Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: Let's put our heads together on the Clinton e-mail scandal [View all]paulthompson
(2,398 posts)Man! I continue to work on the Clinton e-mail timeline (it's 45,000 words long and growing), and I continue to learn lots of things I didn't know. The evidence of her crimes growing more convincing all the time.
For instance, check out this timeline entry I just made. I'd hadn't heard of this. Had any of you?
March 24, 2016: It is reported that more of Clinton's work-related e-mails that Clinton did not turn over have been found. Clinton has claimed that she turned over all her work e-mails and deleted only the ones that were personal. She also has claimed that she only began using her private e-mail account on March 18, 2009. However, Judicial Watch forced the State Department to release the e-mails due to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all of Clinton's records relating to her iPhone or BlackBerry use. It's not clear why the e-mails did not appear before. Judical Watch makes public an e-mail to Clinton from her chief of staff Cheryl Mills on February 13, 2009 about her BlackBerry, and Clinton's short e-mail response. Tom Fitton, the head of Judicial Watch, says, So now we know that, contrary to her statement under oath suggesting otherwise, Hillary Clinton did not turn over all her government e-mails. We also know why Hillary Clinton falsely suggests she didnt use clintonemail.com account prior to March, 18, 2009 - because she didnt want Americans to know... that she knew her Blackberry and e-mail use was not secure. (The Hill, 3/24/2016)
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/274230-lost-emails-discovered-from-clintons-server
(Judicial Watch, 3/24/2016)
http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-lawsuit-uncovers-new-hillary-clinton-email-withheld-from-state-department/
(Judicial Watch, 3/17/2016)
https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/JW-v.-State-Hillary-email-pre-March-18-00646-pg-3.pdf
This proves/confirms a few things.
1) There were lots of work-related e-mails in the 30,000 "personal" e-mails Clinton had deleted. This is the third case that I know of where e-mails she should have turned over have been found in other ways. We also have reports that the FBI has recovered all those e-mails and has been sorting them into work and personal.
2) She lied that she started e-mailing on March 18, 2009. That's key, because from January until late March 2009 there was no encryption whatsoever on her private server. Classified e-mails discovered from that time period would make an even stronger case of "gross negligence" on her part.
3) The State Department has more of Clinton's deleted e-mails that they're keeping from the public. They only released these ones because it fit into a narrowly defined Freedom of Information Act request. What else do they have?!
By the way, I've figured out that Clinton still has a major ally in the State Department by the name of Patrick Kennedy, the Under Secretary of State for Management. He held that job since 2007 and he's still got it now. The State Department is still doing all they can to help Clinton (except for the inspector general's office), and it's usually Kennedy trying to block information from coming out. And that makes sense. He's the guy who hired Byran Pagliano, the IT guy who now has cut a deal with the FBI. And there's a report that he was CCed on some of the top secret e-mails sent to Clinton. How he's still allowed to keep his job and security clearance through the FBI's investigation is beyond me!
4) The mainstream media is doing a terrible job reporting what's important in this scandal. There was almost no coverage about this.
5) Clinton is in trouble. At the very least, it should be an open and shut case about the destruction of some work-related e-mails. But there's so much more.
By the way, I'm surprised that more people haven't taken up my offer to get an early read of the timeline I'm making. Again, if you're interested in proofreading it, please send me a PM.