A stunning report from Fox News indicates that the Obama administration granted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and six of her top aides access to top secret and classified information – even after she left the State Department in 2013, even after she announced a run for the White House in April of 2015, and even after FBI Director James Comey declared that Clinton and her staff had been “extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.”
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley made the startling revelation in a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, noting that Clinton asked for access to the classified information because she was writing her memoir, Hard Choices.
That’s right – The woman who had a home brew server installed in her bathroom and whose emails somehow ended up on laptops owned by serial snapchatter Anthony Weiner, was granted access to sensitive material so she could write a book.
Via Fox News:
When Hillary Clinton resigned as Secretary of State in 2013, she negotiated continuing access to classified and top-secret documents for herself and six staffers under the designation “research assistants,” according to a powerful senator who notes that Clinton was later deemed “extremely careless” with such information.
The staff apparently retained access even after Clinton announced her run for president in April 2015, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. The access was ostensibly granted to facilitate work on Clinton’s memoir, but Grassley said he was only able to verify it after the Obama administration left the White House.
President Obama’s administration repeatedly stonewalled Grassley’s requests for information on the classified information access.
“I have repeatedly asked the State Department whether Secretary Clinton and her associates had their clearances suspended or revoked to which the Obama Administration refused to respond,” the Senator wrote.
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Now why would Obama not want anyone to know he had granted Hillary access to classified material?
Remarkably, the State Department had failed to answer questions about whether or not Clinton and her aides still have access.
Fox News reported, “The State Department has not yet responded to an inquiry from Fox News as to whether Clinton, or her staff … still have access to the classified and top-secret archives and systems.”
Grassley noted there is “evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information…”
Chris Farrell of Judicial Watch said, “Any other government employee, I don’t care what department or agency they are from, would have had their access to classified and top secret information revoked and their clearance suspended, pending the outcome of an investigation into the mishandling of such information.”
“It is so unimaginatively offensive that Hillary Clinton or her staff would have any access to classified or top secret information,” Farrell added. “It is a mindblower.”
What do you think? Mind-blower, or par for the course for the Obama administration? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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From the time he was sworn in (The second time! He flubbed the first one which had NEVER been done in our history!), sealed all his past history and propped his big feet on the Oval Office desk, he’s ignored everything but what mr. sorrows and his muslim brothers TOLD him to do! Until his arrogance, ego, pettiness, and over-blown self-importance started telling THEM what to do! That’s why Val is still in control, sends him away to get him out of her hair so she can finish what HE was suppose to do! He’s being watched, tended to, and monitored wherever he is! He’s no longer useful to them, but “ornamental” for their image! The brain-washed and indoctrinated Left Lib’s can’t see the “forest” because the trees are in their way! NOW would be a great time to unseal his records he sealed as his first Executive Order when he started in 2009! Of course, the blind, deaf and dumb jackasses (Dem, mascot, symbol) would swear he was “framed”, by President Trump or Putin! Guarantee you Val, Hil, Nancy, Soro’s, etc., know where the records of his worthless past is! Nancy and Soro’s are closerthanthis!
Prison across the board!!
Put Mrs. Clinton on the female side of the same federal prison deserved by Obama.
yes hang them all , but torture them excessively before you hang them
Hang them all…
There is not one thing done in the OBAMA”S ADMINISTRATION that will surprise me.
I have a couple of questions regarding this article.
Question 1) why would Clinton need access to highly classified intel to write her “memoirs”?
Question 2) Why wasn’t her security clearance revoked after Comey judged her handling of classified information reckless?
Question 3) why weren’t the security clearances of all 7 involved revoked when Clinton announced she was running for President?
Oh, that’s right. I forgot. JOHN (swift boat) KERRY
You just answered your own question! The Lame, Blame, insane Media are owned by Progressive Left Liberal anti-America, WEALTHY, Socialist misfits! Who only care about those who are easily bought! NOT the Politicians, but their influence and power!
