Hillary Clinton email excuses 'laughable,' says top freedom-of-information official

The Canadian Press ^ | Mar 11, 2015 | Alexander Panetta

[Jonah Vark]

Hillary Clinton's defenders say she's sufficiently explained why she set up a do-it-yourself home email system when she was secretary of state, insist there's nothing to see here, and it's time to move on.

You know who disagrees?

The senior-most freedom-of-information official in the executive branch of the United States government for over a quarter-century, whose job it was to help four administrations — including the Clinton White House — interpret the Freedom of Information Act, offer advice, and testify before Congress on their behalf.

Daniel Metcalfe doesn't buy her explanation. In fact, he calls it laughable.

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"What she did was contrary to both the letter and the spirit of the law," says Metcalfe, the founding director of the Justice Department's Office of Information and Privacy, which advised the rest of the administration on how to comply with the law. Metcalfe ran the office from 1981 to 2007.

"There is no doubt that the scheme she established was a blatant circumvention of the Freedom of Information Act, atop the Federal Records Act."

[Jonah Vark]

It is disheartening that Americans must rely on the Canadian Press to learn the truth about our very own government corruption because our mainstream media is incompetent.

[Loud Mime]

Do you find it risible?

[Former Proud Canadian]

UK press is pretty good also. Main stream “journalism” in the US is dead.

[MeshugeMikey]

Both the canadian press and the Daily Mail from Great Britain...are light years more forthcoming with important information...that the American Press never seems to get around to....!

Hillarys best days...are behind her.

Americas best days are still ahead of us!

[Michael.SF.]

The senior-most freedom-of-information official in the executive branch of the United States government for over a quarter-century,

Look for him to announce his retirement in 5,4,3....

[nascarnation]

Main stream “journalism” in the US is dead devoted to aiding the progressive progaganda assault.

[CivilWarBrewing]

SHE COMMITTED A FELONY by willfully making it impossible for the gov't to back up her emails, real time. Simple as that.

No ifs, ands or buts..

[econjack]

Let’s just put Hillary on a lie detector and start asking questions. And while she’s there, ask her what details she can provide on the deaths of Ron Brown and Vince Foster during the Whitewater investigation.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

This all sounds very fishy. This psychopath Hitlery has been breaking laws, screwing people and the country over left and right for the past umpteen years, and now the press and even Democraps are bashing her over this? So Benghazi is OK but not emails? No, what they are doing is making room for Fauxcahontas Warren because they don't think Hitlery can win, so they are pushing Hitlery aside and going to push the Faux Squaw forward because they HAVE to have a woman because "It's time for a women POTUS!" Yes, the alarm clock has run! Ding dong ding! Time for a woman POTUS! forget character, running a campaign on race worked so well last two elections so let's push sex next. And I guess after that they'll run a gay President because we haven't had that either. It's be "President Gay and the 1st Gentleman".

[Savage Beast]

Yes, it was risible.

The cattle futures explanations and Whitewater were even more risible.

So what's going on? Have the Democrats suddenly developed a sense of humor?

[moehoward]

"...what they are doing is making room for Fauxcahontas Warren because they don't think Hitlery can win…"

Or BO is more concerned with keeping as many of his schemes intact as possible and he's knows Hillary would negotiate much of it away.

[Jonah Vark]

Even Jon Stewart gets it right.......

Jon Stewart Won’t Let Hillary Be An Exception To The Rule After What She Did With 30,000 Emails

http://www.ijreview.com/2015/03/268989-jon-stewart-wont-let-hillary-exception-rule-30000-email/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_content=ijreview&utm_campaign=Politics

[punditwannabe]

Yes, even she thinks so, remember at the recent press conference when she gave that stupid laugh of hers when the reporter fired off three questions at once; she gave that fake laugh and then tried to “unpack” his questions by not answering a single one.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Great comment at your link!

.”I did not have textual relations with that server.....not one single time! “

[molson209]

Did she collect 300k for Presser ?

[philman_36]

Hillarys best days...are behind her.

That's her ass behind her, man, not her best days. {;^)

[MeshugeMikey]

ahahahaha

THANKS!

[MeshugeMikey]

its ALL the fault,....of Hillarys old Nemesis for the Days of Yore.....the good old VRWC!