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| 11.35pm ET04:35 | |
| ABC Moscow correspondent Kirit Radia is noting the oddities of the emails as he trawls through them. | |
| Clinton really likes Proverbs 31:8-9, for one. Blumenthal was often trying to get in touch for two. | |
| Lots of Sidney Blumenthal emails to Hillary Clinton again. "If you're up, give me a call. Sid" http://t.co/w4VGymoV2D | |
| Colin Powell titled an email “aw shucks”. | |
| Read Colin Powell's email to Hillary Clinton after she broke her elbow. "Is it true that Holbrooke tripped you?" http://t.co/hZkYkQsshp | |
| “Just kidding. Get better fast, we need you running around. Good being with you the other evening,” the email goes on. | |
| And the redactions continue to mystify at times. | |
| The @StateDept decided to redact the name of the person whose birthday @HillaryClinton was celebrating #smokinggun http://t.co/l3LGhmtmjE | |
| 11.28pm ET04:28 | |
| The Guardian makes a cameo in the emails: controversial, “unsolicited” advisor Sid Blumenthal sent Clinton an Observer article on the Chilcot inquiry and a Guardian article on fallout from the Iraq war. | |
| Blumenthal reports to her on the state of relations between the US and Britain, saying the fabled “special relationship” is “shattered” (according to the people he talks to). | |
| “Consensus across the board in Britain—center, right, left—is that the Atlantic alliance—the special relationship— the historic bond since World War II—is shattered. There is no dissenting voice, not one, and there are no illusions. Opinion is unanimous. The bottom line is that the Obama administration’s denigration of the UK is seen as the summation of the Bush era.” | |
| He also uses the “oleaginous” as a dysphemism, so points for vocab anyway. | |
| 11.14pm ET04:14 | |
| Senator Barbara Mikulski apparently keeps up a healthy and jovial correspondence with Clinton. April 2009: | |
| Mikulski: “Best wishes to you and all of the clintons. [Redacted] All of us say a. Hearty. Hello and so proud of what you are doing----you are missed in the senate and by me. | |
| “But you sure are needed where you are. I will be @ your. Foreign. Ops. Hearing. Let me know any questions you want me to askto help get your needs/message across. Loved picture of you+obama on. The. Lawn. Time for. Spring and the resurrection. As always. Your Pal” | |
| Clinton: Happy Easter, my friend. [Redacted] I will let you know about questions for my testimony closer to the date. [Redacted] | |
| Mikulski: “S000 good the old. E mail is working----great to connect. Super news re rescue of our [a marine merchant captain]. I am very close to the unions of which crew are memebers. VERY proud to do it( let’s. Salute. Them the. Navy and the. Mission” | |
| Clinton: “Not only salute, but mark the fact that the rescue/miracle/resurrection took place on Easter! See you soon, I hope. As ever, H” | |
| Mikulski: “You betcha” | |
| 11.10pm ET04:10 | |
| In another email Clinton worries about her access to the president compared to her predecessors – and casts a little derision toward Richard Nixon. | |
| “In thinking about the Kissinger interview, the only issue I think that might be raised is that I see POTUS at least once a week while K saw Nixon everyday. Of course, if I were dealing with that POTUS I’d probably camp in his office to prevent him from doing something problematic.” | |
| Clinton frets that Kissinger saw Nixon every day when Sec of State while she sees Obama only weekly "Do you see this as a problem?" she asks | |
| 11.03pm ET04:03 | 11.03pm ET04:03 |
| The Guardian’s DC bureau chief Dan Roberts has spotted another instance of attempted brokering/lobbying on behalf of a foreign nation by someone in the Clintons’ social circle. | The Guardian’s DC bureau chief Dan Roberts has spotted another instance of attempted brokering/lobbying on behalf of a foreign nation by someone in the Clintons’ social circle. |
| Brian Greenspun, college roommate of Bill Clinton, lobbies Hillary hard: "Israeli ambassador has been trying to meet with you to no avail." | Brian Greenspun, college roommate of Bill Clinton, lobbies Hillary hard: "Israeli ambassador has been trying to meet with you to no avail." |
| Here’s the full quote: | Here’s the full quote: |
