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Brian - I think we should push back. It is not "document" not "documents." Sent from my iPhone On May 22, 2015, at 1:31 PM, Tyson Brody <[email protected]> wrote: Should someone push back on politico with regards to "now classified documents?" It's 23 words out of one single email. On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Josh Schwerin <[email protected] > wrote: > First batch of Hillary's State Department emails released > > By LAUREN FRENCH, JOSH GERSTEIN and BRYAN BENDER > > 5/22/15 12:13 PM EDT > > http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/hillary-clinton-emails-release-118214.html > > The first batch of emails > <http://foia.state.gov/Search/results.aspx?searchText=*&beginDate=&endDate=&publishedBeginDate=20150522&publishedEndDate=20150522&caseNumber> from > Hillary Clinton’s four years running the State Department was released > Friday. > > Even before the emails were made public, the State Department argued that > the nearly 900 pages of documents do not fundamentally alter the findings > of the State Department’s Accountability Review Board that probed the > Benghazi terrorist attacks. > > > “The emails we release today do not change the essential facts or our > understanding of the events before, during, or after the attacks, which > have been known since the independent Accountability Review Board report on > the Benghazi attacks was released almost two and a half years ago,” wrote > the department’s deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf. > > These highly anticipated emails, some of which have already leaked out, > give insight into Clinton’s tenure as the top U.S. diplomat. They’re also > serving as fodder for critics of the Democratic presidential front-runner, > who is still dogged by questions about a 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi > that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens. > > > And they are sure to raise more questions about the administration’s and > Clinton’s response to what quickly became a political scandal. There is an > email dated Sept. 15 with Clinton providing “talking points” for an > upcoming closed-door hearing before the House Select Committee on > Intelligence, but with the exception of Jake Sullivan the recipients are > blacked out, along with the entire document. > > > It states only: “Per the discussion at Deputies, here are the revised TPs > for HPSCI.” > > The emails also show that Clinton received now-classified documents on her > personal email address. One of the documents State recently deemed > classified was a November 2012 email reporting possible arrests in Libya > related to the Benghazi attack. The memo was sent through unclassified > State Department channels and forwarded to Clinton’s private account by > Sullivan, State’s Director of Policy Planning. A notation on the document > released says it was classified as –“SECRET”—the middle tier of national > security classification—on Friday, the same day the records were released. > > > Clinton has been under intense pressure for weeks since it was revealed > that she used a non-official email address while at the State Department > and stored those emails on a personal server in her New York home. > Republicans jumped on those revelations to accuse Clinton of attempting to > runaround federal records laws and keep key documents about Libya and > Benghazi from the public. > > > Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Select Committee on > Benghazi, has subpoenaed the State Department for all documents on Libya > from Clinton’s time at the State Department and is refusing to schedule the > former secretary to testify until the Obama administration turns the emails > over to congressional investigators. > > <http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/insiders-benghazi-testimony-works-to-hillarys-advantage-118202.html?ml=ri> > > ALSO ON POLITICO > <http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/insiders-benghazi-testimony-works-to-hillarys-advantage-118202.html?ml=ri> > Insiders: Benghazi testimony works to Hillary's advantage > <http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/insiders-benghazi-testimony-works-to-hillarys-advantage-118202.html?ml=ri> > > KATIE GLUECK <http://www.politico.com/reporters/KatieGlueck.html> > > Gowdy said in a statement Friday that the committee will continue to seek > all documents from Clinton’s tenure at the State Department on Libya and > Benghazi and not the “self-selected” emails the former secretary made > available. > > “To assume a self-selected public record is complete, when no one with a > duty or responsibility to the public had the ability to take part in the > selection, requires a leap in logic no impartial reviewer should be > required to make and strains