Hillary Clinton Wouldn't Take an Official BlackBerry: State Department

Newsmax.com ^ | 3-12-15

[afraidfortherepublic]

Piling on more embarrassment for Hillary Clinton amid a row about her emails, U.S. officials revealed Thursday that during her time as secretary of state she had declined a government-issued cellphone.

Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Clinton was "not issued a State Department BlackBerry, and that wasn't a requirement — no one is required to be issued a State Department BlackBerry."

The revelation is likely to raise more concerns about national security as well as speculation that the former first lady may have been hiding information that could embarrass her in her presidential campaign.

Clinton is at the center of a political firestorm about her use of a private email account during her four years as secretary of state, and her attempt earlier this week to douse the flames left many questions unanswered.

Clinton said Tuesday she had used her private account as "a matter of convenience" and that she did not want to carry multiple devices.

She insisted the private computer server that hosted her 60,000-plus emails during her tenure -- half of which she deemed to be official government business -- would not be handed over to the State Department or an independent body for review.

[justa-hairyape]

Very interesting observation. So what we have here is the Sunni/Shiite split showing up in the US Democratic Party. Hillary the Sunni verses ValJar the Shiite. And what does any of that have to do with the American people, one must depressingly ponder.

[lonestar]

She was dumb not to take it and use it for an occasional world leader who she wasn’t doing favors for.

[elcid1970]

Wait a second! World leaders shouldn’t be seen picking away at a device that most grade schoolers now have!

Whatever happened to aides & personal secretaries?

Hillary should take the example of his Dear Leaderness Kim Jong Ewn and have a gaggle of flunkies following her with note pads & frantically scribbling away to record every precious pearl of wisdom that falls from Herself’s lips.

Now THAT’S power personified! And every so often arrange for a flunky to mysteriously disappear amid dark rumors of artillery shells & hungry dogs.

BTW, if Hillary could, she would, rule exactly like that.

;^)

[Liz]

Will she skate? There's more ways than one to skin this cat---documents collected she can't get her filthy hands on.

Trey Gowdy and Jason Chaffetz need to go to OMB---and demand all records relating to taxpayers subsidizing the Clintons---OMB payments to Bill Clinton's Harlem office including the number of electronic devices he owns and whether taxpayers subsidized the infamous server.

Congress needs to launch multiple investigations into Hillary’s State Dept tenure:

<><> her expense accounts,

<><> her use of federal credit cards,

<><>her role in the State Dept's disbursement of funds to private contractors;

<><> obtaining Hillary's official calendar, and her contact with foreign leaders,

<><>her possible collusion with the Clinton Foundation by using classified info as an instrument for fund-raisinig.

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The Buckraking Clintons sucking up foreign donations is morally reprehensible----but the real crimes are what exactly they are doing with the corporate/foreign monies once its in their Foundation's tax-exempt coffers.

It's becoming clearer why Bill Clinton used a shocking 21 phone nos and email addresses----because L/E knows multiple phone no's and emails is an indication of possible money-laundering and tax evasion.

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THE REPORT WE ALL WANT TO SEE:

<><> dates and times of Hillary's emails WRT to US foreign policy issues,

<><> dates and times of Obama's official statements on said foreign policy issues,

<><> dates and times of foreign govt donations to the Clinton Foundation(s).

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Let the money laundering, tax evasion and govt fraud investigations begin....start w/ the Clinton Foundation, and its vast tentacles, Hilary's State Dept tenure....then there's the matter of her US senate activities (snort).

[Liz]

A State Dept official w/ a govt-issue Blackberry or Smart phone, is expected to be "on the clock".

Good point---except that was when we had laws.

However, this might be something to explore---the fact you mentioned---that the State Dept has a Political or Economic Officer

[Liz]

The con artists Clintons created the ultimate scam: The Clinton Foundation! .... a slush fund as a "foundation."........or as some uncharitably call it "Hillary's Super-Pac."

The Clintons' controls its officers. Each Clinton family member can be listed as an officer in some capacity. They then get all sorts of tax-free perks..... flying around in private planes, staying in upscale hotels. Thus a significant portion of their real income is shielded from taxes.

The Clintons work the foundation game like an extortion racket.....strong-arming donors and giving them special standing courtesy of their public offices. For Bill Clinton, pretty much every conversation he has can be chalked up to "foundation business"...and written off as "Charity."

"Smile everybody. Another $100 million came in today."

[RitaOK]

You’re on to something, here.

However, one headline has it that a Bill Clinton aide issued the statement that Bill paid out-of-pocket for his server, that Hillary used. The server was not a tax paid item. (Not saying that is true, but Bill Clinton has so far issued nothing helpful to wifey. In fact, the only statement on this issue from Bill that I have heard so far, goes something like this; “ My theory is that < people > should just be transparent.”)

If that is true and BC owns the server, Gowdy answered a question on “personal property” being seized, and he indicated that possibly the entire Republican House could issue a subpoena for the server. His committee can not force seizure of personal property.

[Liz]

We havent even begun to dig into Hillary's finances as a US Senator. The legend is once they get elected, Senators/ Congressmen don't spend a nickel of his/her own money, ever again. Taxpyers foot the bills for their every whim. So I hardly think the greedy, cunning Clintons spent their own money on an item like a server.

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Another way elected crooks skimmed off money back when Hillary was a Senator, was through their free-for-all scams called "earmarks" (now banned b/c of taxpayers' outrage).

MIGHT BE WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT HILLARY'S REPORT A US Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account (SOPOEA) is reported in the quarterly Statement of Disbursements of the House. Since 2009, these reports have been available online at: http://disbursements.house.gov/. (SOURCE: USGOVINFO.ABOUT.COm)

And of course, there's good, old campaign fraud.