2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton's Private Server... Laugh it off. Nothing to see here... move along please! [View all]Sancho
(9,070 posts)All that the original memo from the Office of General Council says is that they don't agree with the State Dept. using retired SoS employees to decide what is now (not years ago) "classified" for the purpose of public release under FOIA.
In other words, even routine "unclassified" material (not secret or sensitive) that they've had for years is now for the first time to be released to the public. They are in an argument over how to review it before it's released. They may want to "classify" some of it. The OGC thinks some stuff is "classified" that the SoS doesn't have on it's list.
The SoS people might redact some names or dates or locations, and the CIA or FBI might want more or different stuff withheld or redacted. Who's in charge and what how to "classify" is the argument? Most of what they are debating is pretty mundane, but has nothing to do with Hillary.
The NYT falsely implicated Hillary as a hit piece, and that is explained in the video while reading the actual memo that the NYT story is based on...