credibility,” Gowdy said. > > The Benghazi Committee has had access to this first batch of email, which > represents less than 2 percent of the 55,000 emails Clinton returned to > State, for months. Leaked portions of the emails contain extensive > communications between Clinton and Sidney Blumenthal — a longtime family > ally. Blumenthal would often send Clinton memos on the security in Libya > before the 2012 attacks that left four Americans dead. > > Blumenthal’s analyses of Libya was often met with skepticism from senior > State Department officials, including Clinton. Gowdy asked the U.S. > Marshals Service to serve Blumenthal with a subpoena on Tuesday. > > The emails also give a personal look at Clinton’s habits and relationships. > > A Oct. 7, 2012 email from Blumenthal invited Clinton and her husband, > former President Bill Clinton, to a dinner. > > “Postelection, we’d like to have you over for dinner. Bill can come, too, > if he’s in town. Whatever works,” Blumenthal wrote. > > The rest of the 55,000 emails will be released to the public in stages. > State proposed releasing those records next January, but a judge rejected > that plan and ordered the agency to come up with a rolling schedule, which > has yet to be finalized. > > The documents released Friday are from January 2011 to Dec. 31, 2012, “and > relate to the security of, and attacks on, the State Department facility in > Benghazi and to the United States’ diplomatic presence in Libya, including > in Benghazi,” Harf said. > > Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the Benghazi panel, > said in a statement that the committee should now schedule Clinton to > testify. > > “Instead of the selective leaking that has happened so far, the American > people can now read all of these emails and see for themselves that they > contain no evidence to back up claims that Secretary Clinton ordered a > stand-down, approved an illicit weapons program, or any other wild > allegation Republicans have made for years,” Cummings said. > > > Read more: > http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/hillary-clinton-emails-release-118214.html#ixzz3atDON74L > > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Ian Sams <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This strikes me as a selective placement from someone with access to the >> emails, maybe Benghazi committee staff since Alex has strong House GOP >> relationships. Hard to imagine Alex found this tidbit in an email and wrote >> this piece exclusively after the emails published 45 minutes ago. >> >> >> >> He also gets the email address wrong. >> >> >> >> >> http://dailycaller.com/2015/05/22/hillary-discussed-speculation-about-her-health-with-aides-in-emails/ >> >> Hillary Discussed Speculation About Her Health With Aides In Emails >> >> <http://dailycaller.com/author/pappas/> >> >> *ALEX PAPPAS <http://dailycaller.com/author/pappas/>* >> >> Political Reporter <http://dailycaller.com/author/pappas/> >> >> 1:15 PM 05/22/2015 >> >> >> >> Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed with aides the chatter >> on cable news about whether she actually suffered a concussion in 2012, >> according to emails released by the State Department on Friday. >> >> A week before she was to testify before Congress in December 2012 about >> the attacks in Benghazi, Clinton postponed her appearance with aides >> explaining she had fainted and suffered a concussion. >> >> On Dec. 20, chief of staff Cheryl Mills forwarded Clinton by email a >> transcript of Fox News host Greta Van Susteren discussing Clinton’s health >> with Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain. >> >> “Senator,” Van Susteren said during that segment, “there is a report from >> the State Department that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify >> on Benghazi before the middle of January. There has been some criticism of >> whether or not she has a concussion. I believe she has a concussion. What >> do you think?” >> >> McCain replied: “I have never seen her back down. And I believe that she >> is now not physically well enough to testify and she will testify the >> middle of January.” >> >> Mills sent a transcript of that interview to Clinton’s personal email — >> [email protected] — and to close aide Huma Abdein. >> >> Speaking of McCain, Clinton replied: “Huma called him and [South Carolina >> Sen. Lindsey] Graham.” >> >> “Also,” Clinton added, “someone should call Greta VS to thank her for >> ‘knowing the truth.’” >> >> The emails released Friday, ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, are a few >> of the thousands the Democratic presidential candidate has turned over to >> the State Department from her personal email account. Clinton acknowledges >> she used that email account for both personal and official business. >> >> <image001.png> >> >> *From:* Tyson Brody [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, May 22, 2015 1:21 PM >> *To:* Ian Sams >> *Cc:* Josh Schwerin; Brian Fallon; Christina Reynolds; HRCRR; Jennifer >> Palmieri; Kristina Schake; John Podesta; Robby Mook; Huma Abedin; Cheryl >> Mills; Jake Sullivan >> >> *Subject:* Re: CLIPS ON EMAIL RELEASE >> >> >> >> Attached are the redacted and unredacted versions of the email as a side >> by a side.[image: Inline image 1] >> >> >> >> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Tyson Brody <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Want to flag that if you look at the email in this link, HRC's email is >> redacted. But in yesrterday's new york times dump, the same email is >> unredacted. Could it be because Committee leaked? >> >> >> >> https://twitter.com/gabrielmalor/status/601796614060167169 >> >> >> >> See it unredacted from the times below: >> >> <image003.png> >> >> >> >> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Ian Sams <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> *Lachlan Markay @lachlan <https://twitter.com/lachlan>* >> >> >> >> Email with Hillary's revised Benghazi talking points is completely >> redacted pic.twitter.com/A3uGN0erHW <http://t.co/A3uGN0erHW> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Ian Sams [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, May 22, 2015 1:05 PM >> *To:* Josh Schwerin; Brian Fallon >> *Cc:* Tyson Brody; Christina Reynolds; HRCRR; Jennifer Palmieri; >> Kristina Schake; John Podesta; Robby Mook; Huma Abedin; Cheryl Mills; Jake >> Sullivan >> *Subject:* RE: CLIPS ON EMAIL RELEASE >> >> >> >> *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:* >> >> *Date: May 22, 2015* >> >> >> >> *Contact:* >> >> *Jamal D. Ware* >> >> *202-226-7100 <202-226-7100>* >> >> *Amanda Duvall* >> >> *202-225-6030 <202-225-6030>* >> >> >> >> >> >> *Statement on the Release of Secretary Clinton’s Benghazi Emails* >> >> >> >> *Washington, DC*— Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy, >> R-S.C., today issued the following statement after the State Department >> released 300 self-selected emails from former Secretary Hillary Clinton, >> over which the department had no control and no custody for nearly two >> years. These emails were turned over to the State by former Secretary >> Clinton in the fall of 2014 in reaction to a request from the Select >> Committee: >> >> >> >> “More than six months after the Select Committee first discovered >> Secretary Clinton’s unusual email arrangement with herself, and after the >> media discovered Secretary Clinton relied exclusively on a personal server >> housing a personal email account eschewing any official email address, >> State Department transferred 300 messages exclusively reviewed and released >> by her own lawyers,” Gowdy said. “These lawyers, it must be noted, owed and >> continue to owe a fiduciary responsibility to Secretary Clinton to protect >> her interests. To assume a self-selected public record is complete, when no >> one with a duty or responsibility to the public had the ability to take >> part in the selection, requires a leap in logic no impartial reviewer >> should be required to make and strains credibility." >> >> >> >> “It is also important to remember these email messages are just one piece >> of information that cannot be completely evaluated or fully understood >> without the total record. The Committee is working to collect and evaluate >> all of the relevant and material information necessary to evaluate the full >> range of issues in context. We will not reach any investigative >> conclusions until our work is complete, but these emails continue to >> reinforce the fact that unresolved questions and issues remain as it >> relates to Benghazi.” >> >> >> >> “The Select Committee continues to believe the American people have a >> right to the full and complete record of her official emails and, >> therefore, asked Secretary Clinton to turn her server and the full body of >> emails over to a neutral, detached, independent third party for review. >> This is also why the State Department must comply with a months-old >> subpoena for emails of the former Secretary’s top aides, whose emails have >> never been received or reviewed by any congressional committee." >> >> >> >> “The Committee’s interest is in building a complete record from which the >> final, definitive accounting regarding the terrorist attacks in Benghazi >> can be provided. The best way to answer all questions related to the >> attacks in Benghazi continues to be having access to the full public >> record, not a "record" controlled, possessed and screened exclusively by >> Secretary Clinton's personal lawyers.” >> >> >> >> ### >> >> >> >> *Background Information on Released Emails:* >> >> >> >> *Among the emails the Select Committee finds highlight the existence of >> significant investigative questions:* >> >> · September 24, 2012—“Compiled protest and Benghazi Statements.” A >> document that reinforces issues relating to characterization of the motives >> for the attacks. For example, Jake Sullivan noted, “You never said >> spontaneous or characterized the motives. In fact you were careful in your >> first statement to say we were assessing motive and method. The way you >> treated the video in the Libya context was to say that some sought >> to *justify* the attack on that basis.