| I trust I am not violating a protocol, but word has it that the israeli ambassador has been trying to meet with you to no avail. I wanted to make sure you knew that was a belief being shared. | I trust I am not violating a protocol, but word has it that the israeli ambassador has been trying to meet with you to no avail. I wanted to make sure you knew that was a belief being shared. |
| I can’t imagine why your folks would want to keep you two apart. I hear he is solid. So, that’s the heads up. I am always available if there is a problem with which I can be helpful.” | I can’t imagine why your folks would want to keep you two apart. I hear he is solid. So, that’s the heads up. I am always available if there is a problem with which I can be helpful.” |
| 10.55pm ET03:55 | 10.55pm ET03:55 |
| In an April email, Clinton cracks wise about European officials’ preferred terminology. | In an April email, Clinton cracks wise about European officials’ preferred terminology. |
| Aide Jake Sullivan: “I’m being told -- and still trying to verify -- that as of last week, we’ve succumbed to the Europeans’ preferred term. That there was interagency discussion of this, and that going forward, we will join the rest of the world in calling the P5+1 the E3+3. “ | Aide Jake Sullivan: “I’m being told -- and still trying to verify -- that as of last week, we’ve succumbed to the Europeans’ preferred term. That there was interagency discussion of this, and that going forward, we will join the rest of the world in calling the P5+1 the E3+3. “ |
| Clinton: “What does it mean? What is the E and who are the three?” | Clinton: “What does it mean? What is the E and who are the three?” |
| Sullivan: “E is Europe. E3 is UK, France, and Germany. +3 is US, China, Russia So it’s the same 6 as the P5+1, just a different name.” | Sullivan: “E is Europe. E3 is UK, France, and Germany. +3 is US, China, Russia So it’s the same 6 as the P5+1, just a different name.” |
| Clinton: “I already feel safer.” | Clinton: “I already feel safer.” |
| Sullivan: And I feel ashamed that I had to subject you to this. | Sullivan: And I feel ashamed that I had to subject you to this. |
| 10.45pm ET03:45 | 10.45pm ET03:45 |
| The emails might reveal nothing so much as clear a look at Clinton’s personality as Americans have had. Clinton has struggled to live down a reputation for secrecy and awkwardness despite her decades in the public eye, and her current presidential campaign is trying hard to humanize her. | The emails might reveal nothing so much as clear a look at Clinton’s personality as Americans have had. Clinton has struggled to live down a reputation for secrecy and awkwardness despite her decades in the public eye, and her current presidential campaign is trying hard to humanize her. |
| Curiously, the emails may further that end for them. She has fond and lighthearted correspondence with senators Barbara Mikulski and Dianne Feinstein (whom she calls “DiFi”), and she seems to let her guard down most with Huma Abedin, whom she evidently relies on enormously. | Curiously, the emails may further that end for them. She has fond and lighthearted correspondence with senators Barbara Mikulski and Dianne Feinstein (whom she calls “DiFi”), and she seems to let her guard down most with Huma Abedin, whom she evidently relies on enormously. |
| She also relied on Sidney Blumenthal, but the emails don’t paint a clear picture of with what exactly. She’s terse at times, but mostly business. | She also relied on Sidney Blumenthal, but the emails don’t paint a clear picture of with what exactly. She’s terse at times, but mostly business. |
| How diplomacy works HRC-style: "Saud asked if we objected to their making a grant to Cuba for development in health. [please] run the traps" | How diplomacy works HRC-style: "Saud asked if we objected to their making a grant to Cuba for development in health. [please] run the traps" |
| The few revelations about Blumenthal include that he was in contact with someone in the British parliament and that the State Department had heard concerns about him. | The few revelations about Blumenthal include that he was in contact with someone in the British parliament and that the State Department had heard concerns about him. |
