July 25, 2016

CBS' Pelley repeats the GOP Big Lie about Hillary's emails - when will tv get honest newsreaders?

ON Sunday's 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley interviewing Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, had to get in his obeisance to GOP propaganda by saying:
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"The director of the FBI has said that Clinton was extremely careless and that in the tens of thousands of emails on the unsecured server several contained classified information"

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.. IF this were actually the case, then that would mean Secretary Clinton lied when she said she did not receive or send any emails marked classified while Secretary of State. But that is not what Comey actually said re the emails.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-hillary-clinton-tim-kaine-democratic-ticket-scott-pelley/


Of course, Comey's statement on July 5, did contain many extra-legal insinuations and implied accusations (unsupported) of Clinton. However, on the emails Comey stated:

https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/statement-by-fbi-director-james-b-comey-on-the-investigation-of-secretary-hillary-clinton2019s-use-of-a-personal-e-mail-system
(all emphasis my own)

What this means is, they went to the "owning agencies" to "make a determination as to whether the e-mail contained classified information" ... because there were NO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION HEADERS on those 110 emails. Now, either Scott Pelley is too stupid to understand this or he is grovelling before the GOP by providing counterfeit support for the GOP propaganda that Clinton lied to Congress when she said she did not "send or receive any emails marked classified"... during her tenure as Sec of State.

As Rep. Matt Cartwright made clear with his questions of Comey in the Congressional hearing, as per the governing regulation/manual on transmitting classified information, any document with classified information in it, MUST have a Classified Information Header on the document warning anybody about to look at the document that it contains classified information and that they should NOT go any further unless they have the proper security clearance. When Rep Cartwright asked Dir Comey if the three emails he said had "c"'s in their text had Classified Headers, Comey replied they did not. Thus, none of the emails that Clinton received/sent had Classified Headers on them.


Note too, that Pelley described Hillary's server as "unsecured" even though IT experts who examined the server said they could see that measures were taken to protect the server from unapproved incursions by hackers or malware.

Regarding the security of the server, Comey said that: "With respect to potential computer intrusion by hostile actors, we did not find direct evidence that Secretary Clinton’s personal e-mail domain, in its various configurations since 2009, was successfully hacked."

But then Comey went on to say: "But, given the nature of the system and of the actors potentially involved, we assess that we would be unlikely to see such direct evidence."

But then Comey caught himself up (although he didn't know he did) by saying:

"We do assess that hostile actors gained access to the private commercial e-mail accounts of people with whom Secretary Clinton was in regular contact from her personal account."

Here Comey reveals his duplicity .. or his stupidity. IF the FBI software detected malware in some emails, that software would have found malware in Clinton's server. NOTE - NOBODY goes to the trouble to get malware on someone's server, only to have it erase itself after a time. The whole POINT of getting malware onto Clinton's server would be to monitor and send updates to the "hostile actor" as to the activities on the server, such as new emails received and sent. To do that, the malware MUST reside in the servers memory. Thus, if it is there, the FBI's malware detection software that found malware in emails sure as hell would have found any malware residing in Clintons server.

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So it is apparent over at CBS they certainly don't want to appear to be coming up short when it comes to helping out The Party in the coming election. And Scott Pelley seems to be challenging Charlie Rose for the distinction of being the biggest GOP toady at CBS. Enjoy licking those boots, Scott. To be fair, it's not just CBS the entire Corporate media is bailing on their job of informing the people about what's really going on with the GOP's war to protect the Plutocracy.


....and I wonder if Comey thinks Clinton was "extremely careless" with classified information, does that apply to the two to three hundred career government officials who sent Sec Clinton those emails? .. and if it applies to two to three hundred career government officials, is the standard he is using empirically based or is it theoretical? AND I wonder what would Dir Comey say if she had outed a covert CIA agent (Joe Wilson says Cheney is a Traitor)?
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July 23, 2016

GOP convention was a study in mob psychology, in particular, lynch-mob psychology

All the incredible shit they were saying about Clinton and nobody in M$M dared describe it as what it is, mob psychology, and outrageously reckless on the part of the GOP to incite such talk. I think Hillary should get triple the normal secret service protection. paranoic victimization talk leads to maniacal behavior. This has been demonstrated over and over again throughout the country with these screwballs shooting people.
... a few years ago one of these nuts shot Gabby Giffords. This could happen again with all this paranoic victimization talk at the GOP mob meeting.

