Slanted Media Coverage Keeps Hillary Clinton Supporters Compliant & Unaware

I am surprised more Americans aren't offended by the propaganda offered up as news by the mainstream media since it involves electing the next President of the United States. Are all the supporters of Hillary Clinton really 'unaware and compliant" ?

Bill Clinton NEA Chair: We wanted citizens compliant, so we made them unaware. Now unaware & non-compliant, so Trump https://t.co/rPRtorEasW pic.twitter.com/8Po8zL3e0T

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 14, 2016

Yes, that is a forgone conclusion After  'education' how else do you keep the public unaware? Allies in tech like Google, Twitter and facebook are eager to join the majority of the media in the U.S. to push Hillary Clinton for POTUS. Some are on the payroll and others are donors and the open support is noted. The resulting media bias is the result.

Take the Hillary Clinton wikileaks coverage versus the last minute smear campaign against Donald Trump as an example. Take a look at PBS's  coverage of the two topics. Keep in mind, David Brooks is the 'conservative' on the panel who takes Clinton Cash.

Other things to watch for in the following PBS NewsHour clip include time dedicated to each story, the tone and the followup.  Trump talk dominates the segment and the Democrat on the panel is much less dismissive of the wikileaks emails than the NYTimes 'conservative' David Brooks.  PBS loaded the panel and failed to presents two sides to the stories. The segment is over 12 minutes long so start your watches on the Hillary email segment after the 9 minute mark.




How would a reporter or columnist corer the Hillary Clinton email scandal and wikileaks revelations?  Here is a rare example from Kim Strassel at WSJ

The Press Buries Hillary Clinton’s Sins

As reporters focus on Trump, they miss new details on Clinton’s rotten record.

excerpt:

Start with a June 2015 email to Clinton staffers from Erika Rottenberg, the former general counsel of LinkedIn. Ms. Rottenberg wrote that none of the attorneys in her circle of friends “can understand how it was viewed as ok/secure/appropriate to use a private server for secure documents AND why further Hillary took it upon herself to review them and delete documents.” She added: “It smacks of acting above the law and it smacks of the type of thing I’ve either gotten discovery sanctions for, fired people for, etc.” 

A few months later, in a September 2015 email, a Clinton confidante fretted that Mrs. Clinton was too bullheaded to acknowledge she’d done wrong. “Everyone wants her to apologize,” wrote Neera Tanden, president of the liberal Center for American Progress. “And she should. Apologies are like her Achilles’ heel.” 

Clinton staffers debated how to evade a congressional subpoena of Mrs. Clinton’s emails—three weeks before a technician deleted them. The campaign later employed a focus group to see if it could fool Americans into thinking the email scandal was part of the Benghazi investigation (they are separate) and lay it all off as a Republican plot.

Subpoena? What subpoena ?



The cover-up and collusion has gone on long enough. Hillary for Prison 2016.



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Things Hillary Clinton couldn’t recall in her FBI interview

This Friday news dump includes the FBI notes from the Hillary Clinton private email server investigation. Hillary is unable to recall things that would prove her actions were intentional...

The many things Hillary Clinton couldn’t recall in her FBI interview

In the three hours-plus that Hillary Clinton spoke with FBI investigators about her private email server on July 2, she cited more than three-dozen things that she could not recall. 

Among them were things such as specific emails that perhaps nobody could be expected to remember years later, but Clinton also said she had no recollection of several key moments when it came to her email server, including briefings on how to handle classified information and key conversations about her server. 

In at least one case, according to documents released Friday by the FBI, Clinton said she could not recall every briefing she had received after a 2012 concussion, which later led to a blood clot in her head. 

Clinton didn't know "C" on emails stood for classified https://t.co/ABJRoZZc1e pic.twitter.com/Bu4iSCYPfC

— The Hill (@thehill) September 2, 2016

"Clinton stated she received no instructions or direction regarding the preservation or production of records from [the] State [Department] during the transition out of her role as secretary of state in 2013," the report says. "However, in December of 2012, Clinton suffered a concussion and then around the New Year had a blood clot. Based on her doctor’s advice, she could only work at State for a few hours a day and could not recall every briefing she received." 