| In which State was concerned by Sid Blumenthal's role getting out pic.twitter.com/gjXjE1Eba9 | In which State was concerned by Sid Blumenthal's role getting out pic.twitter.com/gjXjE1Eba9 |
| But most of the business emails themselves pertain to just that: questions about what’s happening in the news, about how to frame policy, about meeting with representatives from Saudi Arabia, India, Russia (foreign minister Sergei Lavrov almost gets dragged back from vacation for a call at one point). | But most of the business emails themselves pertain to just that: questions about what’s happening in the news, about how to frame policy, about meeting with representatives from Saudi Arabia, India, Russia (foreign minister Sergei Lavrov almost gets dragged back from vacation for a call at one point). |
| More mystifying are the seemingly haphazard State Department redactions. One 2 May 2009 email from Clinton to Abedin has no subject line and is totally redacted except for two words from the secretary of state: “That’s great!” | More mystifying are the seemingly haphazard State Department redactions. One 2 May 2009 email from Clinton to Abedin has no subject line and is totally redacted except for two words from the secretary of state: “That’s great!” |
| 10.29pm ET03:29 | 10.29pm ET03:29 |
| Clinton not only asked to learn more about the aesthetics of Chinese carpetry, she knows her Afghan coats. | Clinton not only asked to learn more about the aesthetics of Chinese carpetry, she knows her Afghan coats. |
| Very dry. #ClintonEmails pic.twitter.com/IyWMuIJFfa | Very dry. #ClintonEmails pic.twitter.com/IyWMuIJFfa |
| 10.26pm ET03:26 | 10.26pm ET03:26 |
| So far the emails have revealed not much beyond the toll of being and working for the sitting secretary of state. | So far the emails have revealed not much beyond the toll of being and working for the sitting secretary of state. |
| And oddities, eg “Subject: Don’t laugh!!” | And oddities, eg “Subject: Don’t laugh!!” |
| Can you contact your protocol friend in China and ask him if I could get photos of the carpets of the rooms I met in w[ith] POTUS during the recent trip? I loved their designs and the way they appeared carved. Any chance we can get this? | Can you contact your protocol friend in China and ask him if I could get photos of the carpets of the rooms I met in w[ith] POTUS during the recent trip? I loved their designs and the way they appeared carved. Any chance we can get this? |
| Reading Clinton emails exhausting in more ways than one: endless travel, calls to assistants at midnight to ask if they're awake. brutal job | Reading Clinton emails exhausting in more ways than one: endless travel, calls to assistants at midnight to ask if they're awake. brutal job |
| In other trivia, on 14 July 2009, DC consultant Burns Strider addresses Clinton in an email with “Hey Bosslady…” | In other trivia, on 14 July 2009, DC consultant Burns Strider addresses Clinton in an email with “Hey Bosslady…” |
| Updated at 10.28pm ET | Updated at 10.28pm ET |
| 10.19pm ET03:19 | 10.19pm ET03:19 |
| Some panic about activity on the interwebs. | Some panic about activity on the interwebs. |
| OKAY HOLD THE PHONE -- Who's been twittering? pic.twitter.com/ahHGEYwbvh | OKAY HOLD THE PHONE -- Who's been twittering? pic.twitter.com/ahHGEYwbvh |
| 10.16pm ET03:16 | 10.16pm ET03:16 |
| Clinton took an interest in details of US history – eg the presence of imprisoned Nazis on US soil – and various other more current events around the world that seem slightly more pertinent to her job. | Clinton took an interest in details of US history – eg the presence of imprisoned Nazis on US soil – and various other more current events around the world that seem slightly more pertinent to her job. |
| From 25 July 2009 to several aides: | From 25 July 2009 to several aides: |
| Is the 50k figure State and AID? | Is the 50k figure State and AID? |
| Kurdistan election results? | Kurdistan election results? |
| Can you find out for me how many Nazi prison camps we had in US during WW2 and what we did w the detainees--did we ever try any? Did we deport them after war ended? | Can you find out for me how many Nazi prison camps we had in US during WW2 and what we did w the detainees--did we ever try any? Did we deport them after war ended? |
| Re Sudan: how do you pronounce Abyei? | Re Sudan: how do you pronounce Abyei? |
