Obama Administration BARS RELEASE of Clinton's TPP EMAILS Until Post-Election

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While Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has publicly reversed her position on the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), it remains unknown how much she helped advance, or even craft, the international trade deal while serving as U.S. Secretary of State—and the Obama administration appears interested in keeping it that way. On Monday, International Business Times (IBT) senior editor David Sirota reported that the State Department is refusing to release correspondence between Clinton's State Department office and the United States Trade Representative related to the TPP until after the 2016 presidential election.


After initially saying that the requested materials would be made available in April, a U.S. State Department representative "abruptly" told Sirota last week, "Our office was recently informed that the search process has been completed and that the information located from that search is currently being prepared for the review process. The new estimated completion date for your request is November 31, 2016." At the intersection of the 2016 presidential contest, Clinton's ongoing email scandal, and the contentious TPP negotiations, the contents of these emails are considered to be of public interest.


As Sirota notes, "IBT’s request was designed to provide a comprehensive view of how involved Clinton and her top aides were in shaping the trade agreement, and whether her agency had a hand in crafting any particular provisions in the pact." He further notes that "the delay was issued in the same week the Obama administration filed a court motion to try to kill a lawsuit aimed at forcing the federal government to more quickly comply with open records requests for Clinton-era State Department documents."


This is not the only query related to Clinton's emails that the State Department has suspiciously postponed until after the election. VICE News journalist Jason Koebler wrote last month that the "estimated completion time" for his request of "communications, presentations, and procedures created by the State Department to secure Hillary Clinton’s email from electronic threats" was moved from January 2015 to December 2016. Given that the initial FOIA request was made by the IBT in July 2015, even if the delay itself isn't "politically motivated," Nate Jones of the National Security Archive, a nonprofit investigative journalism center based at George Washington University, told Sirota that it reflects a systemic problem.

"In my opinion it is more incompetence than maliciousness, but either way, it is a gross error by FOIA processors to not get these documents out before the election," Jones said. "Their inefficiency is doing great harm to the democratic process."

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/06/06/obama-administration-bars-release-clintons-tpp-emails-until-post-election

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1. Sure,...let's wait till AFTER the election for many surprises....

[Juicy_Bellows]

3. And there will be many, many surprises!

What a mess this has become - perhaps a cloth would help clean things up.

[Jitter65]

39. It wouldn't be a surprise to me that she loyally carried out her duties to her President and

promotion of his agenda. Powell did no less, Rice did no less, Albright did no less, Christopher did no less.

[Jack Bone]

2. OF COURSE!! nt

[AzDar]

4. No More Corporate Dems EVER...

[rhett o rick]

33. We are fighting to save our Party from the Corporatists. nm

[boomer55]

5. BOOOOOOOOOOOO one corrupt party two wings.

[Shadowflash]

6. Gee. I'm shocked.

SHOCKED, I tell you.

[Juicy_Bellows]

7. One giant middle finger after another.

Fair? Honest? Transparent?

How about you all just go eat a ball o' shit and leave running things to us?

[Exilednight]

8. we're going from no drama Obama to grill Hill.

[Gregorian]

9. No biggie. What's coming down the pike this week will take her out for good.

They've got the goods on the election fraud. It's being filed in court. And private and paid election exit polsters will be going out in force now.

Head are about to roll.

[Lord Magus]

24. Sure it will.

[PepperHarlan]

10. Works for me.

[uponit7771]

11. Who cares? tia

[840high]

12. I care. So should you.

[uponit7771]

14. I don't care about wingerish tripe, nor should you k? tia

[840high]

21. I care abut people and this country. Your

attitude disgusts me. As long as we get a woman - you don't give a shit what happens.

[uponit7771]

25. My attitude is that a person who is accused of rape TWICE should step no where near the WH

... and someone breaking 'rules' to little bad relative to Snowden isn't going to raise my ire that much.

I think she should break some more 'rules' including upsetting the racial and gender establishment in the DNC

[Bread and Circus]

28. LoL... you do know that Bill Clinton has been accused of rape, right? And would be in the WH if....

Hillary gets elected? You know this, right, uponit7771?