The language doesn't make clear whether Clinton was blaming her concussion for being unable to recall specific briefings and, if so, during which specific time period. The concussion and blood clot were well-publicized at the time. 

Among the other things Clinton could "not recall" or "did not remember," according to the summary of her interview with the FBI: (video)

 or continue reading:
The many things Hillary Clinton couldn’t recall in her FBI interview


Deny, delay, disinform and delete .....

"Significant Security Risks": State Dept Says Clinton Broke Rules Using Private Email Server

The inspector general could only repeat what has been said about Hillary Clinton and her email server. She lied about most everything.  From Democracy Now ...  

An internal government watchdog has concluded Hillary Clinton broke government rules by using a private email server without approval while she was secretary of state. That was the key finding of a long-awaited report by the State Department inspector general. The report concluded that Clinton would not have been allowed to use a private server in her home had she asked department officials in charge of information security, because it posed "significant security risks." This contradicts claims by Clinton that use of a home server was allowed and that no permission was needed. The report also criticized Clinton for not properly preserving emails she wrote and received on her personal account. According to the report, Clinton and eight of her deputies, including Cheryl Mills, Jake Sullivan and Huma Abedin, declined to be interviewed for the inspector general’s investigation. Clinton’s use of a private email server for State Department business is also the subject of an ongoing FBI investigation. We speak to journalist Michael Tracey.

More hidden and incriminating email found again  .....

(Excerpt)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was supposed to have turned over all work-related emails to the State Department to be released to the public. But an agency audit found at least three emails never seen before — including Clinton's own explanation of why she wanted her emails kept private. 

After 14 months of public scrutiny and skepticism over Clinton's motives in keeping her emails secret, new questions emerged Thursday. They centered on her apparent failure to turn over a November 2010 message in which she worried that her personal messages could become accessible to outsiders, along with two other messages a year later that divulged possible security weaknesses in the home email system she used while secretary of state. 

The Clinton campaign has previously denied that her home server was breached, but newly revealed emails show an aide worried it could have been compromised. 

The existence of these previously unreleased messages — which appear to have been found among electronic files of four former top Clinton State Department aides — renews concerns that Clinton was not completely forthcoming when she turned over a trove of 55,000 pages of work-related emails. And it has drawn fresh criticism from presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. 

On Thursday, Clinton said she had been forthcoming with her personal emails. 

"I have provided all of my work-related emails, and I've asked that they be made public, and I think that demonstrates that I wanted to make sure that this information was part of the official records," Clinton said, according to an interview transcript provided by ABC News. 

Most of those messages have been made public by the State Department over the past year due to both a court order and Clinton's willingness to turn them over. But hundreds were censored for national security reasons and 22 emails were completely withheld because the agency said they contained top secret material — a matter now under investigation by the FBI.........

Previously......

 Dozens of Hillary Clinton Emails Were Classified from the Start, U.S. Rules Suggest 
State Dept. Suddenly Discovers Thousands of Emails from Top Clinton Aide
Hillary Clinton Will Turn Over Email Server to Justice Department
Hillary Clinton's Email Server Answers Avoid Key Questions 
Data in Hillary Clinton’s ‘Secret’ Emails Came from 5 Intelligence Agencies 
Hillary Clinton Email Scandal - Obfuscation & Obstruction 
Hillary Clinton Denies Being Subpoenaed: Investigators Release Subpoena
Hillary Clinton Email Scandal - Obfuscation & Obstruction
@AP 's FOIA Request Shows Extent of Hillary Clinton's Email Coverup 
A blog on the Benghazi - Syria connection
Obama Arms the Syrian Rebels & 'Overlooks' Their Use of Chemical Weapons 
A blog on the first days of media 'coverage'
Obama Media Machine in Full Deflection Mode after Embassy Attacks 

Hillary Clinton's Top Aide Huma Abedin Signed State Dept. Pledge Before Leaving

Hillary Clinton and all those that surround her are dishonest to say the least and the Benghazi debacle and cover-up is a great example.  Huma Abedin, the wife of disgraced Anthony Weiner, is another Clintonista that will help Hillary gain power by any means necessary. The lies told by Hillary Clinton about the attack on the special mission compound in Benghazi and her email server are numerous and those that aided the cover-up include her staff and the press. Deny, delay and dis-inform is what the Democratic party does best.

