Washington Post: Why the new report on Hillary Clinton’s email is so damning

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Washington Post
Why the new report on Hillary Clinton’s email is so damning
by Dana Milbank
May 27, 2016

The report on Hillary Clinton’s email by the State Department’s inspector general this week was devastating — not because of how she handled email but because of how she handled investigators.

.... what’s damning in the new report is her obsessive and counterproductive secrecy:

The Office of the Inspector General said it “interviewed Secretary Kerry and former Secretaries Albright, Powell, and Rice. Through her counsel, Secretary Clinton declined OIG’s request for an interview.”

“In addition to Secretary Clinton, eight former Department employees [most of them Clinton aides] declined OIG requests for interviews.”

“Two additional individuals did not respond to OIG interview requests.”

“OIG sent 26 questionnaires to Secretary Clinton’s staff and received 5 responses.”

The stonewalling creates a firm impression, well captured by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer this week when he interviewed Clinton’s spokesman, Brian Fallon: “If she didn’t do anything wrong and she had nothing to hide, why didn’t she cooperate with the inspector general?”

There is no good answer to this. And that’s why the IG report was just another of Clinton’s self-inflicted wounds, stretching back a quarter century, caused by her tendency toward secrecy and debilitating caution.

The inspector general’s bottom line wasn’t good: “She did not comply with the department’s policies.” But the description of Clinton’s secrecy was worse. When one State staffer raised concern about Clinton’s private email, this person was told “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.” Investigators found no evidence of such a review.

Read the full article at:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/why-the-new-report-on-hillary-clinton%e2%80%99s-email-is-so-damning/ar-BBtyGcL?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp

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1. This appears to constitute a major meltdown for Hillary & her fans.

Could not happen to a more deserving person>>

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2. Another conservative rag like the New York Times picking on Hillary.

If Hillary was a man absolutely nothing would be said critical of her actions.

We all know that.

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6. It's her turn. Here's the resurrected campaign slogan HRC will use going forward>

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3. 'Sexism!" "Others Did It Too!" "Superdelegates!" "It's her Turn!" Gahhhhhh!

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5. Or don't forget the Charlie Sheen response "WINNING!".

She's winning, so that's all that matters.

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7. ...

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4. Milbank always been a Hillary shill. This piece is a red herring. It isn't secrecy, it's the crimes.

And Hillary's never ending lies. She certainly didn't do a good job protecting the country's secrets.