Obama Not Briefed On FBI's Clinton Probe

[Purveyor]

Source: The Hill

By Julian Hattem - 12/09/15 01:12 PM EST

President Obama does not receive briefings about the FBI’s investigation into the personal email setup Hillary Clinton used as secretary of State, bureau Director James Comey said on Wednesday.

As a result, Obama should have no way of knowing how the inquiry is proceeding, Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee, despite the president's apparent dismissal of concerns about impropriety.

The FBI’s examination of Clinton’s server, which held her private email account and has drawn intense criticism from Republicans and transparency advocates, has put the FBI in a tight spot.
In response, Comey has repeatedly attempted to shoot down concerns about political motivation in his bureau’s probe and fears that investigators will undermine evidence against Clinton or another Obama administration official.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/262639-obama-not-briefed-on-clinton-investigation

[Android3.14]

1. This sounds like a "plausible deniability" protection set-up

It sounds like some news may be about to break.

[lewebley3]

2. This story is GOP and New York times nonsense: Obama doesn't care

[winstars]

3. Yeah, I think Web Hubble may finally spill the beans.... Get me Al D'Amato on the dog and bone...

[ConservativeDemocrat]

4. Maybe he read the newspaper

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-secret-e-mails-were-sent-on-clintons-private-account-official-says/2015/08/11/f3117f08-403d-11e5-9561-4b3dc93e3b9a_story.html

“She directed her team to give her e-mail server that was used during her tenure as secretary to the Department of Justice, as well as a thumb drive containing copies of her e-mails already provided to the State Department,” Merrill said. “She pledged to cooperate with the government’s security inquiry, and if there are more questions, we will continue to address them.”

The inquiry by the FBI is considered preliminary and appears to be focused on ensuring the proper handling of classified material. Officials have said that Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner, is not a target.

Try again, Republican sympathizers.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[dlwickham]

5. thank you

[riversedge]

6. Good one..

[KoKo]

7. Well..there you have it from "The Hill" and, what we should anticipate from the Investigation.....

"DOA"...and we may never know... Just like most of the so-called Investigations these days that are either Deep Sixed or Dribbled Out and left for some person to write a book about it a year or two later.

From the Article:

Even if the search uncovers evidence of wrongdoing, critics warn that the Obama administration would be reluctant to press charges against Clinton or other former State Department officials.

“No matter what the FBI finds, a political appointee of the Justice Department will ultimately make the decision of whether or not to prosecute,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said on Wednesday. “If the FBI refers the matter to the Justice Department, but the Justice Department refuses to prosecute, the public will not learn the facts that the FBI independently established.”

Comey, however, did not commit to releasing details uncovered during the investigation, regardless of what it finds.

“I just don’t want to speculate on this particular investigation,” he told the Senate committee.

[Dawson Leery]

8. It should be DOA.