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Whole thing; mentions trust in institutions of us govt except the military is at a low point... WikiLeaks Shop Donate Return to search View email View source Re: Tomorrow From:tcarrk@hillaryclinton.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-06-22 18:19 Subject: Re: Tomorrow Yes. Will send asap On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 4:17 PM, John Podesta wrote: > I'm at a Silicon Valley fundraiser tonight and likely to get back into > email land. Can you forward me whatever our last q&a or briefing document > is on the topic.. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Lindsay Roitman" > Date: Jun 22, 2015 1:07 PM > Subject: Fwd: Tomorrow > To: "John Podesta" > Cc: > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Erika Rottenberg > *Date:* June 21, 2015 at 9:20:19 PM PDT > *To:* Stephanie Hannon , "Ann O'Leary" < > aoleary@hillaryclinton.com> > *Cc:* Lindsay Roitman > *Subject:* *Tomorrow* > > Hi Ann and Stephanie -- > > Looking forward to our discussion tomorrow night. I suspect it will be > broad ranging. > > Few things: > > 1. are the two of you and john planning on spending about 15 mins > chatting about the inside of the campaign, and policy broadly, and then > opening up to Q&A for about 45 mins or doing all Q&A? I Actually think > that it'd be great for y'all to hit on some key policy items first and i > know folks would enjoy the inside glance at the campaign. > 2. I plan to do an intro and Jeff will close with a very brief how to > get involved. I'll then close with a special toast and treat. > > I have not reached out to John - -please let me know if you think I should. > > Couple of questions that came in: > > > 1. you're obviously amongst friends, but here's the one i referred to > (can't remember which of you i talked about it with, if not both). It's > from someone that wasn't goign to come, and i encouraged him to come. he > comes at the issue slightly differnetly than what I've dsicussed with both > of you (Ok, one thing to use personal email, but why the "twisted truth" > (not my words) on why - with the two problematic areas being (a) emails to > bill (when they were to bill's staff) and (b) i only used one device -- BB, > when 2 weeks earlier, it was an iphone, BB and ipad. As Ann and I > discussed, hopefully that's a timing issue and whilst in state, she only > used one. :) > > *For my question*, it's basically some variation of [not quite phrased > right yet]: I know when I talk to my friends who are attorneys we are all > struggling with what happened to the emails and aren't satisfied with > answers to date. While we all know of the occasional use of personal email > addresses for business, none of my friends circle can understand how it was > viewed as ok/secure/appropriate to use a private server for secure > documents AND why further Hillary took it upon herself to review them and > delete documents without providing anyone outside her circle a chance to > weigh in. It smacks of acting above the law and it smacks of the type of > thing I've either gotten discovery sanctions for, fired people for, etc. > > 2) someone wants to ask a very specific question about updating export > control laws - and why they've haven't been updated since (??) as they > prevent american businesses selling abroad (she's GC of a consumer drone > company). Going to the 20,000 foot level, you'lll do well to talk about > needing to ensure regulation that's designed to protect consumers - yet not > so much that it prevents innovation, like what happens here in SV, which > has been the economic bright spot of our economy. The goverenment of the > 21st century will need to be more nimble, and quicker to respond to rapidly > changing busiensses, yet also ensure that it's not rash, and it regulates > for not just for today but the future. too > > 3) we'll see whether asked - but I would suspect something on the balance > of 4th amendment and cyber - and the US govt's request for companies to > provide a backdoor to encryption -- we discussed that yesterday. > > 4) Number three leads to a more general and i think thoughtful question - > -which permeates every aspect of our country - from the economy, to the > government to institutions like health care, defense, education and the > justice system. > > Trust of the American public in American institutions : A poll was just > released showing that trust in Congress, the presidency, the Supreme > Court, big business, Wall Street, etc. is at historic lows. That does not > bode well for the country (and in fact the military seems to be the only > institution that Ameicans trust, which is evocative of a third world nation > and not of the world's leading nation, for now). > > > http://www.gallup.com/poll/183605/confidence-branches-government-remains-low.aspx?utm_source=position2&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=tiles > > ------------------------- > > The issues that Reid and I teed up for john when he was at the tech > roundtable with Steph and Amanda at LinkedIn were: > > > - surveillance and national security - the proper balance (it is not > an either or -- it is an 'and') > - patent reform (less of an issue with s ct decision) > - net neutrality, and, of course, > - email issue > > There should be a good crowd, but unfortunately a number of folks are out > of town, and in terms of GC's, a number have annual meetings and the like. > Nonetheless, there will be a reasonable showing - prob about 50 folks > (though about 70 have said they're coming). They range from tech folks to > GC's to law firm counsel to non profits to STanford folk and even one union > leader (SEIU) may show. > > > Steph, in terms of recruiting - -there are a few people that might be > helpful - and each of them is a wonderful human being. Though I don't know > that any are looking, they're defnitely worthwhile talking to: > > > - Madeline Fackler, who was recently CIO for Johnson and Johnson. She > and her atty husband split their time between here and NYC. > - Ian McNish - one of the very early infrastructure folks at LinkedIn > - he joined when the company was still in a garage. He's been at Box for > the last couple of years advising them on IT, infrastructure and Ops. He > may be looking for something BIG to be a part of. Tireless, passoinate, > brilliant person. Catch will be his wonderful girlfriend, also from > linkedin, now heads up communicatoins/PR at GogoBot. (she too will be here > - adn they'll both stay for the afterparty. they're a hoot) > - Ian McCarthy - consumer digital media. also early LI employee, and > has been at a number of startups. Terrific guy. > - Unfortunately folks who were responsible for "growth" and some of > the data scientists didn't respond, and i didn't have time to > followup......we should set up some time to talk offline if you want. > > Hope this helps, and please do let me know if i can be of any help, though > i'm out of pocket for most of tomorrow (talkign on cybersecurity at > stanford directors college). > > Cheers, > > erika > 650.417.5722 > > > >