State Dept says it will take 75 years to release emails from HRC aides -- not the onion

[grasswire]

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/282434-state-dept-would-need-75-years-to-compile-clinton-emails


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.

[bravenak]

1. Sounds about right

Bunch of stuff to process

[Fumesucker]

2. Most transparent administration EVAH!

[grasswire]

5. why do they have to be reviewed..............and ...............

.....why transmitted on paper copy?

Just send the whole directories of files electronicallly.

This is just slow walking...........again.

There sure is some criminality in those files.

[JudyM]

3. Obama's gotta be loving this headache.

[BreakfastClub]

4. Who gives a f? There's nothing in them. Get over it. She won the nomination.

You can stop shitting on her now...unless you want Donald Dump to win.

[Matt_in_STL]

8. Yeah, who gives a fuck about transparency and FOIA

We should just assume that government is doing right by us and never doing anything shady. We should set a precedent here and just give up on FOIA.

Now, can I pour you another Kool-Aid?

[Aerows]

6. Well that's a creative way of saying

never.

[ContinentalOp]

7. LOL, keep cutting the state department budget and that's what you get RNC!

Serves them right.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/state-dept-reeling-from-budget-cuts/2011/09/29/gIQAm87ODL_story.html

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/247369-senate-panel-advances-49b-bill-funding-state-department-usaid