RE: clintonemails.com: Who is Eric Hoteham?

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Skeptic Ginger said:
How long are you going to keep repeating this straw man?

No one is saying the speeder shouldn't get a ticket. Perhaps you are of the belief women who are caught speeding should be singled out to lose their licenses?
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And now she plays the woman card! :jaw-dropp
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
How long are you going to keep repeating this straw man?

No one is saying the speeder shouldn't get a ticket. Perhaps you are of the belief women who are caught speeding should be singled out to lose their licenses?
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davefoc said:
I realize that very little troubles you about this scandal but yesterday there were two editorials by roughly neutral publications (USA today and I forget the other) ripping on Clinton about her behavior with regards to this. Obviously Clinton can survive right wing editorials excoriating her, that has been going on almost non stop for years. But I am concerned when more mainstream neutral publications contain strongly anti Clinton material.
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"Neutral" publications can't afford to ignore a scandal ... they will weigh in with criticism in part to retain their reputation as neutral. So, it doesn't mean a whole lot that they are taking Hilary to task.

There are 2 conflicting values in place when it comes to government communications. Transparency and secrecy (aka security). Given all of the leaks out of the State Department, is it a given that HRC's communications would have been safer on government servers?

I'm sure this has all been raised before and I will educate myself.
 
Minoosh said:
"Neutral" publications can't afford to ignore a scandal ... they will weigh in with criticism in part to retain their reputation as neutral. So, it doesn't mean a whole lot that they are taking Hilary to task.
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So if the media tells you something you don't want to hear, it's press bias? The recent media criticism of Clinton is based on the announced conclusions of an investigation by the State Department Inspector General. Is he biased too?

Minoosh said:
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There are 2 conflicting values in place when it comes to government communications. Transparency and secrecy (aka security). Given all of the leaks out of the State Department, is it a given that HRC's communications would have been safer on government servers?
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If there was a security problem at State (a debatable proposition), the head of the department would be the person responsible for solving it. And the solution wouldn't involve maintaining a private alternative communications system, anymore than a banker's solution to a theft problem would be to keep all the money in his basement.
 
One thing that has fascinated me about this situation, and her predecessors, is how involved (apparently) the SOS is in determining details about their email.

I admit being totally ignorant about the subject, but i would have thought deciding the technical details (including location) of email servers would be a detail handled by more knowledgeable staff, cause, you know, SOS is kinda a busy job.
 
One of Hillary's minions just invoked the 5th:
Lawyers for a former State Department staffer who worked on Hillary Clinton’s private email server told a federal court Wednesday that he will invoke his constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to answer questions at his June 6 deposition in a civil public records lawsuit in Washington.
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The first of many no doubt. Maybe even Hillary will take the 5th!
 
Bob001 said:
So if the media tells you something you don't want to hear, it's press bias? The recent media criticism of Clinton is based on the announced conclusions of an investigation by the State Department Inspector General. Is he biased too?
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I think this is one of those "rule of so" situations ... you've just stated a position I never took. I have no idea if the inspector general is biased; I was speaking to media practices. Even a news outlet secretly cheering on Hillary - especially a new outlet secretly cheering on Hillary - would have to give her a severe scolding under the current circumstances.
 
Please endeavour to focus on the arguments and not the arguers, as well as remaining civil.
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The thread is long and throwing duplicates, so I have opened a new thread here.
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