 The following article is excerpted from TheHIl: 
Clinton aide Abedin signed State Dept. pledge before leaving

Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin signed a pledge stating that she had given all work-related documents back to the State Department when she left office, despite the fact that some of her emails did not make it back to the government’s hands until years later. 

The Daily Caller on Friday received a copy of the “separation statement” — formally known as an OF-109 form — as result of a lawsuit filed under the Freedom of Information Act.

As part of the agreement, Abedin promised to “have surrendered to responsible officials all classified or administratively controlled documents and material with which I was charged or which I had in my possession.” 

She also pledged to have given up all documents “containing classified or administratively controlled information” given during the course of her work, as well as “all unclassified documents, and papers relating to the official business of the government acquired” while in office. 

Despite her signature on the form, however, Abedin retained an email address on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server. Her messages from that server were not handed over to the government until years after she left office in 2013.
In signing the form, Abedin also acknowledged that she could be subject to “criminal penalties” for lying on the document. 

It’s unclear whether Abedin would be subject to prosecution, given the unusual nature of Clinton’s private email setup. Yet the revelations Friday add to days of reports that the FBI has expanded its probe into Clinton’s personal server and whether classified information was mishandled.

Abedin served as deputy chief of staff while Clinton served as the nation’s top diplomat. She is currently the vice chairwoman of Clinton’s Democratic presidential campaign. 

In addition to Abedin’s form, the Daily Caller also revealed an OF-109 form for Cheryl Mills, Clinton’s former chief of staff. However, Mills did not appear to have signed the form.
Earlier this year, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters that the department did “not have any record” of Clinton herself signing a document.

Hillary Clinton's Email Scandal - A Timeline of Obstruction 

Hillary Clinton's private email server served many purposes and hiding her communications from FOIA requests was just one of the reasons.  Full control over the evidence turned over was another. More articles on Hillary Clinton and her aides emails.
Judge orders quicker review of emails from Hillary Clinton aide
Judge: State Dept. ‘lackadaisical’ in processing Hillary Clinton files
Judge rules for slow release of Clinton emails

More blogs on Hillary Clinton, Benghazi and her emails.
2nd Review Says Highly Classified/Top Secret Information Was in Hillary Clinton’s Email

Another article on Hillary Clinton's mishandling of highly classified information.
Hillary Intentionally Originated And Distributed Highly Classified Information

*More blogs about Hillary Clinton's Benghazi lies, cover-up and her email scandal 
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Another 57 Clinton Email Threads Contain Classified Foreign Governments' Information
Dozens of Hillary Clinton Emails Were Classified from the Start, U.S. Rules Suggest 
State Dept. Suddenly Discovers Thousands of Emails from Top Clinton Aide
Hillary Clinton Will Turn Over Email Server to Justice Department
Hillary Clinton's Email Server Answers Avoid Key Questions 
Data in Hillary Clinton’s ‘Secret’ Emails Came from 5 Intelligence Agencies 
Hillary Clinton Email Scandal - Obfuscation & Obstruction 
Hillary Clinton Denies Being Subpoenaed: Investigators Release Subpoena
Hillary Clinton Email Scandal - Obfuscation & Obstruction
@AP 's FOIA Request Shows Extent of Hillary Clinton's Email Coverup 
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A blog on the first days of media 'coverage'
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MTP: Chuck Todd Asks Hillary Clinton About Email & Transparency

Hillary Clinton  made an appearance on NBC Meet The Press Sunday to field some questions about her 'homebrew' e-mail server and transparency.  Chuck Todd, an ally of the Democrats pitched a few softball questions to Hillary and didn't pursue many follow-up questions.  A segment of the MTP interview follows:


Chuck Todd's ratings are low for a reason and allowing Hillary Clinton to spin her story made the segment almost laughable. Todd mentions the Washington Post piece about her emails but doesn't call out this Hillary lie or others. What about The 8 Times Clinton Told A Disproven Story About Her Emails ?  Instead, Chuck Todd basically let Hillary Clinton practice her soundbites and avoided any critical counter-punches.

