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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: It's not just about the CLASSIFICATION of the emails - it's about the CONTENT [View all]grasswire
(50,130 posts)99. I think the answer lies in this Bloomberg article
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-10-22/clinton-says-source-of-libya-intelligence-was-a-mystery
Tyler Drumheller. Read about him at the link, and google him for many articles about him.
From the article:
Blumenthal and Drumheller worked on the Libya memos with Cody Shearer, a longtime Clinton family friend and Democratic political operative. This was revealed in 2013, when a hacker posted a tranche of e-mails between Blumenthal and Clinton. Blumenthal, Drumheller and Shearer discussed their dealings with retired General David Grange, the chief executive officer of a company named Osprey, which we reported was seeking State Department contracts in Libya after the war.
Clinton said on Thursday that Blumenthals e-mails did not influence her policy decisions. But in some cases Clinton's private e-mails contradict this. For example, Politico reported on an e-mail from the State Department's chief of policy planning, Jake Sullivan, who wrote that Blumenthal's ideas were being incorporated in a speech Clinton was planning.
Republicans on the committee have compared Blumenthal's access to Clinton to that of Ambassador Stevens. Representative Mike Pompeo asked if Stevens had Clinton's personal e-mail, cell phone, home address and fax machine number, which Blumenthal, he said, used to contact her.
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It's not just about the CLASSIFICATION of the emails - it's about the CONTENT [View all]
FourScore
Mar 2016
OP
I think you got one part wrong. . . it's not because of the RW attack machine.
pdsimdars
Mar 2016
#18
Do you remember when Obama met with Bernie a few weeks ago at the White House,
FourScore
Mar 2016
#4
I think it is possible to discuss it without discussing it, if that makes sense. n/t
FourScore
Mar 2016
#6
Since her first term will likely be gobbled up in fighting scandals...both real and imagined...
libdem4life
Mar 2016
#175
Kind of how they gave up on harranging Obama? Don't think so. It's her baggage and
libdem4life
Mar 2016
#177
Yep! This Is A Classic And Impending Debacle. Hillary Should Suspend Her Campaign For
CorporatistNation
Mar 2016
#172
I was listening to a radio show with Robert Parry on it and he mentioned that he thought
cui bono
Mar 2016
#158
Well, since I've been having to get to work super early lately I think it must have been on
cui bono
Mar 2016
#160
The email story is the creation of the Hillary hating GOP, which makes you wonder
Jackie Wilson Said
Mar 2016
#52
That wouldnt exist in the first place were it not for the GOP Benghazi kangaroo court.
Jackie Wilson Said
Mar 2016
#76
Hoping this is THEE BIG ONE!! C'mon man, it's just got to be one of those emails!!
misterhighwasted
Mar 2016
#9
Obviously didn't waste your time looking at the fact. . why do that when you can just be smug
pdsimdars
Mar 2016
#19
Thanks. Been trying to find the apt word defining those type of irritating flippant replies. Smug.
EndElectoral
Mar 2016
#22
Question - is there a notation "classified" on emails, OR how are they marked "secret"?
EndElectoral
Mar 2016
#21
I know Hillary is smarter than me an the last thing I would do is create a paper trail if I was ...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2016
#64
I will let the voters hash it out. I know some folks want to usurp their votes.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2016
#109
Why would he send information to Hillary that you say Hillary sent to him?
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2016
#127
LOL--"sick" {sic}. Forgive me, but as a grammar guru I cannot resist a "{sic}" joke!
tblue37
Mar 2016
#166
Before I used it I checked the definition of sick and sic and neither seemed appropriate.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2016
#167
"Sic" is an attack command; it is an archaic derivation from the verb "to seek."
tblue37
Mar 2016
#168
I thought "sic" was what you wrote to bring attention to a misspelled word.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2016
#169
It is that, too. If you read my edit of my original response, in which I explain the nuances of the
tblue37
Mar 2016
#170
I would know better than to put "sick" after a misspelled word, though that would be funny.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2016
#171
No. "Sic" is an editorial insertion for acknowledging errors in quoted material and thus
tblue37
Mar 2016
#173
I am a huge sports fan. Wilt went to University Of Kansas, Mario Chalmers too...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2016
#178
No, but Drew Gooden took my intro to poetry class. Football players Gilbert Brown and
tblue37
Mar 2016
#179
When he was trying to decide whether to go pro, fans squawked loudly at him to stay at KU.
tblue37
Mar 2016
#181
And how precious is that? so smug and condescending. . . a true blue Hillary gal.
pdsimdars
Mar 2016
#118
Does anybody know if she could have given her system access to Blumenthal?
DemocracyDirect
Mar 2016
#36
Do we know that HRC did not get him clearance for work done for the Clinton Foundation?
karynnj
Mar 2016
#86
Thanks - so does this mean that the Secretary of State could have given Blumenthal clearance? nt
karynnj
Mar 2016
#137
staggeringly unacceptable behavior; just mind-boggling; have the 30K deleted emails ever been recove
amborin
Mar 2016
#45
"My biggest fear now is that indictments will begin during the general election."
Fawke Em
Mar 2016
#93
Yeah. It's too bad 120-150 FBI agents have fallen for right wing talking points.
FourScore
Mar 2016
#129