| What is % and dollar increase in 2010 budget for ops and aid? | What is % and dollar increase in 2010 budget for ops and aid? |
| I don’t understand the answer to the prostitution policy question. What’s the simplest way to say it? | I don’t understand the answer to the prostitution policy question. What’s the simplest way to say it? |
| 10.11pm ET03:11 | 10.11pm ET03:11 |
| Dan and the Examiner’s T Becket Adams note that a fair number of emails appear to contain codes for various people. | Dan and the Examiner’s T Becket Adams note that a fair number of emails appear to contain codes for various people. |
| HRC email exchange with Cherie Blair in 2009 had code letters for people they had met. I guess they all knew emails would come out one day. | HRC email exchange with Cherie Blair in 2009 had code letters for people they had met. I guess they all knew emails would come out one day. |
| I may be wrong, but looks like a lot of code is used in the Clinton emails. Seeing "Santa"? | I may be wrong, but looks like a lot of code is used in the Clinton emails. Seeing "Santa"? |
| 10.03pm ET03:03 | 10.03pm ET03:03 |
| More emails about buildings and food, from 16 September 2009. | More emails about buildings and food, from 16 September 2009. |
| Clinton: Where are we lunching? | Clinton: Where are we lunching? |
| Abedin: The cafeteria, sitting in the outside courtyard Hes excited about that | Abedin: The cafeteria, sitting in the outside courtyard Hes excited about that |
| Clinton: Help guide me where to get something good to eat! | Clinton: Help guide me where to get something good to eat! |
| 9.57pm ET02:57 | 9.57pm ET02:57 |
| Clinton and her staff took an active hand in a number of journalist’s stories about the administration, the emails show. | Clinton and her staff took an active hand in a number of journalist’s stories about the administration, the emails show. |
| In one June 2009 email, the editor of Buzzfeed, Ben Smith, writes: “I’ve been successfully, mostly, talked out of that thesis”, referring to an unknown premise of an unknown story. | In one June 2009 email, the editor of Buzzfeed, Ben Smith, writes: “I’ve been successfully, mostly, talked out of that thesis”, referring to an unknown premise of an unknown story. |
| Staffer Thomas Vietor forwards Smith’s email to his colleagues with only one word added in explanation: “VICTORY!” | Staffer Thomas Vietor forwards Smith’s email to his colleagues with only one word added in explanation: “VICTORY!” |
| In another, from 17 September 2009, Clinton personally offers to help her staffers respond to the questions of a New Yorker fact-checker for a George Packer magazine piece. “I know more about this if you wish to discuss,” Clinton tells Cheryl Mills. | In another, from 17 September 2009, Clinton personally offers to help her staffers respond to the questions of a New Yorker fact-checker for a George Packer magazine piece. “I know more about this if you wish to discuss,” Clinton tells Cheryl Mills. |
| 9.52pm ET02:52 | 9.52pm ET02:52 |
| The Washington Post’s Philip Rucker has found an email from Senator Barbara Mikulski, who complains to her friend in the State Department that “some days [the Senate] feels like we are doing the public option off back of envelope”. | The Washington Post’s Philip Rucker has found an email from Senator Barbara Mikulski, who complains to her friend in the State Department that “some days [the Senate] feels like we are doing the public option off back of envelope”. |
| As amazing as fax machine is, this might be my fave: Sen. Barb to Hillary. #typos pic.twitter.com/4Z1XWxzxhG | As amazing as fax machine is, this might be my fave: Sen. Barb to Hillary. #typos pic.twitter.com/4Z1XWxzxhG |
| 9.46pm ET02:46 | 9.46pm ET02:46 |
| A rather odd redaction considering the context of “Jimmy”, “JC” and “The Carter Center”, notes Buzzfeed’s Rosie Gray. | A rather odd redaction considering the context of “Jimmy”, “JC” and “The Carter Center”, notes Buzzfeed’s Rosie Gray. |
| presumably Jimmy Carter here on Euna Lee and Laura Ling: pic.twitter.com/sqGNFXtmqS | presumably Jimmy Carter here on Euna Lee and Laura Ling: pic.twitter.com/sqGNFXtmqS |
| 9.43pm ET02:43 | 9.43pm ET02:43 |