*” * >> >> · August 24, 2012 — “H: Intel on new Libya president. Sid.” In this >> document two and a half weeks before the attacks, Jake Sullivan writes to >> the Secretary, “Some warning signs,” in response to the deteriorating >> security situation in Benghazi, which forced the Red Cross to suspend >> activities, and reinforces questions about what was done in response to >> these warnings. >> >> · April 4, 2012—“Secretary Clinton’s Leadership on Libya.” This >> document characterizes Secretary Clinton’s ownership of U.S. policy in >> Libya. >> >> · April 8, 2011—“UK game playing; new rebel strategists; Egypt moves >> in. Sid” In this document, Secretary Clinton responded to a Blumenthal memo >> with, “Fyi. The idea of using private security experts to arm the >> opposition should be considered.” >> >> >> >> *There are several instances of State personnel notifying the Secretary >> about security concerns and issues:* >> >> · April 10, 2011 – Forwarded email about deteriorating security >> >> · April 22, 2011 – Request for continuous coverage in Benghazi, >> “security permitting” >> >> · April 24, 2011 – Forwarded email about hotels being targeted >> >> · June 10, 2011 – Email including information about credible threat >> info against hotel and that personnel are evacuating to alternate locations >> >> · August 21, 2011 – Email regarding concerns about Islamist militias >> >> · January 9, 2012 – Email stating that disarming and reintegrating of >> militias isn’t going as well as they had hoped >> >> · February 24, 2012 – Email stating that militia rivalries are dangerous >> >> · August 24, 2012 – Email stating that there are “some warning signs” >> >> >> >> *The Committee also has an interest in understanding the inexplicable >> gaps in the Secretary’s emails during key times of her involvement in >> Libyan policy, including:* >> >> >> >> June 10-August 8, 2011—Time period where Secretary Clinton was heavily >> involved in Libya policy >> >> >> >> September 14-October 21 2011—Dates of Secretary Clinton’s trip to >> Libya, when the now-famous picture of Clinton on her blackberry was taken >> >> >> >> October 21, 2011-January 5, 2012—Time period when the State Department >> was extending the Benghazi mission for another year >> >> >> >> April 27- July 4 2012—Time period of increased security during which an >> IED was thrown at the compound blasting a hole through the wall and during >> which the British ambassador was attacked >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Josh Schwerin >> *Sent:* Friday, May 22, 2015 1:03 PM >> *To:* Brian Fallon >> *Cc:* Tyson Brody; Christina Reynolds; HRCRR; Jennifer Palmieri; >> Kristina Schake; John Podesta; Robby Mook; Huma Abedin; Cheryl Mills; Jake >> Sullivan >> *Subject:* Re: CLIPS ON EMAIL RELEASE >> >> >> >> First Batch of Hillary Clinton's Emails on Libya Made Public >> >> BY CARRIE DANN >> >> >> http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/hillary-clinton/first-batch-hillary-clintons-emails-libya-made-public-n362506 >> >> A batch of Hillary Clinton's personal emails made public on Thursday >> morning offers a glimpse into her team's initial exchange of information in >> the wake of the Benghazi attacks as well as her relationship with longtime >> confidante Sidney Blumenthal, who sent her at least two dozen memos >> regarding Libya during her tenure as Secretary of State. >> >> The State Department plans to release about 850 pages of the emails, >> which had been handed over to the congressional panel investigating the >> Benghazi attacks. But on Thursday, the New York Times released about a >> third of that batch of correspondence, which Clinton exchanged using a >> private server rather than a government email account. >> >> The documents show that, while Clinton used her personal email account to >> receive information the government calls "sensitive," she did not appear to >> use her private server to exchange classified information. >> >> The "sensitive" information included details like the location of State >> Department officials in Libya during a time of instability in the country >> in 2011. >> >> The documents released by the New York Times also show that Clinton >> received numerous briefing memos about Libya from Blumenthal, a longtime >> friend of the