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2015-08-21 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Foggy Bottom did nothing following Romanian hacking of Beest's emails

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-08-21 03:20|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 A State Department official said the department could not do anything in response to the March 2013 hack of longtime Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal because it occurred on a non-governmental computer system.

I have to wonder if there was not a certain vindictiveness in so carefully following regulations on the part of State Department staff, possibly to include IT staff not advising their former boss of her own security risks resulting from the Blumenthal hack. Ms Rodham-Clinton has a habit of making herself disliked among her subordinates, after all, dating back at least to her First Lady days.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-08-21 10:06|| 2015-08-21 10:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes, there is something to the theory of subordinates looking the other way expecting dire consequences for people who won't listen. Usually, you try not to do that because you know in the end it means even more work for you to clean up afterward.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-08-21 10:43|| 2015-08-21 10:43|| Front Page Top

#3 This was no infrequent, minor indiscretion. Someone would have undoubtedly objected, made a Memo for Record (MFR), filed an anonymous Waste Fraud and Abuse claim. I believe eventually someone at DoS will talk, pen an article or book, appear on Fox. I hope it's sooner rather than later. Foggy Bottom's recent clamp down on employee statements to Congress and the press are perhaps a foretelling.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-08-21 10:49|| 2015-08-21 10:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Some people in State must do hard time for this. Foggy bottom needs to be cleaned out, Augean stables style

Posted by OldSpook 2015-08-21 17:32|| 2015-08-21 17:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Romania? Romania?! How'd they keep the ox on the treadmill long enough to run the PC for the duration of the hack?

Posted by Halliburton - Foreign Affairs Division 2015-08-21 19:49|| 2015-08-21 19:49|| Front Page Top

#6 "Hello, this is your help desk, my name is....Peggy"

Posted by Frank G 2015-08-21 21:31|| 2015-08-21 21:31|| Front Page Top

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