| The fax machine versus Hillary Clinton, 23 December 2009. | The fax machine versus Hillary Clinton, 23 December 2009. |
| Huma Abedin: “can you hang up the fax line, they will call again and try fax” | Huma Abedin: “can you hang up the fax line, they will call again and try fax” |
| Clinton: “I thought it was supposed to be off hook to work?” | Clinton: “I thought it was supposed to be off hook to work?” |
| Abedin: “Yes but hang up one more time. So they can reestablish the line.” | Abedin: “Yes but hang up one more time. So they can reestablish the line.” |
| Clinton: “I did.” | Clinton: “I did.” |
| Abedin: “Just pick up the phone and hang it up. And leave it hung up.” | Abedin: “Just pick up the phone and hang it up. And leave it hung up.” |
| Clinton: “I’ve done it twice now.” | Clinton: “I’ve done it twice now.” |
| 9.39pm ET02:39 | 9.39pm ET02:39 |
| Clinton’s style of writing is itself a curious mix of brisk intensity and a business-like optimism that wouldn’t be out of place at a unrelentingly chipper corporate office. | Clinton’s style of writing is itself a curious mix of brisk intensity and a business-like optimism that wouldn’t be out of place at a unrelentingly chipper corporate office. |
| “I’m finding this latest memo draft confusing in the way it is laid out. Pls call me.” | “I’m finding this latest memo draft confusing in the way it is laid out. Pls call me.” |
| “I like the idea of it being issued by someone else but I still want to see it. Let’s close this out. “ | “I like the idea of it being issued by someone else but I still want to see it. Let’s close this out. “ |
| “I heard on the radio that there is a Cabinet mtg this am. Is there? Can I go? If not, who are we sending?” | “I heard on the radio that there is a Cabinet mtg this am. Is there? Can I go? If not, who are we sending?” |
| Many Hillary Clinton emails end with the fabulously curt instruction "let's close it out". Do I sense a new campaign slogan in the making? | Many Hillary Clinton emails end with the fabulously curt instruction "let's close it out". Do I sense a new campaign slogan in the making? |
| 9.29pm ET02:29 | 9.29pm ET02:29 |
| A fair number of the emails have sizable redactions. One from Cherie Blair, wife of former UK prime minister Tony, apparently tries to broker a meeting with the secretary of state and someone in Qatar. (Page 53, “Confidential”.) | A fair number of the emails have sizable redactions. One from Cherie Blair, wife of former UK prime minister Tony, apparently tries to broker a meeting with the secretary of state and someone in Qatar. (Page 53, “Confidential”.) |
| Hilary [sic], | Hilary [sic], |
| You may know but for the last four years I have been working with the Qatari’s and in particular with [redacted] on [redacted] issues in Qatar and I have built up a good relationship with them. | You may know but for the last four years I have been working with the Qatari’s and in particular with [redacted] on [redacted] issues in Qatar and I have built up a good relationship with them. |
| Redacted has approached me privately saying they are keen to get their relationship with the USA onto a more postitive footing and she was hoping for a “women to women” one to ene private meeting with you. She is happy to come to Washington if you could make some time available. | Redacted has approached me privately saying they are keen to get their relationship with the USA onto a more postitive footing and she was hoping for a “women to women” one to ene private meeting with you. She is happy to come to Washington if you could make some time available. |
| Is this something you would be prepared o [sic] do. [Redacted] is someone who has real influence and she has made a lot of difference already with her [redacted] and with the [redacted] in which I am involved as the [redacted]. I am sure the conversation would not be confined to these issues but would be about the US/Qatar relationship generally. | Is this something you would be prepared o [sic] do. [Redacted] is someone who has real influence and she has made a lot of difference already with her [redacted] and with the [redacted] in which I am involved as the [redacted]. I am sure the conversation would not be confined to these issues but would be about the US/Qatar relationship generally. |
| Cherie Blair | Cherie Blair |
