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karynnj

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50. No one other than HRC used a private server
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 04:38 PM
Mar 2017

Kerry, from day one as Secretary of State used State.gov. He also put in place a procedure where if someone sent him email on his personal email (many of his peers knew him for decades), he would respond on using state.gov. In addition, to avoid losing anything, his staff regularly checked his personal email and archived anything deemed work related at the State Department. This is FAR from what HRC did. I do not know what the law for Indiana was - but I doubt he was supposed to be using a private account.

Note the biggest problem I have was that she did not archive the work email. She returned it only when the Obama SD fought for it about a year and a half after she left. That is better than Colin Powell, who used a private account (not a private server) but archived nothing - and failed to save it personally. Not to mention, as Comey and the SD IG both agreed HRC did not break any laws. However, there was POLITICAL DAMAGE because she did break Obama administration practices by not archiving her email.

There is no question that EVERYTHING about the Trump administration is worse -- I am certainly not suggesting that HRC was worse.

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Geeze, when Andrea Mitchell is kicked out...they have gone full fascist. mnhtnbb Mar 2017 #1
Bizarre. She worked so hard to defeat Hillary and the Dems. Hortensis Mar 2017 #19
I objected to that accusation during the election --and I still do. karynnj Mar 2017 #25
Sorry, but she was a major Hill-Hate pusher, just styled Hortensis Mar 2017 #31
I don't agree with some of your analysis, but yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #35
Thanks for the compliment karynnj Mar 2017 #37
Disagree About Her Supporting HRC Me. Mar 2017 #36
I followed the coverage of Obama foreign policy pretty closely karynnj Mar 2017 #39
Sorry But What Is The Logic In Being Harder On Her Me. Mar 2017 #41
"when they were disappointed in her" karynnj Mar 2017 #42
But Isn't That Sort Of The Point Me. Mar 2017 #43
I don't think you can prove or disprove that the Russian hacking had an impact karynnj Mar 2017 #45
True About Comey Me. Mar 2017 #49
No one other than HRC used a private server karynnj Mar 2017 #50
Speaking of hiding attitudes in words and seeing Hortensis Mar 2017 #46
You are twisting what I said beyond belief karynnj Mar 2017 #47
#ButHerEmails JHan Mar 2017 #2
+1 Lucinda Mar 2017 #9
That's the second time that Mitchell has confronted Tillerson. kstewart33 Mar 2017 #3
She should have... Zoonart Mar 2017 #32
Yes... this InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2017 #33
I wish someone would remind her Glamrock Mar 2017 #4
THIS Cosmocat Mar 2017 #14
Serving her right would be retiring her. Hope Hortensis Mar 2017 #20
Well Glamrock Mar 2017 #22
Yep. dalton99a Mar 2017 #30
Yes, Andrea had no one to blame but herself! Shame on her! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2017 #34
She was once frogmarched out of the room by an African dictator's goons ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2017 #5
Ha! Buckeyeblue Mar 2017 #6
Nothing subtle the about the way she was treated... Tanuki Mar 2017 #7
I'm betting that if you tried harder, you could find a video of this that isn't titled Chiyo-chichi Mar 2017 #10
Beat Me By One Minute ProfessorGAC Mar 2017 #12
I looked on YouTube for a clip and this was in fact the only one I found Tanuki Mar 2017 #16
Says a lot about MSNBC that it was not featured exboyfil Mar 2017 #27
Is This Doctored? ProfessorGAC Mar 2017 #11
It's not "doctored," per se. Chiyo-chichi Mar 2017 #13
Well, Then It's Doctored ProfessorGAC Mar 2017 #21
Thanks for posting the video. Glamrock Mar 2017 #24
I'm with you. Of course I would be happy if we could find another version of the video without stevenleser Mar 2017 #28
I hope she learned get the red out Mar 2017 #8
I truly despise what Trump and company are doing to News Media but...... gordianot Mar 2017 #15
Fuck Andrea Mitchell Cosmocat Mar 2017 #17
Well said, Cosmocat. PJMcK Mar 2017 #18
Amen, Cosmocat. Fuck Andrea Mitchell. Paladin Mar 2017 #23
A stunt for creditbility perhaps? KatyMan Mar 2017 #44
They wanted to give her more time to cover Hillary's emails Johonny Mar 2017 #26
I disagree with the attacks here on Mitchell even as I agree with much of their substance. stevenleser Mar 2017 #29
True. Now that H and the Dems are off stage, Andrea's Hortensis Mar 2017 #48
No more free flights for that export name dropper malaise Mar 2017 #38
bet she voted for sniffles elmac Mar 2017 #40
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