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| Hillary Clinton emails released by State Department – as it happened | Hillary Clinton emails released by State Department – as it happened |
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| We’re going to close out our rolling coverage of the emails’ release with a quick summary of what’s in the cache. A full report of the tranche should soon be published from DC bureau chief Dan Roberts. | We’re going to close out our rolling coverage of the emails’ release with a quick summary of what’s in the cache. A full report of the tranche should soon be published from DC bureau chief Dan Roberts. |
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| ABC Moscow correspondent Kirit Radia is noting the oddities of the emails as he trawls through them. | 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. | 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 | 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”. | 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 | 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. | “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. | 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 | The @StateDept decided to redact the name of the person whose birthday @HillaryClinton was celebrating #smokinggun http://t.co/l3LGhmtmjE |
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| 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. | 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). | 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.” | “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. | He also uses the “oleaginous” as a dysphemism, so points for vocab anyway. |
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| Senator Barbara Mikulski apparently keeps up a healthy and jovial correspondence with Clinton. April 2009: | 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. | 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” | “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] | 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” | 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” | 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” | Mikulski: “You betcha” |
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| In another email Clinton worries about her access to the president compared to her predecessors – and casts a little derision toward Richard Nixon. | 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.” | “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 | 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 |
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| 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.” |
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| 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. |
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| 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!” |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | Updated |
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| 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 |
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| 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? |
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| 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"? |
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| 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! |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |