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In reply to the discussion: Clinton's lawyers didn't read the 30K emails they deleted. They just hit a button. [View all]MisterP
(23,730 posts)96. that's exactly how we got today's GOP BTW
I doubt that with H-1B expansion, The Family, TPP, fracking, GMOs, chained CPI, and 5 or 10 new wars later we'll all be weeping in gratitude that we got the lesser evil once again
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Clinton's lawyers didn't read the 30K emails they deleted. They just hit a button. [View all]
leveymg
Mar 2015
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If it didn't contain the term "Benghazi" the message was automatically deleted as "chocolate cake."
leveymg
Mar 2015
#6
It doesnt take a rocket scientist to read to whom the emails was addressed or
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#4
That wasn't the actual critera, apparently. It was either "Benghazi" or into the memory hole.
leveymg
Mar 2015
#12
Is the Clinton Foundation official mail? A smart person would know if email was from the Saudi
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#17
A lot of grey. That's why a real human (lawyer almost qualifies) should have done the selection.
leveymg
Mar 2015
#26
The official has the right to delete personal emails, they are not required to have
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#30
So I would say the emails would be personal unless she was soliciting funds
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#68
I don't think she ever intended to break the rules. I also think her server is as safe as the state
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#76
So, if it was so easy, why didn't they assign the emails to someone to go through?
leveymg
Mar 2015
#19
Computer search is only a tool for e-discovery and disclosure. Lawyers actually read documents
leveymg
Mar 2015
#126
Seems to me the email issue is only an issue if someone is alleging she purposely deleted
randys1
Mar 2015
#51
Really? Wat if Hillary was helping US companies like Old Navy penetrate foreign markets? Such assistance apparently was part of her job as SoS.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2015
#114
Because deputizing the task to lawyers would indicate a different standard of review.
Yo_Mama
Mar 2015
#8
Right. The emails the State Dept. has. The emails that Hillary's team took first cut at.
morningfog
Mar 2015
#88
They're not entitled to her personal emails, either by the old law or the current law.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#89
Not exactly. Had she used a .gov account, then State would possess all her emails and would be the
morningfog
Mar 2015
#92
She was Secretary of State, and she does have a staff and outside lawyers who have staffs.
leveymg
Mar 2015
#14
I see ur point. For argument's sake, Chelsea, for example, cudve been soliciting foreign govts for contributions to the Clinton Foundtion
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2015
#106
so what? you think all official SoS business goes through only a .gov address? wow.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#73
I currently see no basis for questioning Hillary's statements made at her press conference. Besides, they should be easy to verify.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2015
#107
It was called the "Rosemary Wood stretch" to hit the erase on the tape while sitting at her desk.
leveymg
Mar 2015
#15
The Presidential Records Act wasn't enacted until 1978. This is covered by the 1950 Federal Records
leveymg
Mar 2015
#40
Yes, but oranges have thicker skins than apples, allowing them to last longer without spoiling. Fact...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2015
#108
You continue to misstate her obligation as SOS to preserve emails on gov't servers.
AtomicKitten
Mar 2015
#91
No, it's irrelevant and does not negate her obligation to PRESERVE EMAILS ON GOVERNMENT SERVERS.
AtomicKitten
Mar 2015
#100
What she did was against protocol and not okay, and speaks to her proclivity for secrecy.
AtomicKitten
Mar 2015
#105
That's why they shouldn't be comingled with official records in single accounts.
leveymg
Mar 2015
#127
Just a few days ago, we were all assured that, since she'd revealed 50k emails, there was
Marr
Mar 2015
#31
I expect Democrats to complain about Republican peccadilloes and Republicans to complain about...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#32
If you openly admit to just barking whatever bullshit makes your leader look best...
Marr
Mar 2015
#46
I wear your ad hominem attacks the way my old man wore the Purple Heart he was awarded in WW ll
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#54
Yes, I heard Joe Scarborough saying he wanted to read all of her emails, classy huh.
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#38
Just saying, he apparently represents the GOP side. I am more interested in
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#69
My question: howzit possible that Hillary had as many personal emails as work-related ones as the agency head in charge of tens of thousands of employees?
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2015
#109
Maybe Chelsea REALLY could not decide between seafoam green and apple green
TwilightGardener
Mar 2015
#111
The numbers just seem off. But, time will tell; let's wait n see what develops...Thankfully, we always have Elizabeth waitin in the wings.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2015
#112
No doubt the Teapubbies were up to no good; can't say that bout Hillary based on what we know so far.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2015
#113
BTW, Jeb didn't comply with Florida's stringent "Sunshine Laws" when it came to his e-mail
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#36
it's ok I'm sure the media-email hackers already copied what they will use against her next year
Sunlei
Mar 2015
#50
Not too late for the Dem leadership to rethink their unanimous support for Hillary2016
Dems to Win
Mar 2015
#67
I don't really care. The Tealiban is so insane in persecuting Hillary I hope she got rid of every
OregonBlue
Mar 2015
#70
I'm already storing up with food and planning for the Apocalypse./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#117
In e-discovery, a team of half a dozen lawyers and staff could do it in about two weeks.
leveymg
Mar 2015
#123
Do you think Hillary sent an e-mail to the Benghazi Terrorists to attack the embassy?
B Calm
Mar 2015
#128
And as was pointed out in the other thread, there is no 'discovery' being undertaken.
randome
Mar 2015
#129
This is a case where she treated documents in a politically non-intelligent way by deleting them in
leveymg
Mar 2015
#131
I bet everybody in congress has at the least one private e-mail address. This whole scandal
B Calm
Mar 2015
#133
Who here doesn't want a third and fourth term for Obama? Michelle Obama, of course.
leveymg
Mar 2015
#142