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31. We have an intelligence community...

Reply to loyalsister (Reply #30)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 12:11 PM

Mar 2017

That reports to our elected representatives, they (congress, the White House) have the necessary clearances to hear the information, and they make certain decisions based on the importance of what information is important to be kept secret in the interest of national security.

We can't just spill classified information into the news cycle without compromising national security.

Now, having said that, I recognize that there is 'security creep' a lot of information is classified for CYA purposes, but fixing that problem by making all of the secretary of state's official correspondence a matter of public record is not a realistic solution.

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What's HRC looking at? Oh....got it. [View all] ehrnst Mar 2017 OP

Good for the Goose, good for the Gander lunatica Mar 2017 #1

EXTREMELY different. Real, tremendous corruption Hortensis Mar 2017 #8

And don't forget - there's projection EVERYWHERE!!! calimary Mar 2017 #17

They're very different... Blanks Mar 2017 #2

The party's position was still that she should be president loyalsister Mar 2017 #3

we can attack them on their hypocrisy JI7 Mar 2017 #4

Exactly. Thank you. Raine1967 Mar 2017 #6

And they fire back loyalsister Mar 2017 #7

so fucKing respond back to them with their hypocrisy and bs like people are doing in this thread JI7 Mar 2017 #10

And expect to be taken seriously? loyalsister Mar 2017 #12

yes. ridiculing them works since it's true with them JI7 Mar 2017 #13

the GOPee DK504 Mar 2017 #16

changes in demographics is what it will take just like in california JI7 Mar 2017 #20

You don't see us chanting "lock him up"... Blanks Mar 2017 #9

There's nothing new about republican hyperbole and overcriminalization loyalsister Mar 2017 #11

There's a little more to it than that... Blanks Mar 2017 #14

It was never about the content of the emails loyalsister Mar 2017 #15

It wasn't ALL about the content... Blanks Mar 2017 #18

Nothing new about it loyalsister Mar 2017 #21

Classified information is 'secret'... Blanks Mar 2017 #23

The motivation and process loyalsister Mar 2017 #24

She turned over the emails... Blanks Mar 2017 #25

After the fact loyalsister Mar 2017 #26

We are, unfortunately, to the point... Blanks Mar 2017 #27

It was never about the content of the email loyalsister Mar 2017 #28

There is no transparency when it comes to classified information... Blanks Mar 2017 #29

Transparency and FOIA are typically valued by democrats loyalsister Mar 2017 #30

We have an intelligence community... Blanks Mar 2017 #31

I'm talking about citizen oversight with a healthy questioning of government loyalsister Mar 2017 #32

I'll admit that it was reckless of her... Blanks Mar 2017 #33

She's thinking what? triron Mar 2017 #5

K&R... spanone Mar 2017 #19

Hillary! Cha Mar 2017 #22

Worse- he used AOL! alarimer Mar 2017 #34