Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Three Major Ways The FBI Report On Clinton Emails Strongly Establishes Her Trustworthiness
The FBI just released its report on Clinton. We will undoubtedly hear a right-wing chorus that the report stamps her as untrustworthy. But, an actual reading of the report strongly reflects, instead, her honor and trustworthiness. The best way to see this is to get right into the report itself.
The Bogus Nature of the State Department Inspector General’s Criticism of Her
A few months ago, the State Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a nasty and poorly-documented report that got enormous publicity for its portions criticizing Clinton. Above all, it quoted supposed State Department sources who alleged the following, quoted here from the FBI Report, about a key documentation official, John Bentel. “According to the State OIG report, State employees alleged that John Bentel discouraged employees from raising concerns about Clinton’s use of personal e-mail.” This was treated both by OIG, and by commentators, particularly anti-Clinton ones, as the smoking gun, the bombshell, the fatal evidence, that Clinton, through Bentel, had stamped out criticism of Clinton’s emailing.
We can read the FBI’s glee at what it found. This part of the FBI report positively scorns the approach of the State Inspector General. Says the FBI: “When interviewed by the FBI, Bentel denied that State employees raised concerns about Clinton’s e-mail to him” – that’s the first knockdown – “that he discouraged employees from discussing it” – that’s the second knockdown – “or that he was aware during Clinton’s tenure that she was using a personal e-mail account or server to conduct official State business”—that’s the third knockdown. The FBI makes very clear that it finds Bentel credible, and dismisses what the State Inspector General says as bull.
The Bogus Nature of the State Department Inspector General’s Criticism of Her
A few months ago, the State Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a nasty and poorly-documented report that got enormous publicity for its portions criticizing Clinton. Above all, it quoted supposed State Department sources who alleged the following, quoted here from the FBI Report, about a key documentation official, John Bentel. “According to the State OIG report, State employees alleged that John Bentel discouraged employees from raising concerns about Clinton’s use of personal e-mail.” This was treated both by OIG, and by commentators, particularly anti-Clinton ones, as the smoking gun, the bombshell, the fatal evidence, that Clinton, through Bentel, had stamped out criticism of Clinton’s emailing.
We can read the FBI’s glee at what it found. This part of the FBI report positively scorns the approach of the State Inspector General. Says the FBI: “When interviewed by the FBI, Bentel denied that State employees raised concerns about Clinton’s e-mail to him” – that’s the first knockdown – “that he discouraged employees from discussing it” – that’s the second knockdown – “or that he was aware during Clinton’s tenure that she was using a personal e-mail account or server to conduct official State business”—that’s the third knockdown. The FBI makes very clear that it finds Bentel credible, and dismisses what the State Inspector General says as bull.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/charlestiefer/2016/09/02/three-major-ways-the-fbi-report-on-clinton-emails-strongly-establishes-her-trustworthiness/#2add12ab659b