And it's not just accused of rape alone.... Bill Clinton has paid a settlement for sexual misconduct.

So yeah... maybe you should think before you post sometimes.

Oh and one more thing.... tia.

[840high]

37. It's ok if Bill did it - after

all he's a Clinton.

[Bread and Circus]

43. I noticed uponit didn't respond.... musta slinked off when confronted with the truth.

[uponit7771]

48. Clinton "raped" someone is only truth to chicken fuckin, hate filled, sexist, racist ass'd tRump...

... lovers no?

tia

[840high]

50. Why the huge pay-off then?

[uponit7771]

47. Sexist stupid people bring up Bills Clinton's acts in response to Hillary Clinton's character like..

... sexist, racist, chicken fuckin, hate filled bastard tRump no?

tia

[840high]

51. Blame bill and his libido.

[uponit7771]

46. Bill Clinton's running for president? Oh... that's right, the wife OWNS their husbands reputation...

... and acts all bad to some people.

It's a good thing those "some people" are losing power and affluence in America's political systems no?

tia

[840high]

52. She said she wants to put him

in charge of the economy.

[uponit7771]

53. Irrelevant, Bill is not running and only sexist, chicken fuckin, racist stupid ass'd tRump lovers

... want to relate Bill Clinton's actions to Hillary Clinton's character no?

tia

[840high]

55. aww - you must be not too up

on Clintons - since Nebraska.

[uponit7771]

56. I don't pay attention to wingerish tripe

[840high]

57. I do hope you pay

attention to how the Clintons act. 'nite

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13. Typical third way tripe response

[uponit7771]

20. They're hurting, I don't think their HDS is just innate ... they're hurting

[Nanjeanne]

15. Wasn't this supposed to be the most transparent administration? Oh well - voters

aren't entitled to know. They just have to be good Democrats.

She also cut out TPP stuff from her book that was in the hardcover when the paperback was published. Another example of why so many voters can't believe a word that comes out of her mouth.

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17. You'll get to know everything AFTER the November election

[Nanjeanne]

19. Yup. When she passes the TPP - and finds another way to screw the middle class!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. They're trying to seal the leak in her overloaded baggage car.

[rhett o rick]

18. The Establishment sticks together. nm

[840high]

22. You bet they do.

[Triana]

23. This is what OLIGARCHY looks like. Want MORE? Vote HILLARY. n/t

[felix_numinous]

27. We are being played

the whole Trump show and Clinton indictment going on in 2 circus rings, Bernie and progressives in the 3rd, all while the TTIP is being passed, which is privatizing the country. This would effectively silence any opposition and make all dissent illegal and dismantle what is left of our democracy.

Bernie Sanders is the only supporter of democracy at this point.

[ljm2002]

29. November 31st?

Did their statement really say that? If so, I wonder if they really mean "Never".

Or, there's a new Leap Year adjustment that I had not heard of until now.

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32. That's the date they gave....

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Request #F-2015-12971
Dear David Sirota,

This is in reference to your e-mail dated May 23, 2016, inquiring about the status of your Freedom of Information Act request. A copy of your e-mail has been forwarded to the office that is processing your request. Our office was recently informed that the search process has been completed and that the information located from that search is currently being prepared for the review process. The new estimated completion date for your request is November 31, 2016.

We appreciate your continued patience during this process.

Sincerely,

Charlotte W. Duckett
U.S. Department of State
---

https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/clinton-ustr-20030/#comm-253356

[grasswire]

40. excellent catch! nt

[Aerows]

60. LOL!

November 31. I've seen it all now.

[Barack_America]

30. "Hope and Change" -> "Nope and Ha ha"

Why is he shredding what's left of his legacy for her?

[senz]

35. I'd be asking what Bill and Hill have on him.

They play nasty politics. I hope he can find some way to do the right thing both for himself and for the country.

[nc4bo]

31. The cover up is just as bad as her gold standard approval of that shifty trade agreement.

Damned if they release it, double damned that the don't.