| One on page 55, not one but two emails entitled “Steinberg” had had their entire texts redacted. | One on page 55, not one but two emails entitled “Steinberg” had had their entire texts redacted. |
| Updated at 9.29pm ET | Updated at 9.29pm ET |
| 9.19pm ET02:19 | 9.19pm ET02:19 |
| More intriguingly, it turns out that then White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was aware of Clinton’s private email server, as was John Podesta (a sometime Obama aide and current chairman of her presidential campaign) and David Axelrod, a former strategist for Obama. | More intriguingly, it turns out that then White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was aware of Clinton’s private email server, as was John Podesta (a sometime Obama aide and current chairman of her presidential campaign) and David Axelrod, a former strategist for Obama. |
| Time’s Zeke Miller is chasing down those who knew about the controversial private email setup. | Time’s Zeke Miller is chasing down those who knew about the controversial private email setup. |
| .@HillaryClinton also consented to WH Chief of Staff @RahmEmanuel having her private email pic.twitter.com/LlZ7L1zAiy | .@HillaryClinton also consented to WH Chief of Staff @RahmEmanuel having her private email pic.twitter.com/LlZ7L1zAiy |
| 9.16pm ET02:16 | 9.16pm ET02:16 |
| Clinton was concerned about celebrating Cinco de Mayo in 2009, turns out. She emailed an aide to ask whatever happened to their plans (Page 54, “Cinco de Mayo”). | Clinton was concerned about celebrating Cinco de Mayo in 2009, turns out. She emailed an aide to ask whatever happened to their plans (Page 54, “Cinco de Mayo”). |
| Aide Huma Abedin explains: “Ann Manes team brainstormed on ideas for a day long session and celebration but didn’t materialize. We looked into doing something else last week but given the swine flu outbreak, most people were either canceling or toning down things.” | Aide Huma Abedin explains: “Ann Manes team brainstormed on ideas for a day long session and celebration but didn’t materialize. We looked into doing something else last week but given the swine flu outbreak, most people were either canceling or toning down things.” |
| Dan meanwhile finds iced tea. | Dan meanwhile finds iced tea. |
| 5 emails in, favourite so far just has this in subject line and nothing else: "Pls call Sarah and ask her if she can get me some iced tea" | 5 emails in, favourite so far just has this in subject line and nothing else: "Pls call Sarah and ask her if she can get me some iced tea" |
| 9.12pm ET02:12 | 9.12pm ET02:12 |
| The emails appear to span 2009, and an early look of them suggests that many are correspondence with aides, such as Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills, about setting up correspondence with other people: then UN ambassador Susan Rice “says she needs to talk to you” , Tony Blair a few days later, David Axelrod “wants your email - remind me to discuss with you if i forget.” | The emails appear to span 2009, and an early look of them suggests that many are correspondence with aides, such as Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills, about setting up correspondence with other people: then UN ambassador Susan Rice “says she needs to talk to you” , Tony Blair a few days later, David Axelrod “wants your email - remind me to discuss with you if i forget.” |
| Updated at 9.48pm ET | Updated at 9.48pm ET |
| 9.03pm ET02:03 | 9.03pm ET02:03 |
| Emails released | Emails released |
| The State Department has released the cache of emails, 97 pages of 1,900 pages of emails, which you can read here. | The State Department has released the cache of emails, 97 pages of 1,900 pages of emails, which you can read here. |
| DC bureau chief Dan Roberts (@robertsdan) and I will be looking through the emails, and we’ll file in reports of what’s found in the tranche. | DC bureau chief Dan Roberts (@robertsdan) and I will be looking through the emails, and we’ll file in reports of what’s found in the tranche. |
| Updated at 9.16pm ET | Updated at 9.16pm ET |
| 8.54pm ET01:54 | 8.54pm ET01:54 |
| In what is surely, undoubtedly a coincidence, Clinton’s Republican rival Jeb bush has released 33 years of tax returns, revealing $20m in income in the past three years. | In what is surely, undoubtedly a coincidence, Clinton’s Republican rival Jeb bush has released 33 years of tax returns, revealing $20m in income in the past three years. |
