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posted by martyb on Friday September 16 2016, @12:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the need-better-pipes? dept.

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37364189

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has reportedly called Republican nominee Donald Trump a "national disgrace," according to leaked emails. The Republican retired four-star general's comments were revealed in a hack on his personal emails. The emails were posted on DCLeaks.com, which has reportedly been tied to other recent high-profile hacks. Mr. Powell, who has been quiet during the election, said he had "no further comment" but was "not denying it".

[...] Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who crossed party lines in 2008 to endorse Democratic [candidate] Barack Obama, has tried to float above this year's tendentious presidential election. So much for that. First the government released his note to Democrat Hillary Clinton advising her on how to use personal email for back-channel communications while secretary of state. Now - in an ironic twist - his personal email has been hacked, revealing sweeping denunciations of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and some sharp criticisms of Democrat Hillary Clinton.

[...] "Yup, the whole birther movement was racist," the email read. "That's what the 99% believe. When Trump couldn't keep that up he said he also wanted to see if the certificate noted that he was a Muslim." But the leaked emails also revealed Mr Powell's frustrations with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her handling of her use of private email while at the State Department. "Sad thing... HRC could have killed this two years ago by merely telling everyone honestly what she had done and not tie me into it," the email read, referring to Mrs Clinton. "I told her staff three times not to try that gambit. I had to throw a mini tantrum at a Hampton's party to get their attention."


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 16 2016, @07:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 16 2016, @07:04PM (#402905)

    Correlation is not causation.
    That applies to both of your points - about the resignation and open primaries.
    The resignation was PR management.
    Open primaries aren't the only factor at work. And the very first state I bothered to check, South Carolina [synonym.com] went heavily for Clinton and has open presidential primaries.

  • (Score: 2) by tibman on Friday September 16 2016, @08:54PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Friday September 16 2016, @08:54PM (#402936)

    The resignation was PR management.

    Wait, are you saying she did nothing wrong? Or that there was no "conspiracy"?

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 16 2016, @09:10PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 16 2016, @09:10PM (#402943)

      I'm saying there was no conspiracy. What she did wrong was fail to enforce policy and consequently partisans in the organization acted out. They sent some stupid emails and while there is no proof, they probably made some selfish choices that should have been over-ruled. But anyone who takes her resignation (and the subsequent resignation of a couple of staffers after the convention) to be anything more than PR management to avoid pulling focus from the campaign is someone seeking confirmation of their own biases.