There is currently a diary with 6 recs (and counting!) that has the sole intent of damaging Hillary’s reputation by putting the worst possible spin on a story about Hillary’s emails that first broke on Fox News today.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/01/20/1472058/-The-Hillary-Clinton-Email-Saga-Continues:-Now-With-Beyond-Top-Secret-Emails
All you need to know about this diary is the picture that is used on top. Here it is:
Nice, huh?
cnn.com
Clinton's campaign and the State Department have denied that any information was handled improperly, saying that saying that the information and emails in question were all retroactively classified.
State also has noted that the same information can come from multiple sources, not all of which are classified.
State Department spokesman John Kirby said the department is still undergoing its review process, but any upgraded classification that is needed will be done.
"The State Department is focused on and committed to releasing former Secretary Clinton's emails in a manner that protects sensitive information," Kirby said in a statement. "No one takes this more seriously than we do. We have said repeatedly that we anticipate more upgrades throughout our release process. Our (Freedom of Information Act) review process is still ongoing. Once that process is complete, if it is determined that information should be classified as Top Secret, we will do so."
The Justice Department is investigating if classified information improperly ended up on Clinton's email server. The server contained correspondence between Clinton and a variety of aides and friends.
Republican lawmakers requested the inspector general investigate in March.
This is the same crap technique that the NY Times fell for with the bogus “Hillary under criminal investigation” nonsense. The Republicans leak whatever they decide to leak to friendly sources (Fox News in this case), they put the worst possible spin on it, it gets reported all over the place and everyone says “Oh, that Hillary”. A week later the actual facts come out that are far more innocuous, but the damage has been done and the correction gets far less attention than the original, misleading tale of woe.
But that’s OK! Let’s use this “democratic blog” to propagate this crap. As long as it helps Bernie, it’s all good!
That diary is a fucking disgrace.
Is this DailyKos? Or has it become Redstate?