Clinton E-mails Show Concern About Image After Benghazi Attacks

[Purveyor]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Top aides to former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fretted over how she would be portrayed after the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, e-mails released on Friday showed.

The e-mails from Clinton’s personal e-mail account made public by the State Department do not appear to contain any revelations that could badly damage her bid for the presidency in 2016 or provide fodder for Republicans who accuse her of being negligent before the Benghazi attacks.

But they offer a glimpse into how Clinton’s team was concerned about her image immediately afterwards.

A senior adviser to Clinton, Jake Sullivan, forwarded an e-mail from a State Department official about positive media coverage of a statement she gave on Sept 12, 2012, the day after the killings.


Read more: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/united-states/story/us-state-department-post-set-clinton-e-mails-online-20150523

[Cali_Democrat]

1. B3NGH@ZI!!11

Derp.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Note how the media headline purposely avoids mention the emails were written by aides...once again it

is all about The Chase....nothing will ever be found of any concern because nothing is what is wanted to be found.

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. I read the OP as saying it WAS the aides who were concerned.

and I did not see anything that suggested Clinton wrote the emails.

[deurbano]

15. Think he just means the headline, not the OP. When I saw the headline, I assumed it

referred to stuff Clinton wrote.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Sometimes Democrats pick the shittiest people to run.

Good grief. Obama was the only really decent choice we've made since I have been politically aware.

When I think of some of the great people who ran but were mowed over, Jerry Brown and Howard Dean and Ted Kennedy, I just want to cry.

Hillary, good grief, no wonder DU voted 10 to 1 in favor of Bernie Sanders.

[KittyWampus]

5. lolz- "no wonder DU voted 10 to 1 in favor of Bernie Sanders"

No that's because Dennis Kucinich isn't running this time around.

Or John Edwards.

Or Howard Dean.

Or Ralph Nader.

[NYC_SKP]

7. Yeah, we suck. nm

[Robbins]

9. wrong

I supported obama in 2008.the idea everyone who supporters sanders is fringe Kucinich supporters is wrong.

He's already doing better in polls than Kucinich ever did.

why attack dean?He supports your candiate Hillary.

[MaggieD]

20. Exactly

[Cali_Democrat]

8. Nobody picked Hillary to run except herself

Democratic voters will decide whether or not she gets the nomination during the primaries.

The voters picked Obama in 2008 and they may pick someone besides Hillary in 2016.

Patience, my dear NYC_SKP.

Patience.

May the best candidate win.

[NYC_SKP]

12. Hillary picks the WORST candidates!

But I think she'd make a great head of something, maybe HHS.

[msongs]

10. obama and clinton are inseperable when it comes to policy so what's the problem? nt

[Big_Mike]

19. Fully agree with you

Bernie all the way!!!!!

[Thinkingabout]

4. I still have the image of Darrell Issa cutting off Eligah Cummngs.

It is another non scandal pushed by Republicans.

[Robbins]

6. look

While i am 100% for bernie sanders and don't believe there is anything to Benghazi but her aides being concerned about her image is stupid when 4 americans were killed.

[a kennedy]

11. Ok, so I hate to even admit this.....watched the five on faux to see the hysteria......

And they sure didn't disappoint....ugh. I watch so you don't have to. Ugh.......

[justhanginon]

14. Hillary Clinton is a very public and political figure and at the time was the Secretary of State..

I would be more worried if her aides were not concerned about her image. I would think that is part of their job as it would be with any public figure especially on the world stage as SoS. Being cognizant of the fact that image is important does not preclude any concern about the Sept 11th attack by either Clinton or her aides.

[Hissyspit]

16. Just like happens every day in every administration State Department ever?

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[joshcryer]

17. Yeah, Clinton shot off an email...

...talking about how they should thank a pundit for schooling McCain. I can't be bothered to find it but it's in the first few pages of the dump.

edit: actually I have the PDF still, she said "Huma called him and Graham. Also, someone should call Greta VS to thank her for "knowing the truth."" With regards to her concussion. (McCain was trying to send a message that Clinton was dodging the Benghazi hearing over a fake injury.)

[graegoyle]

18. Article is crap.

Although, I wish a message stated something like: "The Republicans are probably going to try to make this into a political circus. CRUSH THEM WHEN THEY DO. NO MERCY.".