Saturday, May 23, 2015

It just doesn't stop — State Department Deletes Evidence of Hillary Clinton’s Possible Involvement in Gun-Running in Libya

Here is a very important query about the Hillary Clinton E-Mails Released by the State Department yesterday   —  —  —   WHY THE REDACTION OF  HILLARY CLINTON’S SUGGESTION ABOUT A “PRIVATE” GUN-RUNNING OPERATION IN LIBYA ? ? ?


Who did it ?  Who authorized it ?   —   AND  —   Why ?


According to a report by Stephen F. Hayes in “The Weekly Standard” —   “Among the emails released by the State Department today was one sent by Hillary Clinton to Jake Sullivan on April 8, 2011. Clinton was forwarding a private intelligence report that Sidney Blumenthal had sent her with the subject line: ‘UK game playing; new rebel strategists; Egypt moves in....’  
In the State Department release today, Clinton responds with "FYI" and a sentence that is redacted....  (See “State Dept. Makes Curious Redaction in Hillary Email” by Stephen F. Hayes, 5/22/15, The Weekly Standard [http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/state-dept-makes-curious-redaction-hillary-email_953420.html]).

The Hayes article goes on to note that when the New York Times posted its versions of the Hillary Clinton-Sidney Blementhal E-Mails earlier this week, the sentence from Hillary Clinton’s E-Mail responding to Sidney Blumenthal was NOT REDACTED.  In the Times's version the later-redacted sentence reads like this  —   "FYI. The idea of using private security experts to arm the opposition should be considered."

Hayes also noted that  “... [t]he redaction in the State Department version is labeled a ‘B5' Freedom of Information Act exception, which provides for a ‘deliberative privilege’ in keeping the information from the public....”   Then Hayes asked this “obvious question”  —   “Why did the State Department redact that sentence ?”

Another obvious question is how the State Department considered one of Hillary Clinton’s communications to a non-governmental agent associated with the Clinton Foundation containing a suggestion to use “private” operatives to move weaponry into Libya could be in any way “deliberative” in the context of Secretary Clinton's State Department duties.




4 comments:

  1. if not now, then when

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  2. UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE “MORE THAN A MONTH OF HILLARY CLINTON – CANDIDATE” EDITION

    AFTER MORE THAN A MONTH OF "SILENT FILM CAMPAIGNING" AND "LISTENING” AFTER HER ANNOUNCEMENT --- AND HILLARY IS BEING ASKED FOR MORE “ANSWERING” FOR HER E-MAILS AND BENGHAZI MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE

    E-MAILS AND BENGHAZI STILL BEING TALKED ABOUT ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS

    Here's an example --- A "Google Search" of “Hillary Clinton News” [https://www.google.com/search?q=Hillary+Clinton+News&oq=Hillary+Clinton+News&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.8826j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8] yields the following:

    A Hillary Clinton Match-Up With Marco Rubio Is a Scary Thought for Democrats
    New York Times? - 2 days ago

    Yet the worriers include some on Mrs. Clinton's team. And even former President Bill Clinton ...
    First round of Hillary Clinton State Department emails released
    CNN? - 2 days ago

    What the resurfacing of Sidney Blumenthal says about Hillary Clinton
    Vox? - 1 day ago

    — And even more on a liink for “More news for Hillary Clinton News” [https://www.google.com/search?q=Hillary+Clinton+News&oq=Hillary+Clinton+News&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.8826j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=Hillary+Clinton+News&tbm=nws]:

    The State Department Just Released Hillary Clinton's Benghazi ...
    National Journal-May 22, 2015

    May 22, 2015 The State Department on Friday released Hillary Clinton's Libya-related emails from her time as secretary of State, documents spanning 2011 and ...
    Hillary Clinton Teaches Voter How to Take a Selfie
    ABC News-21 hours ago

    Hillary Clinton's scandals piling up faster than flakes in a snowstorm
    Opinion-Fox News-May 22, 2015

    Sorry, GOP. Theres No Smoking Gun In Hillary Clintons Benghazi ...
    In-Depth-Daily Beast-May 23, 2015

    Hillary Clinton's Benghazi Emails — Live Dive
    Blog-Wall Street Journal (blog)-May 22, 2015

    What Hillary Clinton's e-mails tell us about her management style
    In-Depth-Washington Post-May 22, 2015

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  3. Sidney Blumenthal says he was just talking to Hillary about "contractors" in Libya.

    Why would he do that?

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  4. BACKFILL: THE “WHO REALLY KNOWS WHAT’S GOING ON WHEN IT COMES TO SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL” EDITION

    HE SURE KNOWS A LOT AND HAS SOMETHING TO SAY — BUT WHO CAN SAY WHAT THAT WILL BE ?


    As part of what is now accepted as generally accepted background, Glenn Thrush mentioned this in his article for Politico: "... [A]s the Benghazi emails show, [Sidney] Blumenthal and [Hillary] Clinton managed to work together [ ] in typical over-the-transom fashion. One could hear the you-can’t-stop-me in Clinton’s voice Tuesday when she defended the correspondence: “He sent me unsolicited emails which I passed on in some instances, and I say that that’s just part of the give and take....” (See “Hillary Clinton's dark whisperer is back – Sid Blumenthal is about to be hauled before a House committee on Benghazi but that won't break his bond with Hillary” by Glenn Thrush, 5/22/15, Politico [http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/sidney-blumenthal-hillary-clinton-118212.html]).

    According to the Glenn Thrush report, “Sidney Blumenthal is right back where he wants to be: in the middle of another partisan blood feud with the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy he’s been fighting since the 1990s.... Hillary Clinton’s wartime, peacetime — anytime — confidant has been thrust again into the public eye by disclosures that he had shoveled questionable second-hand intelligence on Libya in 2012 to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the form of reports she forwarded to her skeptical Foggy Bottom aides.

    Thrush went on to state the following: “... Blumenthal broke his silence on the Benghazi emails late Thursday, issuing a statement through his attorney saying he intended to fully cooperate with congressional investigators and emphasizing the informal nature of his consultations with Clinton. ‘From time to time, as a private citizen and friend, I provided Secretary Clinton with material on a variety of topics that I thought she might find interesting or helpful.... The reports I sent her came from sources I considered reliable. I have informed the House Select Committee on Benghazi that I will cooperate with its inquiry and look forward to answering the Committee’s questions.’...”

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