July 21, 2016

man who filmed video of Eric Garner's death, charged for allegedly interfering with another arrest

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/man-filmed-viral-eric-garner-video-arrested-article-1.2568044


Man Imprisoned After Filming Eric Garner’s Death, Refusing to Eat, Rat Poison Found in Jail Food

July 19, 2016

Politifact completely duped by Comey, thinks Clinton received/sent classified information in emails

Politifact 'went to print' with their 'finding' based on Comey's statement, July 5, that seemed to definitely indicate that the FBI found emails with classified information in them. In a rush to get something on the internet, they didn't wait to hear Comey's answers to questions from House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 7. To be more precise, they didn't hear Comey's answers to the questions from Democratic members of the committee in which Comey admitted that NOT ONE email Clinton received or sent was MARKED CLASSIFIED.- as is required by the Government when communicating actual classified information. And if the header - indicating Classified information is in the email - is NOT there - then you know there is no classified information in the email or attachment. Thus, Clinton's statement about not receiving or sending emails marked classified was accurate and completely truthful.

The GOP toadies at Politifact swallowed the tricky language of Comey's statement. The statement was a master class in disinformation and obfuscation. But people who claim to be able to ferret out the truth should have been able to smell something fishy in Comey's statement and waited until Comey appeared before the Committee to give more detailed testimony before announcing any findings. But that of course presupposes they are interested in the truth re Hillary Clinton, the bain of the Repugnant Party, over at Politifact.

FBI findings tear holes in Hillary Clinton's email defense

I rate Politifact's finding as Consummately Fatuous but, no doubt, approved by the GOP.


IF you're interested in a more detailed examination of Comey's verbal tricks and obfuscations (a diplomatic word for lies) see:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512261723

July 19, 2016

A Conservative's Courage: Punk Talk - it applies perfectly to Trump

http://www.discussionist.com/1015363914

July 18, 2016

my take on Comey's different numbers of emails - supposedly - containing classified data

.. those who have been trying to follow/figure-out what in the end did Dir. Comey actually say about Clinton's handling of emails while Sec of State: here is my take on Comey's statements:

In Comey's original statement, while he said the FBI recommended to not indict HRC re handling of emails and personal server.. Dir Comey went on to say that Hillary Clinton had 110 emails which had classified data in them - at the time they were sent. He also said there were three emails that "bore markings indicating the presence of classified information"

There were two groups of emails of interest:

1) A group of 30,000 emails which Sec Clinton submitted to the State Department:

"FBI investigators have also read all of the approximately 30,000 e-mails provided by Secretary Clinton to the State Department in December 2014."

___ it is from this group that Comey refers to 110 emails:

and 2) A group, from which the specifically mentioned group of 3 emails came:


https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/statement-by-fbi-director-james-b-comey-on-the-investigation-of-secretary-hillary-clinton2019s-use-of-a-personal-e-mail-system


[font size="3"]Now, regarding the group of three - we now know, thanks to Rep. Matt Cartwright's questioning of Comey - that they actually were NOT marked Classified - per the Govt manual on handling Classified information. - DESPITE THE FACT THEY WERE NOT MARKED WITH A HEADER INDICATING THEY CONTAINED CLASSIFIED info - as is REQUIRED BY THE RELEVANT REG/MANUAL, Comey apparently thought the letter "c" appearing in the text of an email was sufficient to declare the email contained classified info - despite the lack of a Classfied Header.[/font]

Note: Subsequent to Comey saying he considered these emails classfied, the State Dept issued a statement that the "c"s in those emails were there due to human error. So on any basis these emails did not contain classified information.


[font size="3"] Now, let's go back to the 110 emails. Apparently, it was NOT 110 separate emails that contained separate items of classified information. Apparently, it was actually 52 email CHAINS which contained classified info (which info was apparently repeated to add up to 110 instances - but not 110 separate items of classified info).

(see https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/07/05/six-things-we-learned-from-the-fbi-investigation-into-hillary-clintons-email/?utm_term=.170cbb2e47fb )





.. [font size="3"]So it's not 110 but 52 instances of Classified info being received/sent by Sec Clinton, right?? Wellllll, hold on a minute..[/font]

NOTICE WHAT COMEY SAID:

"From the group of 30,000 e-mails returned to the State Department, 110 e-mails in 52 e-mail chains have been determined by the owning agency to contain classified information at the time they were sent or received."

