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2016-10-18 02:02:30 UTC
Hillary's top-assistant asked the FBI to unclassify her Benghazi email
(so it could be archived, "never to be seen again") and offered to
"reciprocate by allowing the FBI to place more Agents in countries
where they are presently forbidden". International relations for
sale?
Clinton emails: 'Quid pro quo' bid to hide Benghazi message
http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37683119
A State Department official "pressured" the FBI to change the
classification of a Hillary Clinton email in a "quid pro quo",
according to FBI documents.
Under Secretary of State Patrick Kennedy asked the bureau to
unclassify the message so it could be archived, "never to be seen
again".
He made the request in relation to an email about the 2012 attacks on
the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
But the FBI said it did not change the classification level.
The email in question described reports in November 2012 that Libyan
police were arresting suspects in the attack of two months earlier,
which left Ambassador Christopher Stephens and three other Americans
dead.
Shadow Government'
Other interesting revelations from the newly released FBI documents
include:
An FBI interviewee said Mrs Clinton would often "blatantly"
disregard security and diplomatic protocols, including her frequent
refusal to attend overseas diplomatic functions with local
ambassadors, which left envoys "insulted and embarrassed"
A group of top State Department officials that some called "The
Shadow Government" met weekly to discuss Freedom of Information
requests related to Mrs Clinton. They argued her emails should be
released all at once, instead of on a rolling basis, as would
normally be the case, according to the FBI summary. But the group
did not get its way.
The 100-page FBI document published on Monday says an unnamed FBI
official was "pressured" in summer last year to change the classified
Clinton email to unclassified.
The official said he had received a call from a colleague - whose name
is also redacted - at the FBI's International Operations Division.
The colleague said he had been contacted by Mr Kennedy asking him to
change the email's classification level in "exchange for a 'quid pro
quo'".
The State Department, the FBI document says, offered to "reciprocate
by allowing the FBI to place more Agents in countries where they are
presently forbidden".
Mr Kennedy, according to the FBI documents, followed up on this matter
at a subsequent meeting, spending 15 minutes attempting to influence
the FBI to unclassify the Clinton email.
He also pressed FBI assistant director of counterterrorism Michael
Steinbach on the issue.
Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said the
revelation "bears all the signs of a cover-up"
(so it could be archived, "never to be seen again") and offered to
"reciprocate by allowing the FBI to place more Agents in countries
where they are presently forbidden". International relations for
sale?
Clinton emails: 'Quid pro quo' bid to hide Benghazi message
http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37683119
A State Department official "pressured" the FBI to change the
classification of a Hillary Clinton email in a "quid pro quo",
according to FBI documents.
Under Secretary of State Patrick Kennedy asked the bureau to
unclassify the message so it could be archived, "never to be seen
again".
He made the request in relation to an email about the 2012 attacks on
the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
But the FBI said it did not change the classification level.
The email in question described reports in November 2012 that Libyan
police were arresting suspects in the attack of two months earlier,
which left Ambassador Christopher Stephens and three other Americans
dead.
Shadow Government'
Other interesting revelations from the newly released FBI documents
include:
An FBI interviewee said Mrs Clinton would often "blatantly"
disregard security and diplomatic protocols, including her frequent
refusal to attend overseas diplomatic functions with local
ambassadors, which left envoys "insulted and embarrassed"
A group of top State Department officials that some called "The
Shadow Government" met weekly to discuss Freedom of Information
requests related to Mrs Clinton. They argued her emails should be
released all at once, instead of on a rolling basis, as would
normally be the case, according to the FBI summary. But the group
did not get its way.
The 100-page FBI document published on Monday says an unnamed FBI
official was "pressured" in summer last year to change the classified
Clinton email to unclassified.
The official said he had received a call from a colleague - whose name
is also redacted - at the FBI's International Operations Division.
The colleague said he had been contacted by Mr Kennedy asking him to
change the email's classification level in "exchange for a 'quid pro
quo'".
The State Department, the FBI document says, offered to "reciprocate
by allowing the FBI to place more Agents in countries where they are
presently forbidden".
Mr Kennedy, according to the FBI documents, followed up on this matter
at a subsequent meeting, spending 15 minutes attempting to influence
the FBI to unclassify the Clinton email.
He also pressed FBI assistant director of counterterrorism Michael
Steinbach on the issue.
Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said the
revelation "bears all the signs of a cover-up"