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State Dept. posts Clinton aide's documents found on Weiner's laptop
The State Department on Friday released portions of 2,800 emails and other documents belonging to former Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin that were recovered by the FBI last year on Abedin's estranged husband Anthony Weiner's computer last year.
While the newly released emails have been seized on by conservative activists who have long been critical of Clinton's treatment of classified emails as secretary of State, the FBI already said in 2016 that a review of the emails didn't change the bureau's opinion that Clinton shouldn't face charges over email handling.
The Friday release came after a 2015 Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the conservative group Judicial Watch against the State Department seeking the release of emails containing "official State Department business" sent or received from Abedin from January 2009 to February 2013 using a non-State Department email address.
Also at Judicial Watch and CNN.
(Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Tuesday January 02 2018, @10:27AM (6 children)
As someone who is not from the USA, and therefore independent to some degree, I would say that it is pretty clear that Hillary did many of the things which she is accused of. However, in the scale of things, you probably won't find any politician who will not do things like this. They are all useless incompetents, otherwise they would not be politicians.
In short, the failure is not (particularly) with Hillary - the whole system is completely defective. But as Winston Churchill said "democracy is the worst possible system of government - except for all the others".
Or, as Fela Kuti said: democracy comes from "dem are crazy".
Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!
(Score: 2) by chromas on Tuesday January 02 2018, @11:46AM (1 child)
What exactly does the pimp do? Hold her assailants hostage on the bus until they pay up?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 02 2018, @08:14PM
A sheltered life you have lived, or you need more coffee. The pimp will PIMP OUT the daughter to every rich fucker in town.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday January 02 2018, @04:16PM (3 children)
So it's ok because an imaginary "everyone" does this? I don't agree with your assertion and I certainly don't agree with your conclusion. Failing to provide negative consequences for bad behavior is how you create corruption in the first place.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 02 2018, @08:20PM (2 children)
That is what we've been saying every time "her emails!" comes up in a Trump story! No it is not OK, but you have to deal with reality. Right now the reality is that we're saturated with corrupt politicians, and it has been this way since the beginning of the USA to varying degrees. Harping on Clinton's emails is like harping on Trump's excessive visits to his own resorts and general waste of tax payer dollars. It achieves nothing except giving your "enemies" a black eye.
Redirect your energy to fixing the system instead of hunting for every bit of partisan ammunition you can find. The FBI did an investigation, she didn't go to prison, Trump lied yet again. Get over it and at least change your narrative to something more constructive to political reform.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday January 02 2018, @08:50PM
No, it's not. The former is a crime.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday January 02 2018, @09:28PM
A system that is so morally bankrupt it cannot enforce its laws when they are so publicly and obviously broken, cannot be fixed. It cannot be reformed. It has to be decommissioned and we have to start all over.
I do agree, though, that partisan mud-slinging is a complete waste of energy. We must direct our money and time and efforts away from the divisive frame the power-elites use to divide the citizenry and frustrate progress.
Personally I am convinced we should stop talking about the trainwreck the First American Republic has become and start scoping out the framework of the Second American Republic. It's more positive, more hopeful, than infinitely beating the dead horse that is the former.
Washington DC delenda est.