| You can check out the returns over at Bush’s website, or save yourself a few minutes of scrolling through PDFs and campaign fluff and read a report of what’s in the returns by my colleague Tom McCarthy. | You can check out the returns over at Bush’s website, or save yourself a few minutes of scrolling through PDFs and campaign fluff and read a report of what’s in the returns by my colleague Tom McCarthy. |
| NPR even made a graph. | NPR even made a graph. |
| Bush's $ skyrocketed after governorship adj for inflation by @titonka story by @JessicaTaylor http://t.co/q0fDYKTYzb pic.twitter.com/kVQzTt7xvV | Bush's $ skyrocketed after governorship adj for inflation by @titonka story by @JessicaTaylor http://t.co/q0fDYKTYzb pic.twitter.com/kVQzTt7xvV |
| And Bush even says he’ll personally field your questions, so let your curiosity fly. | And Bush even says he’ll personally field your questions, so let your curiosity fly. |
| If you have questions about my tax returns, email me directly – Jeb@Jeb2016.com http://t.co/rh81Nh8m0s | If you have questions about my tax returns, email me directly – Jeb@Jeb2016.com http://t.co/rh81Nh8m0s |
| 8.43pm ET01:43 | 8.43pm ET01:43 |
| What might lie within the 3,000-some emails about to be released? No one quite knows, although Republicans will be searching for any hint of activity related to the 2012 Benghazi attacks or any whiff of wrongdoing with regard to the Clinton Foundation. | What might lie within the 3,000-some emails about to be released? No one quite knows, although Republicans will be searching for any hint of activity related to the 2012 Benghazi attacks or any whiff of wrongdoing with regard to the Clinton Foundation. |
| Investigations into the Benghazi attacks, which killed four people in two assaults in the Libyan city, have dragged on for years and brought Clinton before Congress to answer questions. Republicans have sought to use the Obama administration’s handling of the crisis to undermine the president and Clinton’s credibility, despite conclusions by the Republican-led House intelligence committee, which cleared officials of any misdeeds. | Investigations into the Benghazi attacks, which killed four people in two assaults in the Libyan city, have dragged on for years and brought Clinton before Congress to answer questions. Republicans have sought to use the Obama administration’s handling of the crisis to undermine the president and Clinton’s credibility, despite conclusions by the Republican-led House intelligence committee, which cleared officials of any misdeeds. |
| In the chaotic aftermath of the attack, then ambassador to the UN Susan Rice incorrectly said that the assault had spun out violently from a protest, but the committee determined that mistaken intelligence was responsible for the story, and that Rice had not intentionally misled anyone. | In the chaotic aftermath of the attack, then ambassador to the UN Susan Rice incorrectly said that the assault had spun out violently from a protest, but the committee determined that mistaken intelligence was responsible for the story, and that Rice had not intentionally misled anyone. |
| Republicans have accused Clinton of possible incompetence and obfuscation during her tenure, but lost impetus in the absence of evidence. After the State Department released its first cache of emails, they seized on her ties to Sidney Blumenthal, a former aide to Clinton’s husband who sent her intelligence reports about Libya. Clinton has said the emails were “unsolicited”. | Republicans have accused Clinton of possible incompetence and obfuscation during her tenure, but lost impetus in the absence of evidence. After the State Department released its first cache of emails, they seized on her ties to Sidney Blumenthal, a former aide to Clinton’s husband who sent her intelligence reports about Libya. Clinton has said the emails were “unsolicited”. |
| Blumenthal gave one of the investigatory committees his own emails about Libya, which alerted its members to the discrepancy between his records versus those now in the State Department database. | Blumenthal gave one of the investigatory committees his own emails about Libya, which alerted its members to the discrepancy between his records versus those now in the State Department database. |
