Hot off the presses, as they say:
Top U.S. Republican lawmaker to launch new investigation of Clinton emails: ABC
by Amanda Becker, reuters.com -- Mar 15, 2015
(Reuters) - Representative John Boehner, the top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, plans to announce a new investigation this week into Hillary Clinton’s use of email when she led the State Department, ABC News reported on Sunday.
ABC's "This Week" program said top Republicans had briefed it about Boehner's plans, but did not give details.
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Scorchingly so.
One Question: Will these nouveau GOP standard-bearers direct their frantic cries for Total Email-Transparency, on themselves too?
Hypocrisy over Hillary? GOPers have email problems of their own
by Aliyah Frumin, msnbc.com -- March 11 2015
As msnbc previously reported, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who called Clinton’s decision to keep emails on a personal server “baffling,” owns the server that runs his personal email account he used as governor for official and personal business. Last month, he did release emails related to official business from his two terms as governor -- as required by law. But his use of the private address has some questioning what if any messages were deleted and if they were all released. The right has argued the situations are different.
Scott Walker has also called Clinton’s use of a private email address an “outrage” -- but faced similar criticism when he was Milwaukee County executive. During that time, his staffers used personal laptop computers and set up a secret wireless router for gubernatorial campaign business. Those details were part of the John Doe investigation into Walker’s time before he was elected governor.
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Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who also criticized Clinton, also used a private email account for government business, according to the Texas Tribune. And back in 2012, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s top aides reportedly used a personal email to come up with a media strategy for cuts to Medicaid, with his spokesperson at the time acknowledging Jindal uses a private email account to communicate with immediate staff.
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If not -- if they won't demand
Total Transparency for those email accounts too
-- Then were going to have to come up with a more palatable term for: "Witch Hunt."
Because THAT will be what they are conducting.
But, but Hillary is a formidable Presidential Candidate -- she deserves the utmost scrutiny.
Well the same "standard" could be/should be applied to Jeb (and other Candidates) too then ...
As governor, Jeb Bush used e-mail to discuss security, troop deployments
by Ed O'Keefe, washingtonpost.com -- March 14 2015
Jeb Bush used his private e-mail account as Florida governor to discuss security and military issues such as troop deployments to the Middle East and the protection of nuclear plants, according to a review of publicly released records.
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Aides to Bush said Saturday that none of the e-mails contained sensitive or classified information, and that many of the events mentioned in them were documented in press accounts, either contemporaneously or later. But security experts say private e-mail systems such as the one used by Bush are more vulnerable to hackers, and that details such as troop movements could be exploited by enemies.
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If it is "good enough" for Jeb, well then ... if should be "good enough" his adversary ...
Clinton email controversy raises questions about Jeb Bush, Rick Scott
by Alex Leary, Times Washington Bureau Chief, tampabay.com -- March 3, 2015
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Bush spokeswoman Kristy Campbell said Tuesday that Bush would not heed calls to release all his email, given criticism of Clinton, the presumptive Democratic front-runner for president.
"Governor Bush released emails related to state business," Campbell said, echoing questions whether Clinton violated federal rules. "He is not releasing personal correspondence, nor is that a reasonable expectation of anyone."
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More seriously, he [Gov. Rick Scott] was found to have used a private email account to discuss state business, despite denials from his lawyer. After he won re-election last year, Scott released 200 pages of email records covering four years, without explanation.
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And who could forget the corrosive
power of
personal emails, as wielded by Chris Christie
associates here:
From: < david.wildstein@gmail.com >
To: < bridgetannekelly@yahoo.com >
Got it.
> Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.
Official Document page 574.
Nothing nefarious going on here -- Got it?
From: < bridgetannekelly@yahoo.com >
To: < david.wildstein@gmail.com >
Re: Port Authority chief's email demands answers to the closing of lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge -- NorthJersey.com
No doubt. Foye is a bad guy.
> Still pissing me off
>> this is the article I sent you this morning.
Official Document page 622.
Got it. Republicans are not really the party of 'immaculate emails' either.
Therefore these GOP inquisitors should be wary of ultimately having to 'throw stones', at their own 'glass houses' someday.
Because that is where their fevered demands for Total Email-Transparency will ultimately lead.