[SubMareener]

Here is the raw email from WikiLeaks:
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/10VIENNA138_a.html

S E C R E T VIENNA 000138 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR U/S BURNS, NEA (AMBASSADOR LIMBERT), CA, SCA/A AND S/SRAP E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/05/2020 TAGS: CASC, PREL, IR, AF, AU SUBJECT: AHMADINEJAD ADVISOR TELLS AUSTRIAN DIPLOMAT AMCIT HIKERS WILL BE RELEASED; IRAN MAY JOIN AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE REF: A. VIENNA 46 B. VIENNA 100 Classified by: DCM Christopher Hoh for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

1. (S) Summary: Michael Postl, former Austrian Ambassador to Iran, gave Embassy Vienna and UNVIE Poloffs a readout February 5 of his meeting in Geneva with Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, chief of staff to Iranian President Ahmadinejad, on February 1. Postl said Mashaie told him the three Amcit hikers detained in Iran would be released soon. In the meantime, Mashaie said, it could take two weeks to arrange for the Amcits to contact relatives and have access to lawyers and consular officials. Mashaie also said he would consider recommending that the Government of Iran send a representative to an Afghanistan conference to be held in late February near Vienna. End Summary. Amcit Detainees ---------------

2. (S) Postl told Mashaie that the Amcit hikers were important to him, as he had raised the issue frequently with Iranian officials in Teheran before leaving post. He noted that Mashaie had told him in September that the Amcits would be released by mid-October. Mashaie assured Postl that the Amcits would be released, and would tell the world that they had been treated well. He averred that there were two reasons for Iran's failure to release the detainees in October: 1) The USG raised the issue in the Geneva talks October, which, in the Iranian view, linked the case to the nuclear issue, and to Iranian nuclear physicist Shahram Amiri, who Iran claims was captured by the U.S. in Saudi Arabia; and 2) the Note Verbale delivered by the Swiss Ambassador in Teheran on the case contained "harsh language" and the Swiss Ambassador's handling of the matter was "not constructive."

3. (S) Postl said he pressed Mashaie to move quickly to allow the Amcits to contact their families and to have access to their lawyers and Swiss consular officials. Mashaie said he would "look into it." Mashaie then asserted that there were 11 Iranians in U.S. prisons, "Just to let you know that Iran has similar problems." Postl asked whether he was trying to link the two issues, and whether he had evidence that the U.S. was denying the Iranian prisoners access to lawyers and relatives. Mashaie said there was no linkage, and that he did not have information indicating the Iranians were being denied their rights. However, he said, he was under pressure from the prisoners' families, who claim they are not aware of the charges against their relatives.

4. (S) Mashaie refused to guarantee the near-term release of the hikers, but reiterated that he would follow up and is hopeful that there will be a "sign" within two weeks. Postl recommended that the USG not take any actions or make any "big noises" on the Amcit case for the next two weeks to allow time for Mashaie to follow through. Poloffs said they would make Washington aware of Postl's views. Afghanistan -----------

5. (C) Postl argued that Iran should play a more constructive role in Afghanistan, and argued that it was a mistake not to participate in the London Conference. Mashaie said Iran does not trust the British government and asserted that conference participants would not have listened to Iran's viewpoints. Postl noted that there will be another Afghanistan conference outside of Vienna February 25-28 (reftel B) and urged Iran to send a representative. Mashaie appeared to reject the idea at first, noting that Iran had never supported the Taliban and implying that the U.S. was responsible for the problems in Afghanistan, "So why should we help solve it?" He also griped that if Iran held an Afghanistan conference in Tehran, "Who would come?" Nevertheless, he said he would consider recommending participation in the February conference. Postl suggested to Poloffs that if Iran were to send a representative, U.S. participants might want to arrange a side meeting.

6. (C) Other subjects covered during Postl's readout will be reported UNVIE septel. EACHO

[Vic S]

This is clearly marked Secret. Didn't Comey say only one email had Classified markings in the body.

Did Comey lie to Trey Gowdy?

[ScaniaBoy]

So in February 2010 Iran claimed their scientist has been abducted by CIA. To continue half a year later Sullivan/Richard Morningstar are discussing this affair. A copy sent to Hillary although addressee not noted:

RELEASE IN FULL

From: Sullivan, Jacob J

Sent: Monday, July 5, 2010 3:52 AM To:

Subject:

Fw:

Fyi - happy to give more context

Original Message
From: Morningstar, Richard L

To: Sullivan, Jacob J
Sent: Mon Jul 05 02:06:20 2010

Subject:

Per the subject we discussed, we have a diplomatic, "psychological" issue, not a legal issue. Our friend has to be given a way out. We should recognize his concerns and frame it in terms of a misunderstanding with no malevolent intent and that we will make sure there is no recurrence. Our person won't be able to do anything anyway. If he has to leave so be it.

Link:
https://wikileaks.com/clinton-emails/emailid/2343

Yet another mail from Sullivan to Hillary regarding this affair:

From: Jake Sullivan
To: Hillary Clinton
Date: 2010-07-11 13:06
Subject:

UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05769554 Date: 08/31/2015

RELEASE IN FULL

From:Sullivan, Jacob J
Sent:Monday, July 12, 2010 8:06 PM

To: H

The gentleman you have talked to Bill Burns about has apparently gone to his country's interests section because he is unhappy with how much time it has taken to facilitate his departure. This could lead to problematic news stories in the next 24 hours. Will keep you posted.

https://wikileaks.com/clinton-emails/emailid/2350

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PS: Appears that some server (probably the one in H's kitchen) has a faulty date setting.

[Phinneous]

Gee, last time I saw anything like that was on FREAKING SIPRNET!!! WTF...

[Red Steel]

Hillary set up a Internet computer server “honey pot” for foreign nations and enemies alike to data mine.

What did FBI director Comey say? Hillary had no wilful or no malice?

Yeeeeah sure.

[Typical_Whitey]

WOW was that email hacked from Clinton Server? Certainly classified headings and markings are present in that

[DJ Taylor]

Yes, but no reasonable (Democrat) prosecutor would bring charges.

/SARC