Ouch. Not a good look in either case.

[senz]

34. They are trying to hide who and what she is until after the election.

The American people need to think long and hard about allowing this Trojan Horse to take control of the country.

[jillan]

36. Oh goody. We better hope we win back the Senate and the House or else impeachment could be

what we get to look forward to.

[840high]

38. Reader comment from Common Dreams

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Emphyrio
7 hours ago

"Global deals like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will boost the profits of Wall Street and big corporations, and make the richest 1 percent even richer - But they’ll bust the rest of America"!

Obama stays true to course since day one - betray the progressive/Dem base to serve big money, banker/wall street/corporate usury, abuses and greed, while short-changing civilian priorities funding the war machine!
Shilling for more of the same by protecting the crimes of Hillary Clinton is very much par for Obama's course........

By this "delaying" action Obama potentially covers-up HIS involvement in the TPP "negotiations" (a farce) and delaying the release of Clinton's TPP emails IS a serious conflict of interest and potential crime........
The Corporate-whore wing of the Dem Party and the corrupt DNC Hillary shills must be taken down - all neo-liberal RepubliCon-lite politicians subservient to the 1% need not apply! Obama, Hillary & Bill, Andy Cuomo, and all the others who put big money ahead of the people and a sustainable future!
FLUSH the TPP and Flush Hillary!

[bvar22]

59. Agree.

Korean Free Trade Deal devastating for US Workers
(Prototype for the TPP)

What happened to the 70,000 jobs that the Korea Free Trade deal was supposed to create? They never materialized. Instead, U.S. workers lost 40,000 jobs in the first year of the agreement.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-cohen/koreaus-free-trade-agreem_b_4965492.html

Meet the TPP: Crony capitalism on a global scale
https://represent.us/action/tpp/

Obama selects former Monsanto lobbyist to be his TPP chief agriculture negotiator
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023662210

"Obama Admin’s TPP Trade Officials Received Hefty Bonuses From Big Banks"
http://billmoyers.com/2014/02/20/obama-admin%E2%80%99s-tpp-trade-officials-received-hefty-bonuses-from-big-banks/

Study: "Trade" Deal Would Mean a Pay Cut for 90% of U.S. Workers
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/09/the-verdict-is-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-a-sweeping-free-trade-deal-under-negotiation-with-11-pacific-rim-coun.html

[hellofromreddit]

41. More of that Obama transparency

Hillary has been campaigning on continuing Obama's policies. This will make her look bad to some voters who don't even buy into the conspiracy stuff.

[Ash_F]

42. Not a good sign.

[amborin]

44. the TPP is totally Hillary's FTA! She championed it and WILL VOTE FOR IT and the TTIP

[panader0]

45. Ugh....

[sadoldgirl]

49. Hey, the TPP is Obama's future security!

He counts on those $$$$$$$!

[BillZBubb]

54. I fear you are right. He's seen what Hillary can get for a few speeches.

He's not going to do anything to keep himself from cashing in.

[Waiting For Everyman]

58. There's nothing like cheating.

Cheating is so cool, isn't it? Yeah! We love it!

[jwirr]

61. Isn't that a cover up?

[Ferd Berfel]

62. THe Corporatist Elite, protecting their investment

Problem is that once this shit does come out the Republicans in the other party will begin the never ending barrage
of Committees, hearings, subpoenas, grand juries, investigations etc, etc until they can launch an impeachment

[pdsimdars]

63. Obama isn't a judge, how can he bar anything? Shouldn't some lawyer sue to get them and let

a judge decide. And what does it matter, we already know where she stands. Everything is already known.

But espionage is where to take classified information and put it outside government security. That is exactly what Clinton did. There were 2200 classified emails on her server with 22 of them being higher than top secret. They were OUTSIDE the government protection. That is espionage.

If she is not prosecuted for that, then we no longer have a rule of law. Simple as that. You can't have a democracy when the laws apply to some and not to others. If she is not prosecuted then the country is essentially over.