Posted on 02/04/2016 9:31:48 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The State Department has decided to withhold seven more e-mails from Hillary Clinton’s unauthorized and nonsecure homebrew system as too sensitive to release even in redacted form. That brings the total number of such messages to 29, and one member of Congress who has seen them is aghast at what may have been exposed:
“There are more than 22, and it’s not just one or two more,” Rep. Chris Stewart told the Washington Examiner, referring to the 22 emails deemed top secret by the State Department last week. “It’s a more meaningful number than that.”
Stewart said the State Department has classified seven additional emails as “top secret.” The agency will now withhold 29 emails from the public due to their sensitive content.
“These were classified at the top secret level, and in some cases, above that,” he said.
Yesterday, Stewart told Fox News what kind of information went through the server — and it’s every bit as bad as one would imagine:
“They do reveal classified methods, they do reveal classified sources, and they do reveal human assets,” he said during an appearance on Fox’s “America’s Newsroom” earlier in the day.
Be sure to watch it, as Stewart uses a hypothetical that should have eyebrows raised. “My heavens,” he tells Martha McCallum, “if I received an e-mail saying, ‘here are the names and addresses and phone numbers of ten of our undercover agents in Pakistan,’ I would know … that was classified. I wouldn’t look for a heading.” Stewart then says that his hypothetical isn’t what was found in the e-mails, but clearly Stewart believes it to be as obvious as the hypothetical suggests. And if these messages disclosed human assets, as Stewart explicitly accuses in this interview after having seen the e-mails, then it would be obvious that they could not be transmitted through or retained within an unauthorized and non-secure system.
It’s no surprise, then, that the House Oversight Committee will start an investigation into exactly what went wrong and how much damage has been done to American intelligence by the State Department — and perhaps to put some pressure on the Department of Justice:
House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz says he’s forging ahead with an investigation into the federal government’s record keeping — a probe he acknowledges could put Hillary Clinton in the cross hairs.
But Speaker Paul Ryan and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy have been clear: They believe the FBI and Justice Department should handle the investigation into Clinton’s use of personal email for government business, and that congressional involvement could disrupt the criminal probe and appear overly partisan. Taking that cue, the House Science Committee, which had planned its own investigation into Clinton’s email server, on Wednesday opted to delay its inquiry and defer to the FBI, an aide on the panel told POLITICO.
As for Chaffetz, Ryan (R-Wis.) is giving him the green light to proceed — with caution. The speaker authorized Chaffetz to investigate systematic problems within his committee’s broad jurisdiction, while making clear his preference that Chaffetz steer clear of Clinton personally.
A House probe will put the FBI’s efforts under a microscope, whether Chaffetz chooses to avoid taking on Hillary directly or not. It will also send a signal to the DoJ that simply running out the clock will not suffice. Chaffetz could choose to work on this as a probe to determine the amount of damage done by the mishandling of classified information at State — methods that had to be changed, opportunities lost, agents who had to be recalled, or even sources who might have dried up or vanished altogether. Making the damage clear will undercut any claims from Clinton and the White House of “no harm, no foul,” but more importantly will actually emphasize the need to properly protect national-security data pour encourager les autres.
It’s hard to imagine....over and over and over....they sent classified this way. Every single time....either the KGB or the Chinese hackers got the report. All they had to do is approach the Clinton Foundation....pretend to be some foreign interest and pay some donation.
Put up just hours ago, in this longish (14 minute) TRIFECTA, these three guys pretty much echo my thoughts and rantings of the last few months.
We are in the midst of one of the most revolutionary elections in our lifetime. It could go either way. How it DOES go largely depends on how informed YOU and those around you become between now and November!
In the interests of “diversity”, there’s something in this one to delight or anger everyone.
EITHER WAY, THIS ELECTION WILL START A REVOLUTION!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yy2xvXbxRQ
That traitorous b*tch should never see the light of day much less be able to run for president of the US. Insanity!
“Well they weren’t classified when I got them. Somebody from the gopE must have changed them after I got them.” Just more of the gopE war on hildebeast.
Having classified to top-secret (and above) is one thing. They don’t need 150 people to determine that. If they can coordinate the dates of the emails and the information in each one to donations to the Clinton Foundation then it’s far worse than just a simple felony.
She began her career with the Nixon impeachment and may end her career on something similar.
Why? It isn’t like the Russians, Chinese, and Iranians don’t already know what is in them.
Probably just stuff they want to hide from US.
,,,,,,, makes me wonder what is the magic number of classified docs needed to cause concern to the in-justice dept.
That traitorous b*tch should never see the light of day much less be able to run for president of the US. Insanity!
She should have been on Laundry Detail at Leavenworth long ago.
If the DOJ doesn’t indict her, the FBI will likely leak everything. She is toast. OMO
And Hillary Clinton and the Democrat Party take another kick in the donkey.
This is already the best year I’ve had since I was a kid!
Hillary Clinton is a lying, thieving, killing, dirty little snot.
And she represents the Democrat Party.
Go Hillary!
Everyone loves a dirty little snot!
So what?
I still believe they refer to Benghazi .. and Hillary cannot afford to have them released. Plus, they may contain intel re the groups who were ready to deploy .. where they were, and how long it was going to take to get to Benghzai..
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