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KoKo

(84,711 posts)
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 03:06 PM Jun 2016

Another NY Newspaper Editorial Board Raises Questions about Hillary/IG Report

(Yes, the NYPost is Conservative but many in the NY Metropolitan Area and New Jersey read it. Plus the NYDaily News Editorial Board and the NYT also have come out against Hillary over the IG Report's findings.)

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Team Hillary’s Latest Email Lie --By Post Editorial Board

May 31, 2016 | 8:24pm

If one lie doesn’t serve, try another: That’s clearly the idea behind the Hillary Clinton campaign’s response to last week’s blistering review of her email scandal.

The report from the State Department inspector general notes multiple violations of law in her use of a home server and private email.

But her campaign chairman, John Podesta, calls the IG’s work wonderful news for Hillary — because it “gets us one step closer to resolving” the issue. That is, to having Emailgate fade into history, with Clinton paying no price for her simple, uh, “mistake.”

After all, anyone can accidentally set up a secret email server at home and use it to hide government correspondence, even after being warned it’s illegal, right?

Yet Podesta might wind up “correct” in thinking Hillary will get a pass. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time she and Bill got away with hiding digital correspondence.

As Paul Sperry noted in Sunday’s Post, the Clinton White House “lost” a huge trove of subpoenaed emails in 1999 — as it faced probes of Whitewater, Travelgate and other scandals involving Hillary.

Back then, the White House blamed a “glitch” in a computer server. And, at the center of that affair (dubbed “Project X” internally): a young aide named Cheryl Mills.

That’s right: the same Cheryl Mills who served as Hillary’s aide when she used her home server — and who oversaw Team Hillary’s deletion of 32,000 of the emails stored there.


Clinton insisted those emails were just personal — but several (recovered from other sources) have proven directly relevant to her State business, including emails about her refusal to adhere to State rules on email security.

Like Clinton, Mills refused to cooperate with the IG’s investigation.

Podesta might prove right, if the Obama Justice Department opts to whitewash the lawbreaking to protect Clinton’s White House bid. Or he may prove wrong — if the voters decide they’ve had enough of history repeating itself.

http://nypost.com/2016/05/31/team-hillarys-latest-email-lie/

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Another NY Newspaper Editorial Board Raises Questions about Hillary/IG Report (Original Post) KoKo Jun 2016 OP
Why not link to Breitbart? Or Moonie Times WhiteTara Jun 2016 #1
or Ruppert's WSJ ? nt DURHAM D Jun 2016 #3
OK. How about the Chicago Tribune, then? Fawke Em Jun 2016 #19
There was a connection I didn't know about -- history tries to repeat. IdaBriggs Jun 2016 #2
Why do Hillies always ignore the message and attack the messenger? senz Jun 2016 #4
yes, as Good Ship Hillary sinks slowly beneath the waves... n/t Merryland Jun 2016 #5
That is a lovely image. senz Jun 2016 #6
Perhaps because the messengers have been WhiteTara Jun 2016 #9
Nah, they consider all Hill criticism "rightwing." senz Jun 2016 #12
Here's the latest on the Sanders scandal WhiteTara Jun 2016 #15
I didn't realize Jane was running for president. Fawke Em Jun 2016 #20
You have to excuse the Clinton folk, they work on the 2 for 1 theory. morningfog Jun 2016 #26
Hmm,....let's see....ok, I got it.....that's ALL they have!! Segami Jun 2016 #25
But there are FBI agents who are going public if she gets a pass. Gregorian Jun 2016 #7
I read a post a couple of days ago that WhiteTara Jun 2016 #10
So you buy Republican pablum? hellyall Jun 2016 #16
This was in response to a post that said WhiteTara Jun 2016 #17
Except that what hellyall said is correct. Fawke Em Jun 2016 #21
Is it allowed for the FBI to leak? WhiteTara Jun 2016 #23
A leak is guaranteed. 840high Jun 2016 #32
No you didn't. morningfog Jun 2016 #27
Yes, I did. WhiteTara Jun 2016 #28
I call bullshit. And projection. morningfog Jun 2016 #29
... WhiteTara Jun 2016 #30
Thanks for confirming you are full of shit. morningfog Jun 2016 #31
New to me info on Mills unc70 Jun 2016 #8
It isn't the Clinton White House yet WhiteTara Jun 2016 #18
Uhhh.... she meant Bill Clinton's White House. Fawke Em Jun 2016 #22
"1999 ... Whitewater ... Back then ... young Cheryl Mills" unc70 Jun 2016 #24
I just note the increasing chorus nadinbrzezinski Jun 2016 #11
Yep, sort of like dominos falling. senz Jun 2016 #13
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2016 #14

