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In reply to the discussion: "Secretary Kerry is the first Secretary of State to rely primarily on a state.gov email account." [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)79. No links per my request? Also, what allowed Hillary to retain control over her govt papers until 2
months ago? Anything to cite for that?
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geek tragedy
Mar 2015
OP
You're saying Hillary is so uneducable that she could not even be taught to use one email as opposed
merrily
Mar 2015
#37
I'm actually sorry I responded to your post. This entire issue is TRIVIAL beyond words.
kwassa
Mar 2015
#39
Yet, you responded again, so I doubt you're that sorry. As to trrivial, please see my Reply 19.
merrily
Mar 2015
#40
Yet another reply? My, my. For the second time, Reply 19 spoke to the "importance" of the issue,
merrily
Mar 2015
#48
In the real world, 50 and 60 year olds rely on 20 year olds to set them up with technology.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#55
You've missed the key point. She didn't just switch email accounts. She had a private server set up in her home, which
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#58
No, YOU've missed the point. Having ample ability to comply with federal law Hillary chose instead
merrily
Mar 2015
#61
She didn't fail to archive. There was no time limit in any law or regulation in effect when she was
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#63
The lawyer at the National Archives who was Director of Litigation says she broke the law.
merrily
Mar 2015
#75
Where does he say she broke the law? All you did was post a bio. That isn't very useful.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#78
No links per my request? Also, what allowed Hillary to retain control over her govt papers until 2
merrily
Mar 2015
#79
This is about the third time you've asked me to show you where I posted something directly TO YOU.
merrily
Mar 2015
#113
How the heck am I supposed to know what law or regulation YOU THINK she broke? You're the one
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#80
I did not ask you to know the law. I cited the specific law. & You're lthe one who made the claim.
merrily
Mar 2015
#82
No one has shown that she violated any archiving requirement while she was in office.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#84
You made the claim that the law was changed after she left office. I asked for links.
merrily
Mar 2015
#85
Not so. See Reply 19. Besides, that still does not speak to archiving or retaining personal control
merrily
Mar 2015
#89
Your reply 19 does nothing to contradict the sworn testimony of the national Archivist in 2013.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#91
Sorry, that does not speak to archiving at all. Please see Reply 19, which says the important
merrily
Mar 2015
#88
I ask you specifically for a link to the Federal Records Act of 1950, as amended through the
merrily
Mar 2015
#90
You're the one claiming she broke it the records act. You provide the statute. Logically, one can't
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#93
BS. I didn't ask you to prove a negative. And you are so wrong about inability to prove a negative.
merrily
Mar 2015
#96
I'm so wrong about "inability to prove a negative"? Guess you never took a basic logic class.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#98
More bs and more moving goalposts. Post 96 refuted your post 98 before you wrote it.
merrily
Mar 2015
#100
You are asking me to read your mind and figure out what law Hillary might have broken
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#102
you've repeated that falsehood over and over and I've refuted it over and over.
merrily
Mar 2015
#104
No kidding. that is exactly why I asked you to support YOUR claim that the law as it existed when
merrily
Mar 2015
#108
NPR said, IF her emails were archived? That's what you're offering as proof her emails were
merrily
Mar 2015
#128
Every Republican is not a Republican operative. That's exactly why I bolded "operative" in my post.
merrily
Mar 2015
#135
Anyone who has a modem or WAP has a private server in there home, this i disenginuous
uponit7771
Mar 2015
#130
Conflicting reports -AP reports the server registered by Admin named, "Eric Hoteman." However,
leveymg
Mar 2015
#140
don't forget that HSBC donated to the Clinton foundation, and that was pretty big scandal to some
still_one
Mar 2015
#109
Not just like Benghazi at all. No one died. She seems to have all the records. She can fix this
merrily
Mar 2015
#38
Benghazi! Damn, I thought we laid you to rest.. State Secrets! It's okay for Snowden et al but
Cha
Mar 2015
#4
But Kerry was not not the first Secretary to have responsibilities with respect to federal records.
merrily
Mar 2015
#6
Thank you. As a general rule, I am very bad at remembering who posted what and I did not
merrily
Mar 2015
#32
The fact is, unless there's a way to know what is in the private email account (like checking
TwilightGardener
Mar 2015
#8
For example, what email account did her spokesman use for this exchange with
TwilightGardener
Mar 2015
#12
Since he was operating in his official capacity as personal spokesman,
TwilightGardener
Mar 2015
#17
That's why it seems so unnecessary to have to set up an entire separate email account
TwilightGardener
Mar 2015
#14
Again, any private account used to conduct business that is meant to be archived
TwilightGardener
Mar 2015
#20
And what basis do you have to "highly doubt" that she never dashed off an email to Obama?
merrily
Mar 2015
#24
Not the issue: Have you ever heard from a reliable source that Hillary never sent one?
merrily
Mar 2015
#26
Thank you. That was one of the more bizarre questions I've been asked in my entire life.
merrily
Mar 2015
#30
That and that this is another instance in which Clintons seem to feel obeying the law is optional--
merrily
Mar 2015
#52
What I meant to say was non-US officials or official business with private parties.
leveymg
Mar 2015
#129
of course. There is always someone who receives the emails. Wait, what if she wrote the email only
still_one
Mar 2015
#112
Good for him for releasing a half truth intended to make it seem Hillary did not violate the law?
merrily
Mar 2015
#34
Kerry is overseas and has been since this broke - he has put out no statement at all
karynnj
Mar 2015
#45
I would think this statement was cleared with him, esp. given Hillary's impending coronation and
merrily
Mar 2015
#50
Yes, she absolutely did break a law, but see Reply 19. I agree that this was likely
merrily
Mar 2015
#51
Even conservative media is acknowledging today that no law was broken. You're now harder on a
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#60
The lawyers at all conservative print and television media have told them no law was broken.
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#64
Anyonne can misinterpret the law. And, with all due respect, anyone can misinterpret what a lawyer
merrily
Mar 2015
#65
That's what you're going with? Conservative media has stopped accusing a Democrat of something.
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#66
Obviouslsy, you didn't read anything I asked you to read. Please stop wasting my time.
merrily
Mar 2015
#67
Totally false. Besides if you didn't read it, how would you know what it bore on?
merrily
Mar 2015
#70
No, I'm making sense and citing law and the guy who administered that law. You're citing Fox.
merrily
Mar 2015
#72
You're more vituperative against Hillary than conservative media at this point. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#73
Still not reading. No surprise. Also, ,please consult a dictionary and/or thesaurus.
merrily
Mar 2015
#74
You realize that bios of lawyers posted by their law firms are totally self-serving
onenote
Mar 2015
#123
Sure I do. Every resume but a fool's is self serving, but law firm bios usually are not falsified
merrily
Mar 2015
#124
What law firms any DUer has worked for is pretty irrelevant. And, to quote Shania Twain, it don't
merrily
Mar 2015
#127
I said no more questions to me, dude, until you answer the ones I've asked you repeatedly.
merrily
Mar 2015
#137
I liked how he tried to make something of the fact that reporters use private email addresses to
merrily
Mar 2015
#53