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State Dept. would need 75 years to compile Clinton emails
The Hill ^ | June 6, 2016 | Lisa Hagen

Posted on 06/06/2016 6:18:12 PM PDT by jazusamo

The State Department said it would take 75 years for the release of emails from top aides to Hillary Clinton while she was serving as secretary of State.

Lawyers said it would take that long to compile the 450,000 pages of records from former Clinton aides Cheryl Mills, Jacob Sullivan and Patrick Kennedy, according to a court filing from last week, which was first reported by CNN .

"Given the Department's current [Freedom of Information Act] (FOIA) workload and the complexity of these documents, it can process about 500 pages a month, meaning it would take approximately 16-and-2/3 years to complete the review of the Mills documents, 33-and-1/3 years to finish the review of the Sullivan documents, and 25 years to wrap up the review of the Kennedy documents -- or 75 years in total," the State Department said in the filing.

In March, the Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a pair of lawsuits requesting the release of emails and records from Clinton and her top aides during and after her time at the State Department.

“The Obama administration has failed to comply with records requests in a timely manner as required by law,” Chairman Reince Priebus said in a March statement, noting that the RNC had previously requested the documents from State last October and December.

Priebus cited the FOIA, under which the suits were filed, in calling for full disclosure of the email records.

On Monday, State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau declined to comment about the RNC’s lawsuit, CNN reported, but noted that FOIA requests have increased exponentially since 2008 and explained the difficulty of keeping up with the requests with current staffing and resources.

"The volume of FOIA requests received by the Department has tripled since 2008. In fiscal year 2015 alone we received approximately 22,000 FOIA requests," Trudeau said. "The requests are also frequently more complex and seek larger volumes of documents, requiring significantly more time, resources, and interagency coordination. While we have increased staffing for our FOIA office, our available resources are still nonetheless constrained."


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; bhostatedept; clinton; coverup; emails; foia; hillary; hillarysemails; liars; privateserver; statedepartment; statedept
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

There is a Cleansing coming, and it will be Old Testament in scope and nature...


61 posted on 06/06/2016 7:14:35 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Senator_Blutarski

“Now I’m getting angry...”

Ohhhh don’t do thhhhat. You could offffend someone.


62 posted on 06/06/2016 7:18:37 PM PDT by Captain7seas
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To: jazusamo

Well, if they can’t straighten this up then she should be disqualified from office until they can.... and indicted.

She’s a frikkin’ traitorous witch.


63 posted on 06/06/2016 7:24:13 PM PDT by Bullish (Face it, insanity is just not presidential.)
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To: jazusamo

Maybe IBM’s Watson should stop showing off on TV ads and get to work.


64 posted on 06/06/2016 7:29:45 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: jazusamo
State Dept. would need 75 years to compile Clinton emails

Better get started then.

65 posted on 06/06/2016 7:41:59 PM PDT by luvie (Bah!)
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To: jazusamo

I “sanitized” a “Secret” State Department report in about 10 minutes, then gave it to a government official to send through channels to get it ready for a FOIA declassified status. It was done in two weeks, and this was a wartime document, not some emails about a wedding.

I wouldn’t trust this State Department to review and declassify a roll of plain white toilet paper.


66 posted on 06/06/2016 7:46:13 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: jazusamo
State Dept. would need 75 years to compile Clinton emails

Better get started. But there's plenty of time. They can count them from prison.

67 posted on 06/06/2016 7:48:49 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: jazusamo

Only took a couple of years to cut the classified label and paste them.


68 posted on 06/06/2016 7:48:50 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Calling Obama a POS is a major insult to S.)
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To: jazusamo; LucyT

Did it take her 75 years to write all those e-mails?


69 posted on 06/06/2016 7:49:11 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: jazusamo

Nothing like prison to focus the mind.


70 posted on 06/06/2016 7:57:32 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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State Dept. would need 75 years to compile Clinton emails

Jet Jaguar asked:

Did it take her 75 years to write all those e-mails?

71 posted on 06/06/2016 8:01:11 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: jazusamo

Here is what they are effectively saying:

Hey Judge, we don’t care what the law is, and we don’t care you order us to do, we ain’t producing no stinking e-mails!

Here is what I would do if I were the judge:

You have 3 weeks to produce ALL the e-mails. First week after that, 1 million per day fine. Second week, 10 million per day fine. 3rd week, 100 million a day fine. 4th week, fine continues, and one State Department employee per day goes to jail until all the e-mails are produced. Etc.


72 posted on 06/06/2016 8:01:41 PM PDT by TheConservator ("The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal." -- Aristotle)
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To: Paladin2

That’s what I was thinking.


73 posted on 06/06/2016 8:09:37 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: jazusamo

And that doesn’t even cover the 30,000 missing emails...


74 posted on 06/06/2016 8:15:16 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: jazusamo

Lies.
Turn over the drive.
Or just ask Guccifer for the files.


75 posted on 06/06/2016 8:19:09 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

Watergate was a media coup.


76 posted on 06/06/2016 8:19:55 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: jazusamo

77 posted on 06/06/2016 8:20:32 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: jazusamo

78 posted on 06/06/2016 8:21:08 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: jazusamo
Just like they said it would cost 1.1 million dollars to compile the names of the illegal aliens. They truly throw out all kinds of erroneous and dramatic statements for excuses. These people should all be fired. This is 2016 - isn't there a database?

Second, what's up with the judge not releasing the emails till after the election? The American people have a right to know, especially before the election. They’ve had a very long time to do this. The longer they wait, the closer to the election it will get if they are concerned with the impact. And they should be concerned with the impact!

79 posted on 06/06/2016 8:26:31 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: jazusamo

NY Aztlan Times headline from 2090:

“The remains of the late Hillary Clinton were indicted today by an attorney general who hadn’t been born when her crimes were committed.”


80 posted on 06/06/2016 8:31:13 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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