WhiteTara

(29,722 posts)
1. Why not link to Breitbart? Or Moonie Times
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 03:09 PM
Jun 2016

for that matter. Loving right wing papers seems to be in style with BoBs these days.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
19. OK. How about the Chicago Tribune, then?
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 04:46 PM
Jun 2016
Democrats have something else that wakes them up screaming in the middle of the night: the prospect that the FBI will recommend charges against Clinton or her aides when it completes its own probe. If Clinton loses the FBI primary, Trump could have an unimpeded path to the White House.

For most of the past year, Democrats have been happily distracted by the GOP's apparent urge to blow itself up. They failed to notice they were walking into their own minefield without a map.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-president-clinton-trump-0601-jm-20160531-story.html
 

IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts)
2. There was a connection I didn't know about -- history tries to repeat.
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 03:09 PM
Jun 2016

Cheryl had 7 lawyers for a civil deposition. The FBI interview must have been hysterical.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
4. Why do Hillies always ignore the message and attack the messenger?
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 03:20 PM
Jun 2016

Is it because that's ALL they have?

WhiteTara

(29,722 posts)
9. Perhaps because the messengers have been
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 03:52 PM
Jun 2016

convicted of perjury, are considered Crazy Frank by their peers, or known right wing shills.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
12. Nah, they consider all Hill criticism "rightwing."
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 04:20 PM
Jun 2016

If it's an opinion piece, authorship should be taken into consideration. But content is still more important -- is it factual? Is it reason-based, logical? Does it make sense? Does it appeal to the reader's rational capacities? Etc.

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
7. But there are FBI agents who are going public if she gets a pass.
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 03:41 PM
Jun 2016

That's kind of a problem.

I read a post this morning that suggested she's trying to get into office before the indictments so she can quash them.

WhiteTara

(29,722 posts)
10. I read a post a couple of days ago that
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 03:54 PM
Jun 2016

the FBI were investigating Sanders for influence peddling and that there is a DOJ investigation having to do with Burlington Collegegate.

WhiteTara

(29,722 posts)
17. This was in response to a post that said
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 04:38 PM
Jun 2016

you should use that kind of crap if it sounds logical to you. Just pointing out the stupidity of the thought.

Welcome to DU

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
21. Except that what hellyall said is correct.
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 04:51 PM
Jun 2016

I work in InfoSec and we work with the intelligence community quite a bit. Yes... they are planning to leak if she's given a pass.

There is no FBI investigation into Bernie or Jane.

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
29. I call bullshit. And projection.
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 09:01 PM
Jun 2016

I know you wish your candidate wasn't subject to a criminal investigation by the FBI. In fact i wish the same.

But making shit up is poor form.

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
31. Thanks for confirming you are full of shit.
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 09:30 PM
Jun 2016

That link does not support your claim. Unless you have more, it is clear you are desperately projecting and wishing it wasn't your candidate subject to an actual FBI criminal investigation.

unc70

(6,120 posts)
8. New to me info on Mills
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 03:51 PM
Jun 2016

Had not heard that Cheryl Mills was part of the lost/deleted email problems in Clinton White House. And to think that Comey was one of the investigators seeking those records.

Things don't change much with the Clintons.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
22. Uhhh.... she meant Bill Clinton's White House.
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 04:53 PM
Jun 2016

Hillary might end up in another Big House, all together.

unc70

(6,120 posts)
24. "1999 ... Whitewater ... Back then ... young Cheryl Mills"
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 08:41 PM
Jun 2016

Did you actually read even the OP? I don't need the snark.

For the record, I think the odds are dropping below 50% that there will be a HC WH.

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