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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]pnwmom
(108,973 posts)99. Please see post 84.
You point to a couple random quotes by the Director of Litigation -- who did NOT accuse Hillary of breaking any law, by the way.
And yet you ignore the sworn testimony in 2013 by the head of the National Archives.
(Who also doesn't accuse Hillary of breaking any law.)
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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