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Yep, the "Top Secret" Emails Were All About Drones
Mother Jones ^ | 2-6-2016 | Kevin Drum

Posted on 02/06/2016 8:42:38 AM PST by Citizen Zed

So just what was in those "top secret" emails that Hillary Clinton received on her personal email server while she was Secretary of State? The New York Times reports what everyone has already figured out: they were about drones. What's more, the question of whether they contain anything that's actually sensitive is mostly just a spat between CIA and State:

[Some of the nation's intelligence agencies raised alarms last spring as the State Department began releasing emails from Hillary Clinton's private server, saying that a number of the messages contained information that should be classified "top secret."]

...

Mostly, though, it seems to be a case of the CIA trying to bully State and win some kind of obscure pissing contest over whether they're sufficiently careful with the nation's secrets.

Release them all. Redact a few sentences here and there if you absolutely have to. It's simply ridiculous to have nebulous but serious charges like these hanging like a cloud over the presidential race with Hillary Clinton unable to defend herself in any way. Release them and let the chips fall where they may.

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Can Obama declassify anything?
1 posted on 02/06/2016 8:42:38 AM PST by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

No.


2 posted on 02/06/2016 8:44:12 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: Citizen Zed

Yes he can!


3 posted on 02/06/2016 8:44:14 AM PST by dila813
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To: Citizen Zed

Biographical?


4 posted on 02/06/2016 8:46:31 AM PST by sig226
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To: Citizen Zed

Mother Jones covering for Hillary. This is not about a pissing contest between State and the CIA on whether certain documents should be classified or not. There were over 1,500 classified documents on her email server—that we know about. Remember, these are the documents Hillary allowed us to see. She deleted the rest.


5 posted on 02/06/2016 8:47:41 AM PST by kabar
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To: Citizen Zed

Is this guy serious? The ONLY secret information the SOS dealt with was drones?

Okee Dokee


6 posted on 02/06/2016 8:48:48 AM PST by lacrew
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To: Citizen Zed

Mother Jones supporting Hillary on this?

Running dog reactionaries!

Go Comrade Bernie!


7 posted on 02/06/2016 8:49:17 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

Bernie:

Live for Free or Die!


8 posted on 02/06/2016 8:49:58 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: nascarnation

It ain’t free if you have to pay for it.


9 posted on 02/06/2016 8:50:36 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: Citizen Zed
The whole piece is worth reading for the details, but the bottom line is pretty simple: there's no there there. At most, there's a minuscule amount of slightly questionable reporting that was sent via email—a common practice since pretty much forever. Mostly, though, it seems to be a case of the CIA trying to bully State and win some kind of obscure pissing contest over whether they're sufficiently careful with the nation's secrets.

Pure crap from one of the most left publications around. Any reason why you used it as a source without any disclaimer?

10 posted on 02/06/2016 8:50:44 AM PST by kabar
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To: MUDDOG

My fantasy election is Bernie vs Trump.

A man can dream.


11 posted on 02/06/2016 8:50:47 AM PST by freedomlover
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To: Citizen Zed

Not too interesting if the emails are about john f’n kohn-heinz-kerry. A drone of sorts.


12 posted on 02/06/2016 8:51:45 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Citizen Zed

Yes, he’s the top original classification authority (OCA) who designates other OCAs and who can override their decisions to classify or declassify.


13 posted on 02/06/2016 8:52:10 AM PST by twister881
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To: freedomlover

It really could happen.

Or rather, Bernie could beat Hillary in the primaries. But then the party would try to block him at the convention.


14 posted on 02/06/2016 8:54:02 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

We’ll see on SuperTuesday.
I don’t think Burney will do very well down south, but we’ll know in 3 weeks.


15 posted on 02/06/2016 8:55:43 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: freedomlover

You might get your wish after the people have spoken — the two insurgents’ insurgency candidates. Would be an intriguing match: unbridled Communism vs. unbridled Capitalism.

Yuuge.


16 posted on 02/06/2016 8:56:46 AM PST by twister881
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To: nascarnation

What I’m hoping is that the blacks won’t support Hillary.

They’re already starting to peal away from her. It was posted last night that former NAACP head Ben Jealous has endorsed Bernie.

Hillary is the type of mean bossy white lady that bullied blacks for centuries.


17 posted on 02/06/2016 8:59:19 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: nascarnation

Close......

Bernie:

Live for free and get high!


18 posted on 02/06/2016 9:01:35 AM PST by Electric Graffiti (DEPORT OBOLA VOTERS)
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To: lacrew

More than likely the reason they are telling us about the drones is to create a cover story.

A friend of mine is in the USAF and ISIS had information that could have only come from our satellites or drones when they entered Iraq.

Probably want people to jump to the conclusion ISIS hacked into Hillary’s email to get the info not that the info was given to them by Hillary and the Obama adm.


19 posted on 02/06/2016 9:03:57 AM PST by IMR 4350
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To: Citizen Zed

“I never received any emails marked classified...”

Notice how she always parses and nuances that — ‘marked classified’.

Per some news articles, her staff removed such markings.

Like with ole BJ, we have to decipher each and every word individually and in context.


20 posted on 02/06/2016 9:14:08 AM PST by TomGuy
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