Hillary can't decide how responsible she is for her emails....

 Fortunately, My previous blogs have taken a few jabs at the subject.
2nd Review Says Highly Classified/Top Secret Information Was in Hillary Clinton’s Email
*More blogs about Hillary Clinton's Benghazi lies, cover-up and her email scandal 
Democrats Distract From Hillary Clinton's Email Server Scandal Using Colin Powell
Other blogs of interest in the Hillary Clinton email scandal:
Hillary Clinton's Aide Doesn't Know What 'Wiping' a Server Means Either
Another 57 Clinton Email Threads Contain Classified Foreign Governments' Information
Dozens of Hillary Clinton Emails Were Classified from the Start, U.S. Rules Suggest 
State Dept. Suddenly Discovers Thousands of Emails from Top Clinton Aide
Hillary Clinton Will Turn Over Email Server to Justice Department
Hillary Clinton's Email Server Answers Avoid Key Questions 
Data in Hillary Clinton’s ‘Secret’ Emails Came from 5 Intelligence Agencies 
Hillary Clinton Email Scandal - Obfuscation & Obstruction 
Hillary Clinton Denies Being Subpoenaed: Investigators Release Subpoena
Hillary Clinton Email Scandal - Obfuscation & Obstruction
@AP 's FOIA Request Shows Extent of Hillary Clinton's Email Coverup 
A blog on the Benghazi - Syria connection
Obama Arms the Syrian Rebels & 'Overlooks' Their Use of Chemical Weapons 
A blog on the first days of media 'coverage'
Obama Media Machine in Full Deflection Mode after Embassy Attacks 

Another article on Hillary Clinton's mishandling of highly classified information.
Hillary Intentionally Originated And Distributed Highly Classified Information

FBI Recovers Deleted Emails from Hillary Clinton's Homebrew Server

An excerpt from TheHill:

The FBI has recovered emails from the server that Hillary Clinton used while serving as secretary of State, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday evening, citing someone familiar with the investigation.

Bloomberg reported that federal investigators had recovered both work-related and personal emails from the server that the Democratic presidential candidate had said were deleted. 

The federal probe into classified information on the server will likely take several more months at least, the source told Bloomberg, adding that the agency was separating out personal emails. 

One government official told The New York Times that it had not been very difficult for the agency to recover the emails from the server, which Clinton gave to investigators in August. 

Clinton has said that she deleted about half of the 60,000 emails from her server that she and her aides deemed personal in nature, giving the State Department the rest for archiving.

The Washington Post reported

The Clintonistas at NBC News were careful with their words......


There have been so many lies told by Hillary Clinton about her email server it is easy to lose track. For your convenience, here is a quick link to 8 of them.
The 8 Times Clinton Told A Disproven Story About Her Emails

Hillary Clinton really doesn't feel the need to tell the truth or follow rules, let alone the law. 

Another 57 Clinton Email Threads Contain Classified Foreign Governments' Information

Barack Obama, his administration and Hillary Clinton always needed to cover-up the debacle in Benghazi by denying, dis-informing and delaying any investigation that will then be obfuscated and obstructed.
Judge scolds feds for slow-walking Clinton aide's emails

The zero information  hyphenated-Americans that comprise the Democratic voting base have never held their leaders or party members accountable for their misdeeds. In fact, it is identity politics as usual at the DNC.

2nd Review Says Highly Classified/Top Secret Information Was in Hillary Clinton’s Email

The NYTimes has some more bad news for Hillary Clinton today.  Hillary's story about her private email server and classified information was proven beyond any reasonable doubt to be a LIE today.  Democrats will just have to read it and weep or continue to ignore the news and blindly support Hillary Clinton, the pathological liar.  An excerpt follows:

Second Review Says Classified Information Was in Hillary Clinton’s Email

WASHINGTON — A special intelligence review of two emails that Hillary Rodham Clinton received as secretary of state on her personal account — including one about North Korea’s nuclear weapons program — has endorsed a finding by the inspector general for the intelligence agencies that the emails contained highly classified information when Mrs. Clinton received them, senior intelligence officials said. 

Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign and the State Department disputed the inspector general’s finding last month and questioned whether the emails, which are being released to the public, had been overclassified by an arbitrary process. But the special review — by the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency — concluded that the emails were “Top Secret,” the highest classification of government intelligence, when they were sent to Mrs. Clinton in 2009 and 2011. 

On Monday, the Clinton campaign disagreed with the conclusion of the intelligence review and noted that agencies within the government often have different views of what should be considered classified.

More:

The intelligence review is the latest development in continuing reverberations over Mrs. Clinton’s use of only a private email account for her public business when she was secretary of state, which gave her some control over what was made public. She faced criticism when the account became known this year, and after deleting what she said were more than 31,000 personal messages turned over more than 30,000 work-related emails for the State Department to make public. 

Mrs. Clinton has said that her emails contained no information that was marked classified — having classified information outside a secure government account is illegal — and that she is fully cooperating with an F.B.I. investigation to determine who at the State Department may have passed highly classified information from secure networks to her personal account. She herself is not a target of the investigation. 

I. Charles McCullough III, the inspector general for the intelligence community, found the two emails containing what he determined was “Top Secret” information in the course of reviewing a sampling of 40 of Mrs. Clinton’s work-related emails for potential security breaches.

 Not only did Hillary Clinton send and receive information that was 'born classified', she had email that was top secret. The reasons for Hillary Clinton's stonewalling, obstruction and obfuscation in regards to the Benghazi investigation and her private email server are more than apparent now. Her failures as Secretary of State are only eclipsed by her lies and criminal conduct.

Another article on Hillary Clinton's mishandling of highly classified information.
Hillary Intentionally Originated And Distributed Highly Classified Information

*More blogs about Hillary Clinton's Benghazi lies, cover-up and her email scandal 
Democrats Distract From Hillary Clinton's Email Server Scandal Using Colin Powell
Other blogs of interest in the Hillary Clinton email scandal:
Hillary Clinton's Aide Doesn't Know What 'Wiping' a Server Means Either
Another 57 Clinton Email Threads Contain Classified Foreign Governments' Information
Dozens of Hillary Clinton Emails Were Classified from the Start, U.S. Rules Suggest 
State Dept. Suddenly Discovers Thousands of Emails from Top Clinton Aide
Hillary Clinton Will Turn Over Email Server to Justice Department
Hillary Clinton's Email Server Answers Avoid Key Questions 
Data in Hillary Clinton’s ‘Secret’ Emails Came from 5 Intelligence Agencies 
Hillary Clinton Email Scandal - Obfuscation & Obstruction 
Hillary Clinton Denies Being Subpoenaed: Investigators Release Subpoena
Hillary Clinton Email Scandal - Obfuscation & Obstruction
@AP 's FOIA Request Shows Extent of Hillary Clinton's Email Coverup 
A blog on the Benghazi - Syria connection
Obama Arms the Syrian Rebels & 'Overlooks' Their Use of Chemical Weapons 
A blog on the first days of media 'coverage'
Obama Media Machine in Full Deflection Mode after Embassy Attacks 

State Dept. Suddenly Discovers Thousands of Emails from Top Clinton Aide

Hillary Clinton and the State Department's cover-up of  Benghazi and  Hillary's emails took a turn for the worse today. A reasonable person can no longer believe that the State Department, the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton are merely inept.  The stonewalling, the leis and  cover-up are intentional and criminal.....

State Dept. turns up thousands of emails from top Clinton aide that previously 'did not exist'. 

After it was revealed earlier this year that Clinton, and potentially some of her aides, used personal email accounts for official business, Gawker sued the State Department over its initial request for communications between Reines and reporters. 

Gawker asserted the search must not have been exhaustive if it turned up no emails between the press and a State Department spokesman, who regularly communicated with the media.
In March, Reines said reporters would have to ask the State Department about the apparent discrepancy. 

In last week’s court filing, the State Department estimated it would begin releasing some of those emails that do not fall within an exemption on Sept. 30. It will release more every 30 days as they are reviewed. 

The agency said it does not know how many of the 17,855 are exempt from disclosure and will have to be redacted or handed over to other agencies for redaction. It said it is willing to negotiate with Gawker to narrow the scope of the request. 

