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To: JohnM who wrote (316697)	11/5/2016 3:35:12 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541457

Matt Yglesias writes what may be the last word on what the real "server scandal" is. It also implies how Comey's comments both in July and last weeks were off base and partisan. This is long, but worth it for anyone who wants to know the ins and outs of this story and what was behind Clinton's decisions. The real Clinton email scandal is that a bullshit story has dominated the campaign If you agree with her on policy, vote with a clear conscience about the server. Updated by Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias matt@vox.com Nov 4, 2016, 6:35am PDT vox.com excerpt: Network newscasts have, remarkably, dedicated more airtime to coverage of Clinton’s emails than to all policy issues combined. Cable news has been, if anything, worse, and many prestige outlets have joined the pileup. One malign result of obsessive email coverage is that the public is left totally unaware of the policy stakes in the election. Another is that the constant vague recitations of the phrase ‘‘Clinton email scandal’’ have firmly implanted the notion that there is something scandalous about anything involving Hillary Clinton and email, including her campaign manager getting hacked or the revelation that one of her aides sometimes checked mail on her husband’s computer. But none of this is true. Clinton broke no laws according to the FBI itself. Her setup gave her no power to evade federal transparency laws beyond what anyone who has a personal email account of any kind has. Her stated explanation for her conduct is entirely believable, fits the facts perfectly, and is entirely plausible to anyone who doesn't simply start with the assumption that she's guilty of something. Given Powell’s conduct, Clinton wasn't even breaking with an informal precedent. The very worst you can say is that, faced with an annoying government IT policy, she used her stature to find a personal workaround rather than a systemic fix that would work for everyone. To spend so much time on such a trivial matter would be absurd in a city council race, much less a presidential election. To do so in circumstances when it advances the electoral prospects of a rival who has shattered all precedents in terms of lacking transparency or basic honesty is infinitely more scandalous than anything related to the server itself. more at the link

To: JohnM who wrote (316697)	11/5/2016 3:46:05 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541457

Thanks for the updates on Comey. I am interested in that story. I don't know why they keep saying it is politically impossible for her to fire him. I don't think it would cost her anything at all. Who would object? And the way you do it is real simple, you have somebody go to Comey and tell him to resign, or be fired. Nine times out of 10 they resign. Nobody wants to be fired. But I especially want her to get rid of him, not so much of what I'm afraid he will do, but his influence and probable propensity for hiring right-wingers. If she fires Comey and puts in a good liberal, s/he will start replacing those right wing treasonous FBI guys with good solid intelligent sane FBI agents. And that will make us all safer.