Jeb Bush used private e-mail account to discuss post-9/11 nuclear security & troop movements

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Ed O'Keefe ‏@edatpost 58m58 minutes ago
NEW TONIGHT: @JebBush used private e-mail account to discuss post-9/11 nuclear security & troop movements http://wapo.st/1MBeGwW


Jeb Bush used his private e-mail account as Florida governor to discuss security and military issues such as troop deployments to the Middle East and the protection of nuclear plants, according to a review of publicly released records.

The e-mails include two series of exchanges involving details of Florida National Guard troop deployments in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the review by The Washington Post found...

An unknown number of the e-mails housed on Bush’s server were redacted or withheld from public release because they contained sensitive security issues, Bush representatives have said. Communications director Tim Miller said general policy was for Bush to discuss sensitive National Guard issues in person with only occasional briefings by e-mail that “wouldn’t contain information that should not be in the public domain.”

As governor, Bush used his account, [e-mail], to conduct official, political and personal business, ranging from plans to woo new businesses to the state, judicial appointments and military matters, the e-mail records show. His e-mail server was housed at the governor’s office in Tallahassee during his two terms; he took it with him when he left office in 2007...

“The GOP presidential hopefuls’ attacks on this issue are completely disingenuous, and there are still a litany of questions Republicans need to answer, like what e-mails has Jeb Bush not turned over?” said Holly Shulman, a spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee.

Under Florida law, Bush was required to hand over e-mails related to his time in office. Bush aides say there were about 550,000 e-mails on Bush’s server when he left office in 2007, although a portion of those came from before he began his tenure. About half that number were eventually turned over to state archives.


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[MADem]

1. It's HILLARY's fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or Obama's~~~!!!!!! Yeah, that's the ticket!!! nt

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2. Rot roh George! I want to see all those emails! Pronto! Get moving Jeb!

Secrets my ass, that is no excuse.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

3. The Hillary email story is a BILL KRISTOL rightwing story, I am furious at the MSM

for doing his dirty work for him.

This is ridiculous

[Rex]

5. Bill Kristol is the M$M.

He is one of their...barf...media darlings!

[Thinkingabout]

6. He showed his hand on Morning Joe by saying "Run Elizabeth Warren".

The GOP is desperate to stop Hillary from running, they want someone they can beat.

[NYC_SKP]

9. You mean Hillary didn't have a private server and domain, Bill Kristol made all this up?

I'm going to ask him tomorrow during brunch.

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10. this is a post about Jeb

...if you want to discuss Hillary, start your own backbiting one.

Funny how criticisms of Hillary like yours can NEVER find ANY room or time to address ANY of the republican's similar, but always more egregious, behavior.

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12. Clinton is mentioned 11 times in the article. Right now, we need the best Democratic nominee...

It's fine to point out Jeb's screw ups and hypocrisy.

And it's also fair to point out that this demonstrates how much they are alike.

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13. the 'hypocrisy' is all Jeb's

...shared by those who can't find time to do more than brush off any reference to him while making certain they do their best to bury our Democrats.

Get it? The republican brother of the president who disappeared MILLIONS of emails sought in a criminal probe is trying to leverage his campaign off of criticisms of the petty actions of Hillary. This thread is an effort to highlight HIS hypocrisy. It wasn't Hillary who raised this issue and sought to exploit it; it was this republican and others who seek to use the issue in their opposition to her - much like you're doing.

Take just a moment to reflect on his own actions - just a paltry amount of focus, really, in comparison to all of the breathless posts about Clinton.

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4. so it seems....

it is okay for jeb-boy to use private emails but not Hillary..what is good for the goose is good or the gander....except in rethug eyes

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7. ~~~~So... I will not vote for Jeb Bush either. What else do they have in common?

Being a progressive gets harder and harder, what with the Bush dynasty and Clinton dynasty acting more and more like one another.

Jesus, outsourcing, TPP, globalism, wars, and now this arrogant secretive entitled "to hell with it" attitude.

OTOH and in his defense, doing things the right way can be very inconvenient, yanno.

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8. we can focus on the narrow political point about the next election

...or we can hold this republican as accountable as we seek to hold our own party members accountable.

Equalizing Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton is like equalizing republicans and Democrats. It's amazingly ill-informed, low information sophistry.

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11. Republicans always accuse everyone else of exactly what they are doing..