Posted on 08/12/2015 2:51:35 PM PDT by doug from upland
Jennifer Palmieri, Official Clinton Campaign Unsubscribe 10:22 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
The truth matters on this.
Friend --
You might hear some news over the next few days about Hillary Clinton's emails. Because you are an important part of this team, we wanted to take a few minutes to talk through the facts -- we need your help to make sure they get out there.
There's a lot of misinformation, so bear with us; the truth matters on this.
Here are the basics: Like other Secretaries of State who served before her, Hillary used a personal email address, and the rules of the State Department permitted it. She's already acknowledged that, in hindsight, it would have been better just to use separate work and personal email accounts. No one disputes that.
The State Department's request: Last year, as part of a review of its records, the State Department asked the last four former Secretaries of State to provide any work-related emails they had. Hillary was the only former Secretary of State to provide any materials -- more than 30,000 emails. In fact, she handed over too many -- the Department said it will be returning over 1,200 messages to her because, in their and the National Archives' judgment, these messages were completely personal in nature.
Hillary didn't send any classified materials over email: Hillary only used her personal account for unclassified email. No information in her emails was marked classified at the time she sent or received them. She viewed classified materials in hard copy in her office or via other secure means while traveling, not on email.
What makes it complicated: It's common for information previously considered unclassified to be upgraded to classified before being publicly released. Some emails that weren't secret at the time she sent or received them might be secret now. And sometimes government agencies disagree about what should be classified, so it isn't surprising that another agency might want to conduct its own review, even though the State Department has repeatedly confirmed that Hillary's emails contained no classified information at the time she sent or received them.
To be clear, there is absolutely no criminal inquiry into Hillary's email or email server. Any and all reports to that effect have been widely debunked. Hillary directed her team to provide her email server and a thumb drive in order to cooperate with the review process and to ensure these materials were stored in a safe and secure manner.
What about the Benghazi committee? While you may hear from the Republican-led Benghazi committee about Hillary's emails, it is important to remember that the committee was formed to focus on learning lessons from Benghazi to help prevent future tragedies at our embassies and consulates around the globe. Instead, the committee, led by Republican Representative Trey Gowdy, is spending nearly $6 million in taxpayer money to conduct a partisan witch-hunt designed to do political damage to Hillary in the run-up to the election.
Hillary has remained absolutely committed to cooperating. That's why, just as she gave her email server to the government, she's also testifying before the Benghazi committee in October and is actively working with the Justice Department to make sure they have what they need. She hopes that her emails will continue to be released in a timely fashion.
It's worth noting: Many of the Republican candidates for president have done the same things for which they're now criticizing Hillary. As governor, Jeb Bush owned his own private server and his staff decided which emails he turned over as work-related from his private account. Bobby Jindal went a step further, using private email to communicate with his immediate staff but refusing to release his work-related emails. Scott Walker and Rick Perry had email issues themselves.
The bottom line: Look, this kind of nonsense comes with the territory of running for president. We know it, Hillary knows it, and we expect it to continue from now until Election Day.
It's okay. We'll be ready. We have the facts, our principles, and you on our side. And it's vital that you read and absorb the real story so that you know what to say the next time you hear about this around the dinner table or the water cooler.
Take a look at more details here, including a complete Q&A, and pass them along:
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/email-facts/
Thanks,
Jennifer
Jennifer Palmieri Communications Director Hillary for America
2nd word is note......hopefully headline gets changed
Not the full truth. It's not the e-mail ADDRESS, it's the server they are on and who owns it......................
Great job, Doug. Spelled two words wrong in the headline. How about “latest” spin? Pay more attention. LOL
You know, for people who get insulted (and in my opinion, rightly so) by newspersons who call her “Hillary” instead of “Ms. Clinton”, “Secretary Clinton”, and so on, they seem to do this quite a lot themselves.
I heard a great one on The Five just now: Gutfeld pointed out that some sacrificial shill with a deer-in-the-headlights look said something to the effect that HILLARY (see above) wasn’t under investigation, but the server and emails were. I almost busted a gut laughing.
I also observed that Mr. Rivera must certainly have a very, very nice retirement account somewhere.
1. Hillary set up a private email server with certain knowledge that she would be receiving (at the very least) classified data on this server.
2. She received at least 2 Top Secret/SCI emails on this server, apparently without appropriate markings. These emails contained Top Secret/SCI data that was classified at that time.
3. At no time did she did not report, to an appropriate security officer, the fact that these emails were on her server.
4. She continued to operate this server without notifying an appropriate security officer.
The following claims are not relevant.
1. She didn't know the data was classified.
2. The emails were not properly marked.
3. She didn't send the data to anyone else.
If the claims by the Inspector General are correct, she is guilty of a serious crime, and that's for only 2 emails.
COOL!
This is finally something that is worth spending our money on.
The morons in Washington probably waste that much every hour on promoting the Climate Change Scam
Looks like a pretty sad rehash of the same lies the Hildebeast has already told.
And her minions keep bringing up state governors and their emails as if there were some comparison to a FedMob employee who has FedMob national security documents on her server.
Server was in a barn somewhere
We’re expected to believe that if something was classified, she went “oops, don’t send that to me, give me hard copy, or I’ll go over to the ‘other secured means.’
I don’t believe that. I could believe that some classified materials were viewed as hard copy, but you cannot conduct the nation’s business at the level of SoS without almost constantly referring to items that are, or should be, classified. As to the ‘other secured means’ being used whenever necessary, she’s got to provide a lot of detail to make that sale to me.
Toast. There are still enough nonpartisan, unfirable civil servants in the government who will not stand for this, and I suspect Obama will not lift a finger (OK, maybe one).
I believe that she actually KNOWS this. She’d probably quit right now, except that it would be a tacit admission of guilt. She’s got to either weather this (darned unlikely) win or lose, or go down in total disgrace (at the least).
Every time I’ve departed a command where I had TS/SCI or higher clearance, I’ve had to ‘brief out’. Where’s Hillary’s signed documents when she left State?
That's like saying "The bank robber isn't under investigation, but the robbery note and getaway car he used are being investigated."
“Where’s Hillary’s signed documents when she left State?”
They are still diligently looking for it even as I write this. No, really.
“That’s like saying “The bank robber isn’t under investigation, but the robbery note and getaway car he used are being investigated.” “
Well, not exactly. In this case, we actually know who the suspect is, who wrote the note, and who drove the car.
‘Looking for’ or ‘trying to create’ it? Pity the poor person who signs as the debriefer - they should up their life insurance quickly.
You’d think that Jennifer would have the sense to notice the email address.
Put that computer expert chick from Crimminal Minds to work on Hillary’s server.
Or David Caruso from Miami CSI.
“...you use that term alot....security officer... I don’t think it means what you think it means...”
This is just an observation, but “security” as defined by any governmental agency (DoD, military components, even the federal government...well maybe not them) usually means protecting against information getting out to the wrong people. To the coat tailed, lace pantied, “compromise is in the charter,” foppish diplo-dunks at state, “security” is anything that protects state. More to the point, protects those same coat tailed, lace pantied.....etc. diplo-dunks. Could be wrong, but wagons have been circled, enough time has passed for all stories to match, and there is not enough integrity in government at any level to push prosecution to where it needs to go.
Unless Inyego Montoya decides to get involved.
KYPD
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