State Dept. Deems 22 Hillary Emails Top Secret, Won’t Release
The State Department is supposed to be releasing more Hillary Clinton emails today, but apparently there are more problems in the air.
According to the Associated Press, not only have almost two dozen Clinton emails been deemed top secret (and thus won’t be released), but State is reportedly looking into whether any Clinton emails were classified when they were sent:
BREAKING: State Department declares 22 emails on Hillary Clinton's account `top secret'; won't release them.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 29, 2016
BREAKING: State Department now looking into whether Clinton emails were classified when they were sent.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 29, 2016
Earlier today, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest had this to say about the investigations into Clinton’s emails and concerns about delays:
White House @PressSec says there has been "no political interference" in decisions about releasing Hillary Clinton's email.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) January 29, 2016
White House also says the DOJ investigation into Clinton email server "does not seem to be headed in (the) direction" of an indictment.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) January 29, 2016
Earlier today, Mediaite founder Dan Abrams wrote about how based on everything we know today, Clinton “likely did violate government procedures and rules, but not the law.”
After this news broke, he followed up:
Interesting and important but doesn't change legal questions regarding intent and knowledge https://t.co/HSWYKzsfaE https://t.co/ZiGmN2144v
— Dan Abrams (@danabrams) January 29, 2016
UPDATE –– 3:12 pm EST: The AP report has more details here:
The 37 pages include messages recently described by a key intelligence official as concerning so-called “special access programs” — a highly restricted subset of classified material that could point to confidential sources or clandestine programs like drone strikes or government eavesdropping…
“The documents are being upgraded at the request of the intelligence community because they contain a category of top secret information,” State Department spokesman John Kirby told the AP, describing the decision to withhold documents in full as “not unusual.” That means they won’t be published online with the rest of the documents, even with blacked-out boxes.
A Clinton spokesman responded thusly:
This is overclassification run amok. We adamently oppose the complete blocking of the release of these emails. https://t.co/77s6mtm0JA
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) January 29, 2016
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