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Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests

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Re: Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests

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Hilary Clinton's not the first nor only politician guilty of doing this, NY Daily News just put together five other notables:

- Sarah Palin

- Mitt Romney

- Karl Rove

- Andrew Cuomo

- Chris Christie aide Bridget Anne Kelly

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/5-examples-lawmaker...

It definitely seems less than ideal for these rules to be abused like this.

The problem is, how do you stop it?

It's unreasonable to expect all private communications to be on public record, and if you write a note to your babysitter during office hours, why should the wider world have to know about it?

It's a difficult balance.

Re: Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests

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Interesting timing of this revelation.

Regardless if it is to stile a political run or to get the damage over and done with this is the type of behavior by top officials that needs to stop. Is Kerry doing similar? Who else is? There seems to be a concerted effort by the Administration and/or those in it to hide communication from the official record, being Hillary Clinton or Lois Lerner.

What happens to her because of this obvious effort to conceal is the most important aspect of the case. Will she get the wrist slap like Pretraeis and other friends of Washington get? Likely. Whereas everyday citizens are hounded to death by AGs and the like.

To be honest, government officials taking actions like this need to be treated like the criminals they are, they are purposefully betraying the public trust and hiding behind the power of their office and names to do it. The real one percent in Washington

Re: Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests

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What difference, at this point, does it make?

pretty much her words about Benghazi and people got killed for our screw up there.

The point it makes is, this is not acceptable, should never be acceptable, and just because you weren't caught when you were in office is no excuse for not going after you.

Re: Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests

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Hilary Clinton's not the first nor only politician guilty of doing this, NY Daily News just put together five other notables: - Sarah Palin - Mitt Romney - Karl Rove - Andrew Cuomo - Chris Christie aide Bridget Anne Kelly http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/5-examples-lawmaker... It definitely seems less than ideal for these rules to be abused like this. The problem is, how do you stop it? It's unreasonable to e…

Clinton ran an email server from a home under-guard by the Secret Service.

Re: Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests

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post #8
post #5

What difference, at this point, does it make?

pretty much her words about Benghazi and people got killed for our screw up there. The point it makes is, this is not acceptable, should never be acceptable, and just because you weren't caught when you were in office is no excuse for not going after you.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka0_nz53CcM
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