Hillary Clinton... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as
the smartest woman in the world,usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
’s unsecure email server dated Sept. 13, 2012.
The emails detail phone calls made by President B.O. to Egyptian and Libyan leaders immediately following the terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi. The emails have the subject line "Quick Summary of POTUS Calls to Presidents of Libya and Egypt" and were among the emails stored on Clinton’s non-government email server. Judge Jackson reviewed the documents in-camera and rejected the government’s contention that the records had been properly withheld under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) B(5) "deliberative process" exemption.
Judge Jackson ruled: "the two records, even if just barely predecisional, are not deliberative. [The State Department] has pointed to very little to support its characterization of these two records as deliberative, and the Court’s in camera review of the documents reveals that they do not fall within that category."
The full emails may reveal what former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President B.O. knew about the Sept. 11, 2012, terror attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi ‐ prior to Susan Rice’s contention that the Benghazi attack was a reaction to an anti-Moslem video on YouTube.
The bad news is that-- following close upon the heels of Judge Jackson’s March 20 ruling ‐ the State Department asked the court to reconsider. The State Department is arguing that, due to an internal "mistake," it failed to claim that the emails were classified and, therefore, should be exempt from production under FOIA Exemption B(1), which is reserved information related to national security.
Not surprisingly, Judicial Watch’s legal team went back to court to oppose this maneuver. Judicial Watch’s brief argues that the failure was not a mistake, but instead was unquestionably part of a deliberate effort by the State Department to protect Clinton and the agency by avoiding identifying emails on Clinton’s unofficial, non-secure email server as classified.