The emails at issue from Reines’s official State Department account are separate from the 20 boxes of emails from his personal account that he handed over to the State Department last month, related to the controversy about Clinton’s use of a private email account and server.

The entire article at TheHill.com 

Data in Hillary Clinton’s ‘Secret’ Emails Came from 5 Intelligence Agencies

Hillary Clinton's denials of wrongdoing are contradicted weekly by the release of information regarding her private email server. Close confidant Sidney Blumenthal's own emails have proven that Hillary didn't turn over all her emails in regards to Benghazi, Libya and the latest Inspector Generals reports contradict her claims about the sensitive nature of the information sent and stored on her unsecured 'homebrew' email server.  Excerpt trom McClatchyDC ....

Hillary Clinton Classified Emails Contained Information From Five Intelligence Agencies

The classified emails stored on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server contained information from five U.S. intelligence agencies and included material related to the fatal 2012 Benghazi attacks, McClatchy has learned. 

Of the five classified emails, the one known to be connected to Benghazi was among 296 emails made public in May by the State Department. Intelligence community officials have determined it was improperly released. 

Revelations about the emails have put Clinton in the crosshairs of a broadening inquiry into whether she or her aides mishandled classified information when she used a private server set up at her New York home to conduct official State Department business. 

While campaigning for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, Clinton has repeatedly denied she ever sent or received classified information. Two inspectors general have indicated that five emails they have reviewed were not marked classified at the time they were stored on her private server but that the contents were in fact “secret.” 

The email issue, however, has distracted from Clinton’s campaign for days and already has hurt her in public opinion polls. Besieged with questions, she has found herself caught in a murky dispute between State Department and intelligence officials over whether emails on her server were classified. 

“Even if Secretary Clinton or her aides didn’t run afoul of any criminal provisions, the fact that classified information was identified within the emails is exactly why use of private emails . . . is not supposed to be allowed,” said Bradley Moss, a Washington attorney who specializes in national security matters. “Both she and her team made a serious management mistake that no one should ever repeat.”

McClatchy also has determined some details of the five emails that the intelligence community’s inspector general has described as classified and improperly handled. 

Intelligence officials who reviewed the five classified emails determined that they included information from five separate intelligence agencies, said a congressional official with knowledge of the matter. 

The Benghazi email made public contained information from the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a spy agency that maps and tracks satellite imagery, according to the official, who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the matter. 

The other four classified emails contained information from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the CIA, the official said. 

The Office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General did not respond to questions about the matter. The five agencies either referred questions about it to the inspector general’s office or declined to comment. 

The intelligence community inspector general only looked at a sample of 40 emails, even though a total of 30,000 emails were turned over to the State Department by Clinton.

In documents that were publicly released, Intelligence Community Inspector General I. Charles McCullough III said State Department officials had warned that there were “potentially hundreds of classified emails” on Clinton’s private server. 

Clinton’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment. Clinton has maintained she used a personal email account as a “matter of convenience” and has denied she emailed any classified material.

Read more at McClatchyDC

Hillary Clinton isn't capable of telling the truth. Denying that she was even subpoenaed was classic......


Hillary Clinton obstructed and obfuscated oversight at every turn. . Her private email server was designed to hinder investigation of her activity as Secretary of State and her actions that may have benefited  Clinton Foundation donors. A timeline of obstruction.......

Hillary Clinton Email Scandal - Obfuscation & Obstruction

Byron York from the Washington Examiner has a brief timeline of the State Department stonewall and  Hillary Clinton's email obstruction. 

When did the House Select Committee on Benghazi first learn that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kept a secret email system? When did the State Department finally turn over even some of those emails to investigators? When did State first admit it didn't even possess all the former secretary's documents? That information, and more, is contained in a timeline created by the Benghazi committee as investigators seek to piece together just what the Obama administration did in response to House requests for information about the September 11, 2012 terror attack that left four Americans dead. The timeline isn't an official committee report or publication; it's just an informal summary compiled to help members keep dates straight as they assess the State Department's lack of cooperation. 

The timeline doesn't include every significant date in the Benghazi investigation, but it does give readers an idea of what Republican investigators have been up against as they've tried to uncover the story of Benghazi. What follows is a fleshed-out version of the timetable — in my words, not the committee's — based on information from committee sources. 

