrutiny,” Mr. Earnest said.

Mrs. Clinton’s use of a private, nongovernmental email server to conduct State Department business raised concerns about whether she had exposed classified information to hacking. The F.B.I. concluded that while she had been “extremely careless,” ultimately she had committed no crime.

Besides the implication that the Clinton team had worked to protect Mr. Obama, the messages about Mrs. Clinton’s private email server, like others recently released by WikiLeaks, revealed the kind of stagecraft and damage control that go on behind the scenes of a modern political campaign.

They showed how Clinton advisers immediately grappled with the issue, anticipating that her opponents would try to exploit to reinforce a perception that she was untrustworthy.

Neera Tanden, another adviser, traded several messages with Mr. Podesta on March 2, 2015, the day The New York Times first reported Mrs. Clinton’s use of the private email address.

Ms. Tanden predicted that Jeb Bush, who was viewed at the time as the potential Republican front-runner, would “go to town” on the issue because his own emails as Florida governor were public.

Ms. Tanden also lamented the timing of the revelation and blamed Ms. Mills, a close Clinton confidante who had worked with her at the State Department, calling it a “Cheryl special.” She suggested that Ms. Mills and other members of Mrs. Clinton’s inner circle who knew about the private emails had probably hoped to keep them secret.

“Why didn’t they get this stuff out like 18 months ago? So crazy,” Ms. Tanden wrote. “Unbelievable,” Mr. Podesta responded.

Ms. Tanden wrote back: “i guess I know the answer. they wanted to get away with it.”

Another exchange between Mr. Podesta and Ms. Mills released last week appeared to show them discussing whether Mrs. Clinton’s private emails to and from Mr. Obama could be withheld from the public under the law.

“Think we should hold emails to and from POTUS,” Mr. Podesta wrote on March 4, 2015, using the acronym for the president of the United States. “We could get them to ask for that.”

The State Department has said that Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama and exchanged at least 18 emails on her private server, and in January officials there said those messages would be shielded from release, citing the longstanding practice of delaying the release of presidential communications until after the president has left office.

This month, the F.B.I. released a series of records from its investigation, which revealed that Mr. Obama had used a pseudonym to communicate by email, including with Mrs. Clinton and others. The F.B.I. records did not reveal the pseudonym.

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