| Republicans will also be keen to find emails about the Clinton Foundation, which promised to clear its foreign donations with the Obama administration while Clinton served. But the charity’s health program has not disclosed its complete list of donors since 2010, and the foundation was found to have violated its ethics agreement by accepting $500,000 from Algeria without approval. | Republicans will also be keen to find emails about the Clinton Foundation, which promised to clear its foreign donations with the Obama administration while Clinton served. But the charity’s health program has not disclosed its complete list of donors since 2010, and the foundation was found to have violated its ethics agreement by accepting $500,000 from Algeria without approval. |
| Updated at 8.43pm ET | Updated at 8.43pm ET |
| 8.30pm ET01:30 | 8.30pm ET01:30 |
| Hello and welcome to our coverage of the release of Hillary Clinton’s emails from her time as secretary of state, a tenure marked by her controversial handling of the 2012 Benghazi attacks, the administration’s wavering response to war in Syria, and Clinton’s exclusive use of a private server for government duties. | Hello and welcome to our coverage of the release of Hillary Clinton’s emails from her time as secretary of state, a tenure marked by her controversial handling of the 2012 Benghazi attacks, the administration’s wavering response to war in Syria, and Clinton’s exclusive use of a private server for government duties. |
| Clinton gave more than 55,000 pages of emails to the State Department when it requested them earlier this year, but also deleted almost 32,000 pages that her lawyers deemed ‘private’ and unrelated to government work. Last week the State Department said that it could not find an additional 15 Libya-related emails. | Clinton gave more than 55,000 pages of emails to the State Department when it requested them earlier this year, but also deleted almost 32,000 pages that her lawyers deemed ‘private’ and unrelated to government work. Last week the State Department said that it could not find an additional 15 Libya-related emails. |
| Republicans have hounded Clinton and the State Department for release of the emails, particularly any that might pertain to the Benghazi attack, which killed four. Members of an investigative committee have accused Clinton of endangering national security by her use of a private server, and have asked her about possible conflict of interests regarding her family’s philanthropic foundation. | Republicans have hounded Clinton and the State Department for release of the emails, particularly any that might pertain to the Benghazi attack, which killed four. Members of an investigative committee have accused Clinton of endangering national security by her use of a private server, and have asked her about possible conflict of interests regarding her family’s philanthropic foundation. |
| In May, the State Department released a first tranche of 847 emails, which revealed Clinton’s ties to an independent advisor, Sidney Blumenthal, who had been specifically barred from working for the department by the Obama administration. | In May, the State Department released a first tranche of 847 emails, which revealed Clinton’s ties to an independent advisor, Sidney Blumenthal, who had been specifically barred from working for the department by the Obama administration. |
| Clinton has said “I want those emails out. Nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than I do.” She has declined to delve into emails were vetted, describing them only as “private, personal messages” regarding such things as her daughter’s wedding, her mother’s funeral, “vacations, yoga routines, and other items one would typically find in their own email account”. | Clinton has said “I want those emails out. Nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than I do.” She has declined to delve into emails were vetted, describing them only as “private, personal messages” regarding such things as her daughter’s wedding, her mother’s funeral, “vacations, yoga routines, and other items one would typically find in their own email account”. |