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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SET OF FACTS REGARDING THE HILLARY INVESTIGATION [View all]Gothmog
(145,321 posts)106. This claim is false
The implication that Clinton did anything inappropriate is wrong http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/02/04/nbc-news-rebuts-right-wing-media-claim-that-cli/208369
Former Senior CIA Official: "Any Suggestion That This Email Contained Confirmation About The Person Or His Cover, Or Any Inappropriate Information, Is Flat Wrong." According to NBC News' sources, one of the emails in question alludes to the killing of a CIA officer, whose "association" with the agency was "widely reported in the news media" four days after his death. That email originated with the then-chief of staff to the Defense Department, was forwarded to senior State Department and Pentagon aides, and was then forwarded to Clinton. "There is no record of Clinton commenting," according to the article. According to the former DOD chief of staff, Jeremy Bash, who went on to serve as chief of staff to the director of the CIA, the "email was not classified when it was sent or forwarded, and 'did not reference the individual's name, employer, nor any identifying description or information.'" From the February 4 article:
The email message about the dead officer was created by a Defense Department official, Jeremy Bash, who at the time was chief of staff to then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. It concerned Dario Lorenzetti, a Fort Worth native -- later revealed to be a CIA officer -- who died Oct. 13, 2012, when an Afghan intelligence operative detonated a suicide vest in a so-called "Green on Blue" attack. The email was sent on the day of the attack after Lorenzetti's death was confirmed.
Lorenzetti's association with the CIA was leaked by anonymous officials to reporters four days after his death and widely reported in the news media, though his CIA cover was not lifted until later. Some of his obituaries listed him as a State Department officer....
Bash, who was Panetta's chief of staff while Panetta was CIA director, sent the email to four people -- including George Little, a Pentagon spokesman who was a former CIA spokesman, and Philippe Reines, an aide to Secretary of State Clinton.
Bash ends the email by instructing Little, the former CIA spokesman, to "please lash up with (blank)" -- presumably either the spy agency or one of its employees.
Reines forwarded the email to Clinton State Dept. aides Cheryl Mills and Jake Sullivan, who forwarded it to Clinton. There is no record of Clinton commenting.
Bash, in an interview, said the email was not classified when it was sent or forwarded, and "did not reference the individual's name, employer, nor any identifying description or information."
Once the CIA posthumously lifted Lorenzetti's cover, Bash added, "the original unclassified email could be read to confirm the general use of cover, prompting the redactions we now see. But any suggestion that this email contained confirmation about the person or his cover, or any inappropriate information, is flat wrong."
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THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SET OF FACTS REGARDING THE HILLARY INVESTIGATION [View all]
FourScore
Apr 2016
OP
paulthompson...I REALLY look forward to your emails timeline!! PLEASE let us know when it's done.
FourScore
Apr 2016
#23
QUESTION: How come President Obama is not one of the big ones? Didn't she communicate with him
thereismore
Apr 2016
#9
Unless This Guy is An Experienced Litigator I Wouldn't Waste much Time on His Conclusions
Stallion
Apr 2016
#7
A credible journalist* would never pat himself on the back like this.
greatauntoftriplets
Apr 2016
#40
He's not pretending to be a journalist or a lawyer. He just compiled the facts in one place. n/t
FourScore
Apr 2016
#43
There are lawyers and lawyers. The lefties have very differenr political views from the right-
Cal33
Apr 2016
#85
The author of the article cited in the OP is not a lawyer but a trump supporter
Gothmog
Apr 2016
#108
This 22-year-old young man is taking a double-major in college, and still finds time to
Cal33
Apr 2016
#88
Most of his post is made up of data that he has collected, and which he has backed up
Cal33
Apr 2016
#90
the IC IG did not make a criminal referral- it was a security referral - Intelligence Community IG &
Bill USA
Apr 2016
#12
Give it time...Before this primary is over I expect to see Rush Limbaugh and Hannity cited fawningly
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2016
#25
I see all the BNR, The Daily Beast and DailyNewsBin articles cited here as well.
revbones
Apr 2016
#54
At least those are left leaning publications that are sympathetic to Democrats , am I right?
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2016
#65
Was my condemnation of them the juncture at which you began our tête-à-tête or was it not?
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2016
#76
This ignorant article from a trump supporter from a Right Wing nut job site was fun to laugh at
Gothmog
Apr 2016
#92
Thank you!! I was just noticing how he is posting the same false smears over and over. n/t
FourScore
Apr 2016
#50
Written by a guy who couldn't pass the exam to get into law school. Priceless!
leftofcool
Apr 2016
#34
Because he's taking all of that "reams of data", which is spread all over the place and
FourScore
Apr 2016
#60
NBC News Rebuts Right-Wing Media Claim That Clinton Emails Reveal Names Of Undercover Operatives
Gothmog
Apr 2016
#105