Posted on 04/02/2016 6:04:24 AM PDT by clyde260
State Department suspends review of Hillary Clinton emails:
The State Department suspended its internal review of Hillary Clinton's emails at the request of the FBI, a spokeswoman said Friday. "The FBI communicated to us that we should follow our standard practice, which is to put our internal review on hold while there is an ongoing law enforcement investigation," Elizabeth Trudeau said.
Clinton has come under scrutiny for using a private email server as secretary of state. The State Department has said 22 emails sent or received were top secret, but not marked as classified.
Source: Reuters
Is this a delay tactic?
I’m not sure what to make of this? But my gut says: Here we go again...
TRANSLATION: “Stop the shredders!”
There are many minds being tasked with somehow spinning what Broom Hillary has done into a heroic act, and is it a crime to be an American Hero?
State has been doing their best from the get-go with Hilly’s emails to muddy the water & protect her. I think they were just told to quit cr@pping in the pool.
Then again, if we assume that the FBI is truly investigating Hillary’s e-mails, they may be telling the Obambi run State Dept. to back off until the investigation has run it’s course?
Yup, that may be it
I hear Huma Werner is “terrified” about the investigations into Hillary’s email and private server. Gee, I thought Huma was Hillary’s private server! She has reason to be terrified about revelations of all that girl talk and texting between her and the mastermind of Benghazi and friend of the Muslim Brotherhood, not to mention flagrantly mishandling of Top Secret information. Huma knows how insecure Hillary’s private server is and that it’s a sure bet foreign governments, including the Saudis, have hacked it.
Now couple this with recent news about the Saudis announcing plans to execute all homosexuals! Huma Weiner has a lot to worry about.
Sen Grassley wrote in a June 13 letter: It appears that one of Abedin's clients, the Clinton-connected Teneo Strategies, may have been compensating Ms. Abedin for gathering information from US government sources for the purpose of informing investment decisions of her consulting clients - or in other words, political intelligence. This raises important questions about whether Abedins dual role was adequately disclosed to government officials who may have provided her information without realizing that she was being paid by private investors to gather information.
Grassley's letter recounted:
<><> Abedin allegedly sent or received more than 7,000 emails on her US government account that involved Teneo's Doug Band, a close confidante and travel companion of the globe-trotting Bill clinton;
<><> one email exchange involved Teneo's Doug Band pressuring Abedin to encourage her State Department boss, Hillary Clinton, to facilitate a White House appointment for one of his clients. Judith Rodin, then-president of the Rockefeller Foundation, "donated hundreds of millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation," Mr. Band allegedly noted in his email to Ms. Abedin.
<><> email evidence allegedly suggests that Ms. Abedin and another Hillary aide, Cheryl Mills, colluded to find a way to ensure the US govt paid for Ms. Abedin's travel to and from New York.
<><> multiple allegations received by Sen Grassley's Judiciary Committee indicated Abedin had actually taken leave during her time as a govt employee, casting doubt on whether Abedin should have received $33,000 in taxpayer money.
<><> allegations surfaced that the State Dept personnel rule was quietly bent to permit Abedin to collect her government paycheck while wielding her influence to the benefit of her other employers.
<><> Hillary Clinton jetted to Ireland with Abedin at her side for her last official trip before exiting the State Dept, during which Hillary attended an event hosted by a major Clinton Foundation donor that had been promoted by Teneo (for which Abedin then-served as a "consultant")
<><> Abedin's special employment status gave her heavy influence over Hillary Clinton's State Dept daily schedule and travel plans at the same time Abedin served as a senior adviser at Teneo, and performed other duties at the Clinton Foundation.
<><> Abedin using information about Hillary's travel schedule in discussions w/ her clients, could be a serious breach of US ntl security, since even the calendar amd travel plans of the Secy of State is considered classified information.
<><> Abedin was among several key aides to Hillary Clinton that hosted email accounts on a private server in the 2016 presidential candidate's Chappaqua, New York home, in violation of federal records laws.
REFERENCE Abedin worked as a full-time staffer to Hillary Clinton January 2009-June 2012; she was then given a "special government employee" designation and took on roles at the Clinton Foundation and Teneo.That designation is designed to allow individuals who fill "an unmet government need for rare or unique expertise" to retain their private-sector positions while receiving compensation from the government.
Abedin is currently vice-chair of Hillary's presidential campaign committee.
The Clinton Crime Family Slush Fund is where the scandal is that involves ALL of Hillary’s sphere.
Said to be among the most ethically challenged Hillary emails: Selling Access
<><> The head of a Canadian company with an enormous interest in Africa....in the Congo’s mining and oil sector.....Lukas Lundin of Lundin Mining, announced a $100 million donation to the Clinton Foundation on the heels of Hillary/s first presidential campaign....as she became Secy of State.