I'm not aware of anybody asking Comey about this statement - BUT - if Comey had the "owning agency" "determine" whether the emails contained classified information --- Does that mean - Comey HAD to go the the owning agencies BECAUSE THE REQUIRED HEADER INDICATING THE PRESENCE OF CLASSIFIED INFO - WAS NOT PART OF THE EMAILS? ... AS REQUIRED BY GOVT REG/MANUAL???

I'm willing to go out on a limb and say, if the FBI had to ask the owning agencies to determine if the emails contained Classified Info - then the Header which is required by the Government - WAS NOT THERE.

Which means when Hillary said she did not receive or send anything marked classified she was speaking truthfully.

... as for Dir Comey, far be it from me to declare him an untrustworthy LIAR... but how about an duplicitous OBFUSCATOR?

July 18, 2016

Key House Republican Admits: GOP Attacks on Women’s Health R Holding Up Zika Funding

https://www.dpcc.senate.gov/?p=blog&id=596

The threat of the Zika public health crisis is increasing as summer continues. While Democrats have spent months trying to get our Republican colleagues to take the Zika virus seriously, Republicans have engaged in yet another cynical crusade against women's health. Now, even a key Republican appropriator admits that Republicans are refusing to fund our response to the Zika virus unless the bill attacks Planned Parenthood. There is no reason for this bill to be bogged down by another Republican attack on women's health.

REPUBLICAN APPROPRIATOR: REMOVING ATTACK ON PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS "RED LINE" GOP REFUSES TO CROSS

Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK): Republican Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma, a senior appropriator, said Republicans are willing to negotiate further on Zika, but said they still want to avoid adding to the deficit or funding Planned Parenthood. Cole called the latter a "red line" for the Republican conference. (Bloomberg, 7/11/16)

The Washington Post Editorial Board described the Republican Zika Conference report as "saddled with unnecessary partisan baubles"

Washington Post Editorial: It's Us Against Zika - Whose Side Is Congress On? "In the very early morning hours Thursday, Republicans who control the House pushed through a bill to combat the Zika virus that is a totem to their favored causes and a poke in the eye of Democrats. More than four months after President Obama requested nearly $1.9 billion in emergency funding to deal with a public-health emergency, the House voted for $1.1 billion but saddled it with unnecessary partisan baubles. This may further delay action against the mosquito-borne virus that can cause severe fetal birth defects." (Washington Post, 6/23/16)
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July 16, 2016

Clinton will push constitutional amendment to ‘overturn Citizens United’

Clinton will push constitutional amendment to ‘overturn Citizens United’

July 14, 2016

Thanks to Comey, most think HRC lied about not sending classfied data - what to do about that?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512253653#post14


Is anybody williing to fight disinformation and Big Lies so cheerfully abetted by the Corporate media sycophants of the GOP?

July 13, 2016

Thanks to Comey, most think HRC lied about not sending classfied data - what to do about that?

DUers have seen articles analyzing Comey cleverly worded statement on Hillary's email practices. Even though the FBI correctly concluded there was no evidence of any intent to transmit classified data and additionally,

... the evidence actually shows even though Comey said she sent something like over a hundred classified emails

- the actual number was 3. But even these three emails Comey referred to "bore markings indicating the presence of classified information".




____ But as we learned in the Investigation of the Investigation, these "markings" Comey was referring to were additions of the letter "c" (next to items somebody thought was classified info) in the body of the email. NOTE these emails DID NOT have the required Header/Subject line showing that classified information was included in the document. Thus, by Government reg - they WERE NOT classified. THis is why Comey had to add:



Further it should be noted that 2 of these emails the Dept of State said were classified (i.e. bore those "markings (in the body of the email) indicating classified info&quot IN ERROR.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512247076

But thanks to Comey's repetition of the lie that she sent/received classified emails most people now think that she lied when she said she did NOT send/receive classified emails.


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My question is: "What do you think should be done about this?" [/font] You realize NONE of the Corporate Media outlets will clarify these facts for people.

___ Should Hillary's campaign put an ad out there making it completely clear there were no 100+ Classified emails. And that the "very few" Comey emails said "bore markings indicating the presence of classified information" - none of these three emails were marked Classified in their header/subject line.

___ Should DUers post in discussion forums all over the internet - to make people aware that Hillary did not in fact send any emails designated Classified?

____ Should a PAC put out an ad pointing these facts out and also challenging corporate media to actually tell people the truth?

What do you think should be done?