Clintons who was not employed by the State Department. The >> New York Times reported earlier this week that Blumenthal was also involved >> with a possible business venture in the country at the time. >> >> Two of those memos from Blumenthal came in the days immediately following >> the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attacks. >> >> In one, sent on September 12, Blumenthal suggested that top security >> officers in the country believed that the attacks "were inspired by what >> many devout Libyan viewed as a sacrilegious internet video on the prophet >> Mohammed originating in America." Clinton forwarded that information to top >> adviser Jake Sullivan with the message "more info." >> >> But another memo sent the following day indicated that the attacks may >> have actually been carried out by a militia group. Blumenthal wrote that >> officials in the country "believe that the attackers having prepared to >> launch their assault took advantage of the cover provided by the >> demonstrations in Benghazi protesting an internet production seen as >> disrespectful to the prophet Mohammed." >> >> The release of the emails comes after a prolonged political fight for >> Clinton over her use of a private email server while serving as Secretary >> of State. >> >> On Tuesday, Clinton urged the State Department to expedite the vetting of >> the emails after initial reports suggested that the data trove would not be >> ready for public release until January of next year >> >> >> >> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Brian Fallon <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> State did a nice job with this, despite the initial, sensationalized >> tweet by AP >> >> >> >> On Friday, May 22, 2015, Josh Schwerin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> State Dept. releases Hillary Clinton e-mails in Benghazi probe >> >> AP MAY 22, 2015 >> >> >> http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2015/05/22/state-dept-set-release-hillary-clinton-mails-benghazi-probe/E48MdmnEHKruEi5sTKzOwM/story.html >> >> WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton >> received information on her private email server about the deadly attack on >> U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi that was classified Friday at the >> FBI’s request. >> >> The email in question, forwarded to Clinton by her deputy chief of staff, >> relates to reports of arrests in Libya of possible suspects in the attack. >> >> The information was not classified at the time the email was sent and was >> upgraded from unclassified to ‘‘secret’’ on Friday, according to State >> Department officials. The officials said 23 words of the November 2012 >> message were redacted from the release of 896 emails totaling 296 pages, to >> protect information that may damage foreign relations. >> >> They said no other redactions were made for classification reasons. >> >> Spokeswoman Marie Harf says publication includes 296 e-mails given to a >> House committee investigating the 2012 attack on the US diplomatic post in >> Benghazi, Libya. >> >> She says redactions were made according to Freedom of Information Act >> standards. The emails will be released via the State Department’s FOIA >> website, foia.state.gov. >> >> The documents cover e-mails between 2011 and 2012 related to the Benghazi >> facility and its security, and to the broader issue of a US diplomatic >> presence in Libya. >> >> Harf says the e-mails don’t provide new facts about how four Americans >> were killed on Sept. 11, 2012. The State Department also said on Twitter >> that the emails don’t provide a change in its understanding of the events. >> >> The State Department is still reviewing 55,000 further pages of e-mails >> from Clinton’s private email account. They’ll be published on a rolling >> basis. >> >> >> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Tyson Brody <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > User Actions >> > Following >> > Matt Lee‏@APDiploWriter >> > >> > Matt Lee retweeted Brian Fallon >> > >> > Classified this morning - as the story makes clear. >> > >> > Matt Lee added, >> > >> > Brian Fallon @brianefallon >> > Classified only in recent days MT @KThomasDC: Clinton received >> now-classified Benghazi info on private email server, documents show. >> > >> > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Tyson Brody < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> WASHINGTON (AP) — Clinton received now-classified #Benghazi info on >> private email server, documents show. >> >> >> >> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Christina Reynolds < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Please use this email chain to send around clips that are breaking on >> the email release. 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