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Newly released emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server reveal the continuing influence in international affairs of her husband, former president Bill Clinton.Newly released emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server reveal the continuing influence in international affairs of her husband, former president Bill Clinton.
Both the former president and the Clintons’ daughter, Chelsea, appear in the thousands of emails dated January 2009 to December 2010 released by the State Department late Monday, most often in relation to the 2010 crisis following the earthquake in in Haiti.Both the former president and the Clintons’ daughter, Chelsea, appear in the thousands of emails dated January 2009 to December 2010 released by the State Department late Monday, most often in relation to the 2010 crisis following the earthquake in in Haiti.
The former president was named special envoy to the island by the UN a year earlier, and the family’s Clinton Foundation has taken an extended and complicated interest in the country for years.The former president was named special envoy to the island by the UN a year earlier, and the family’s Clinton Foundation has taken an extended and complicated interest in the country for years.
In one January 2010 email, the secretary of state tells an aide that “Bill wants me to speak with Eduard Mulette” – meaning Edmond Mulet, the diplomat named as UN mission chief in Haiti – before asking the aide for help: “Do you know him?”In one January 2010 email, the secretary of state tells an aide that “Bill wants me to speak with Eduard Mulette” – meaning Edmond Mulet, the diplomat named as UN mission chief in Haiti – before asking the aide for help: “Do you know him?”
In one email, Clinton’s chief of staff Cheryl Mills tells her boss she “just had long convo with WJC” on Haiti.In one email, Clinton’s chief of staff Cheryl Mills tells her boss she “just had long convo with WJC” on Haiti.
Elsewhere, aides ask for information to be passed on to the former president, including references to coordinating donors and one message that is almost wholly redacted and refers to him by his initials: “See below – confidential. Also for WJC.”Elsewhere, aides ask for information to be passed on to the former president, including references to coordinating donors and one message that is almost wholly redacted and refers to him by his initials: “See below – confidential. Also for WJC.”
The email does not make clear whether Bill Clinton, technically returned to civilian life in his retirement, received information that has been retroactively deemed classified.The email does not make clear whether Bill Clinton, technically returned to civilian life in his retirement, received information that has been retroactively deemed classified.
The State Department has declared 125 emails from this batch from Clinton’s server classified, and intelligence officials are investigating whether the personal email system posed any security risk or broke classification rules.The State Department has declared 125 emails from this batch from Clinton’s server classified, and intelligence officials are investigating whether the personal email system posed any security risk or broke classification rules.
A January email suggests Clinton realized the sensitive nature of some of her communications. In it she tells her correspondent: “Do not forward to anyone and delete after reading. Thx.”A January email suggests Clinton realized the sensitive nature of some of her communications. In it she tells her correspondent: “Do not forward to anyone and delete after reading. Thx.”
The ex-president looms over the emails in indirect ways; his only direct correspondence in the release is a forwarded email from Cherie Blair.The ex-president looms over the emails in indirect ways; his only direct correspondence in the release is a forwarded email from Cherie Blair.
But aides repeatedly sent Hillary Clinton news stories about her husband’s influence in foreign affairs, US politics and Barack Obama’s White House. Russian leader Vladimir Putin, for instance, invited Bill Clinton to help him attach tagging collars to polar bears in the Arctic, an April 2010 email shows. As president, Clinton had a brief and cooperative relationship with the Russian head of state, a far cry from the acrimony that developed between his wife and Putin a decade later.But aides repeatedly sent Hillary Clinton news stories about her husband’s influence in foreign affairs, US politics and Barack Obama’s White House. Russian leader Vladimir Putin, for instance, invited Bill Clinton to help him attach tagging collars to polar bears in the Arctic, an April 2010 email shows. As president, Clinton had a brief and cooperative relationship with the Russian head of state, a far cry from the acrimony that developed between his wife and Putin a decade later.
Some emails, including a few about Henry Kissinger and a story about how Obama lacks a foreign policy advisor, suggest that Clinton worried about her influence in the White House. Some emails, including a few about Henry Kissinger and a story about how Obama lacks a foreign policy adviser, suggest that Clinton worried about her influence in the White House.
How much the former president or the family foundation influenced affairs remains an open question: many emails are largely redacted, Clinton deleted some 30,000 emails she deemed personal, and international NGOs such as the Clinton Foundation largely operate with opaque finances and without regulation. At least one donation to the foundation violated an ethics agreement with the Obama administration during Clinton’s time at the State Department.How much the former president or the family foundation influenced affairs remains an open question: many emails are largely redacted, Clinton deleted some 30,000 emails she deemed personal, and international NGOs such as the Clinton Foundation largely operate with opaque finances and without regulation. At least one donation to the foundation violated an ethics agreement with the Obama administration during Clinton’s time at the State Department.
The Clintons’ daughter Chelsea can also be seen weighing in on Haiti in the emails, writing to her mother and father that conditions on the island had appalled her. “To say I was profoundly disturbed by what I saw – and didn’t see – would be an understatement,” she wrote. “The incompetence is mind numbing.” The Clintons’ daughter, Chelsea, can also be seen weighing in on Haiti in the emails, writing to her mother and father that conditions on the island had appalled her. “To say I was profoundly disturbed by what I saw – and didn’t see – would be an understatement,” she wrote. “The incompetence is mind numbing.”
The former first daughter then wrote “happy to be an invisible soldier”, suggesting the active role behind the curtain that she and her father have taken since her mother became the US’s top diplomat.The former first daughter then wrote “happy to be an invisible soldier”, suggesting the active role behind the curtain that she and her father have taken since her mother became the US’s top diplomat.
The vast majority of emails relate to the mundane toils of the State Department: logistics, itineraries, briefing notes and unsolicited advice. The agency help desk struggles to identify Clinton’s correct email address; Clinton tries to get in touch with supreme court justice Elena Kagan; Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein sends a note.The vast majority of emails relate to the mundane toils of the State Department: logistics, itineraries, briefing notes and unsolicited advice. The agency help desk struggles to identify Clinton’s correct email address; Clinton tries to get in touch with supreme court justice Elena Kagan; Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein sends a note.
Occasionally Clinton flashes a bit of humor. In one email, an aide suggests she should “toss a wrench at someone”. Hillary replies: “Can you hand me a wrench?” Occasionally Clinton flashes a bit of humor. In one email, an aide suggests she should “toss a wrench at someone”. Clinton replies: “Can you hand me a wrench?”
The redactions sometimes leave puzzling traces. An email titled “a few more words on the Dalai Lama” is almost entirely blank, as is the entire draft of a 2010 speech about internet freedom. Clinton’s only surviving words of an email titled “Gaza” are: “Pls see the memcon [memorandum of conversation] for details” (that memo did not survive redactions).The redactions sometimes leave puzzling traces. An email titled “a few more words on the Dalai Lama” is almost entirely blank, as is the entire draft of a 2010 speech about internet freedom. Clinton’s only surviving words of an email titled “Gaza” are: “Pls see the memcon [memorandum of conversation] for details” (that memo did not survive redactions).
Even the forwarded email from Cherie Blair is almost entirely redacted, save a subject line: “Get well soon.”Even the forwarded email from Cherie Blair is almost entirely redacted, save a subject line: “Get well soon.”