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7. "Retroactively classified". Let's see, where have I heard that before?

Reply to YCHDT (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 10, 2017, 10:14 PM

Jul 2017

Oh yes, it's coming back to me. During Comey's July 16 presser where he chastised Hillary, her defense was that the emails in question were "retroactively classified", meaning they were classified after being shared in emails.

Now look who's using that defense.

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"Retroactively classified". Let's see, where have I heard that before? brush Jul 2017 #7

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