<><> After the Congolese government attempted to regain control of its own mines, the State Department intervened on behalf of Lundin Mining and another mining company, Freeport Mines, also a Clinton foundation donor.
<><> A round of talks in 2010, thought to be aided by the Clinton State Department, concluded with the pair of well-connected companies (Clinton Foundation donors) retaining their stakes in the mines and with the Congolese government being shut out of its own resources. (hat tip Schweizer book-—Clinton Cash)
MEMO TO THE FBI——HERE/S THE PAPER TRAIL.
Hillary/s State Dept Aide Shared Classified state
Dept Information With Clinton Foundation 2012 Email Shows
Aide Cheryl Mills sent information marked confidential to Clinton Foundation
BY Alana Goodman, Free Beacon September 28, 2015
A key aide of Hillary Clinton emailed classified information about the government in Congo to a staffer at the Clinton Foundation in 2012, according to a copy of the correspondence obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
Cheryl Mills, Clinton/s chief of staff at the State Department, sent the email to the Clinton Foundation’s foreign policy director, Amitabh Desai, on July 12, 2012.
The message, which was originally obtained by the group Citizens United through a public records request, is partially redacted because it includes foreign government information that has been classified Confidential by the State Department......but was not marked classified by the State Department until this past summer, intelligence sources tell the Free Beacon that it would have been classified at the time Mills sent it because foreign government information is considered classified from inception.
The message could add to concerns from congressional and FBI investigators about whether former Secretary Clinton and her aides mishandled classified information while at the State Department.
About half of the forwarded message was redacted due to its classified nature before the State Department released it to Citizens United last month. Although it is not clear what the redacted section includes, the State Department said in a court motion filed last week that it concerns both foreign government information and critical aspects of U.S. foreign relations, including U.S. foreign activities carried out by officials of the U.S. Government.
The State Department added that the disclosure of this information has the potential to damage and inject friction into our bilateral relationship with African countries whose cooperation is important to U.S. national security.
The Clinton Foundation and the State Department did not respond to request for comment about the email, or say whether Desai...a non-government employee who has worked at the foundation since 2007....would have been authorized to view Confidential information.
-—SNIP-—
I would not be surprised if people close to Hillary and the scandal start booking vacations in countries with no extradition. I’ll wager that many of them, including Huma, made enough graft during their years in State to live comfortably. Also, Huma, if not in the pay of Iran, would certainly be welcomed there as a permanent resident.
Ya think???
Ya think they don't know she's a carpet muncher?
You know what Iran does with women?
You know what Iran does with carpet munchers???
You know what Iran will do to a woman, who munches on carpet
and has outlived her usefulness?
Nothing...not even camel or goat sex, excites an Iranian male more than a woman and a pile of rocks.
“Ya think???”
Heinrich Himmler, when asked about the Nazi finance minister being Jewish declared, “I decide who is Jewish.” Huma is very connected in the terrorist world. She is an asset and as such will be offered asylum.
"The FBI communicated to us that we should follow our standard practice, which is to put our internal review on hold while there is an ongoing law enforcement investigation," Elizabeth Trudeau
Translation: the FBI told them to stop, basically don't touch anything, don't do anything. Not fooling with anything may just happen to be their "standard practice" so they are trying to put a good spin on it - oh, we're just following SOP.
My take on it...
First, it is disturbing that law enforcement investigations at the State Dept. are apparently so common that they have a "standard practice" for this situation.
Second, my read is that this is the FBI telling them they don't trust them and don't want them fooling with anything, talking to anyone, or colluding in any way. Basically all-y'all sit down, shut up, and mind your own business until we get to you.
I believe this is one of those seemingly quite, unimportant events that is actually a harbinger of really big things to come.
Post of the day TS...
Yes I get the impression not being a DC type that their is a pecking order and everyone thinks their the top banana. Untuh. The various intel orgs and maybe the SS are up their, but when it comes to law enforcement the FBI is king, you ain't gonna win this pissing match. State can have all the internal "controls" window dressing they want and compliance and even guards in uniform. The FBI comes in, it is time to sit down and shut up, like you said. My guess is everyone their is now on notice, not verbally or directly via a memo, but they just need the G-men's presence to change that. I bet the place is now so freakin' silent you can hear a pin drop. This may cause leaks and bean spilling as it gets more tense, even too the media, I have seen that in downsizing of companies, when the local press has layoff info before the official event as someone who knows someone in the know squealed, same deal here IMHO.
Tangent to this was the request for more discovery by an outside org last week in court and the FBI said no, active investigation and all you are requesting is classified and or higher within the classified umbrella.
The dominant media and the general public doesn't see or get any of this, if this goes down like we think it might, they will be shocked and she will be over politically...
I hope you are right, it’s how long that bothers me. Long enough to be after the election?
Exactamundo.
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