September 11, 2012 — The story starts, of course, the day terrorists attacked U.S. facilities in Benghazi, killing Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others. Administration statements in the immediate aftermath — specifically, claims that the attack was a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Muslim video on the Internet — raise suspicion among Republicans, who come to believe they have not been told the whole story. 

September 20, 2012 — Nine days after the attack, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Calif., chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense, and Foreign Operations, which is part of the larger Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sends a document request to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The request is for all information the Department has about the attack, and it specifically includes "any written, recorded, or graphic matter of any nature whatsoever, regardless of how recorded, and whether original or copy, including, but not limited to, the following: memoranda, reports, expense reports, books, manuals, instructions, financial reporters, working papers, records, notes, letters, notices, confirmations, telegrams, receipts, appraisals, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, prospectuses, inter-office and intra-office communications, electronic mail (e-mail), contracts, cables, notations of any type of conversation, telephone call, meeting or other communication…" The list went on and on. There was no way any State Department official could fail to realize that the request covered Clinton's email. Yet none are handed over.

Read the rest of the timeline at Washington Examiner 

There is no question that Hillary Clinton's email server was premeditated obstruction and against State Department rules from the very beginning.  Discovery and the 'legal  process' should reveal more details of the contemptuous and possibly criminal conduct of Hillary Clinton, aided by the State Department.

Emails Undercut the Official IRS Story on Targeting Conservative Groups

The IRS's targeting of conservative groups needs to be ignored by the left and the Obama sycophants in the media. Another textbook case of cognitive dissonance by the leftists.  Keep repeating phony scandal, or they were all targeted just the same.

Lois Lerner's Own Words

Emails undercut the official IRS story on political targeting.

A version of this article appeared September 11, 2013, on page A18 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Lois Lerner's Own Words.
Excerpted:

Congress's investigation into the IRS targeting of conservatives has been continuing out of the Syria headlines, and it's turning up news. Emails unearthed by the House Ways and Means Committee between former Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner and her staff raise doubts about IRS claims that the targeting wasn't politically motivated and that low-level employees in Cincinnati masterminded the operation.

In a February 2011 email, Ms. Lerner advised her staff—including then Exempt Organizations Technical Manager Michael Seto and then Rulings and Agreements director Holly Paz—that a Tea Party matter is "very dangerous," and is something "Counsel and [Lerner adviser] Judy Kindell need to be in on." Ms. Lerner adds, "Cincy should probably NOT have these cases."

That's a different tune than the IRS sang in May when former IRS Commissioner Steven Miller said the agency's overzealous enforcement was the work of two "rogue" employees in Cincinnati. When the story broke, Ms. Lerner suggested that her office had been unaware of the pattern of targeting until she read about it in the newspaper. "So it was pretty much we started seeing information in the press that raised questions for us, and we went back and took a look," she said in May. 

 Earlier this summer, IRS lawyer Carter Hull, who oversaw the review of many Tea Party cases and questionnaires, testified that his oversight began in April 2010. Tea party cases under review are "being supervised by Chip Hull at each step," Ms. Paz wrote to Ms. Lerner in a February 2011 email. "He reviews info from TPs, correspondence to TPs etc. No decisions are going out of Cincy until we go all the way through the process with the c3 and c4 cases here." TP stands for Tea Party, and she means 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.

The emails also put the targeting in the context of the media and Congressional drumbeat over the impact of conservative campaign spending on the 2012 elections. On July 10, 2012 then Lerner-adviser Sharon Light emailed Ms. Lerner a National Public Radio story on how outside money was making it hard for Democrats to hold their Senate majority.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee had complained to the Federal Election Commission that conservative groups like Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity should be treated as political committees, rather than 501(c)(4)s, which are tax-exempt social welfare groups that do not have to disclose their donors.

Background testimony and video on the IRS scandal











More blogs on the IRS targeting of conservatives:
Democrats Justify Using IRS to Target Political Opponents
Obama's IRS Targets Conservative Groups-Leaks Info
Targeting Conservatives: An IRS Political Timeline

Barack Obama's Organizing for Action operates as a 501C4 tax exempt organization