(Perhaps) Overlooked in yesterday's news: State did release 2,000 emails

[morningfog]

After a Hillary email release, we usually see reports on a few of the emails, usually silly stuff. Perhaps the news that State was withholding some documents due to their current classification overshadowed the content of the actually released emails. Or, maybe there wasn't anything newsworthy in this tranche. Regardless, here is a link to yesterday's release:

https://foia.state.gov/Search/results.aspx?searchText=*&caseNumber=F-2014-20439

It is really fascinating reading. Daily itinerary of a head of state, approving of military personnel to attend a meeting in Mali, notice of the hearing for her replacement, concerns with Karzai, etc., etc. Anyone interested in the daily function at the upper level of government would enjoy reading these emails. I've only read through a few dozen and found it interesting. Hillary does seem to use at least two different emails at the @clintone.com server, which I assume has been discussed previously.

5,000 more to go and State will have satisfied the court order. Those were due yesterday, but State said those emails will not be ready until late February.

[Jarqui]

1. For some reason, they only got about 1,000 out

Don't know why. Articles on them said there wasn't much in them.

I looked at a few and they're heavily redacted or classified redacted.

It may be this last batch are the most difficult ones on terms of being classified etc

[merrily]

3. Reading stuff to see how much you will redact takes time. See also, Reply 2 for more

possible reasons why it's suddenly taking so long, after the Inspector General's letter to Congress (dated January 14, not in the papers until after the Democratic debate, though).

[merrily]

2. Late February, after the early primaries. If the deadline slips, also after Super Tuesday. Hmmm.

Good thing government deadlines never slip.

[Jarqui]

4. A bunch of the handling of this was political - no question

The State Department misled on the classified designations.

I think it was in the court docs asking for more time (can't find it quickly) that the State Dept explained these last few thousand have to go to other agencies to get their input on classified info.

I suspect the most controversial emails are to come. And they're trying to get them past Super Tuesday