Actually, we know that at least part of this article is factual. Much of it came to light last year BEFORE the election, and I’ve been hearing about it from some friends of mine who deal in information.
If this article
and others like it are factual,. Why is this the only outlet that we get to read this type articles? Stories like this and many others like it that I read on the Political Insider never seem to come out on national news.
If this story and many others like this are factual. Why is this outlet the only outlet
that we read this story and others like it?
I am afraid that nothing will happen to anyone , due to the orchestration of the surveillance by the perpetrators, who are all lawyers. In that capacity, each one, from Obama down to the yet unknown who leaked the general’s name to the press , knew how far he or she could go without outright breaking the law, and then the baton would be passed to the next person in the chain to do what was just within legal boundaries. And since any and all are allowed to claim the 5th, the links will never be connected into a complete crime. This system worked very well for Al Capone and Richard Daley Sr.
They need to throw someone in jail. Only then will this really start to unravel. Otherwise all we’ll see/hear is this nonsense that is still on the air.
I was always under the impression that even a top secret clearance didn’t give you access to every thing. You only got information that was pertinent to your job. At least that’s how it was in my day.
I guess Hillary’s job was
“Future President”so that entailed her to any damn thing she wanted.obama and his minions should be tried for Treason . Build the gallows and use them .
OK, so when is someone going to be held accountable for this? Please don’t tell me it’s not illegal.
The Obama administration operated like the United States was it’s private Sheikdom.
Playing around with classified information like this should bring heavy penalties.
Law breakers should be rounded up and put behind the bars. Drain the swamp Mr. President.
It is no secret that Obama was stacking the dick in Hillary’s favor, he was even stumping for her in various states. Obama should be arrested and imprisoned along with Hillary and Rice for treason.,
Unbelievable, Staggering, Dangerous, i’m surprised we aren’t at war! What a bumbling Administration.
You’re trying everything you can to distract from the Russians helping President Trump get elected but it’s not going to work.
Note from obama to hillary: Think it is about time for Rice to meet with an accident of commit suicide.
Why should we have such sloppy, horrible deceitful activities to dirty our country.
The “House of Cards” is beginning to crumble! The “Web of Deceit” is beginning to unravel! The need to “Grill Susan Rice like a fish!” And when they catch her in her many lies, Charge her, and get her to “Roll” on all the Bigger fish!
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Comey need to be brought back and “Grilled” and exposed for the liar that he is, and Trump needs to fire him!
McCain and Graham are part of the problem , they are cut from the same cloth so are the Bush’s . New World Order anti-Americans !
Anyone with an IQ above that of a nectarine has known just how criminal the entire DNC is , when you have a leader like George Soros what do you expect .
He has been calling all the shots for the democratic party for years and every narrative still goes through him.
Any republican who is not interested in pursuing and bringing these complete wastes of human life to justice will be out and we the people will follow through on it .
People like McCain & Graham better fall in line fast .
If ever anyone deserved to see the inside of a jail cell it is this wicked witch from hell.
This is outrageous and should never be allowed under any circumstances. There needs to be some accountability for the Obama/Clinton criminal activity and jail time is definitely in order.
Criminals….the entire democratic party are criminals or accessories to criminal acts.
They have betrayed the very foundation of who we are and are a enemy of the state.
Time to take them down.
I am beginning to believe that the only way to set this country back on a constitutional course is to treat the proggresive infeststation that this country has, like the infestation of cockroaches that it is.
You have to remember Obama and Hillary are untouchable because they have a “D” next to there names and the Socialist MSM loves them. Who else will give the MSM there Socialist Utopia.
Such incompetence by any one else would result in a very long jail term for the person who
authorized such a event and the person who received the information would also be in jail
for using such information with out proper security background checks and a clearance being
awarded. We have men and women in jail for a much less serious offense and have had
some discharged form their jobs for violation of the rules and laws that govern handling of
classified material and failure to properly secure such. When the hell is Congress going
to get off their asses and perform the duties to which they were elected by TAX PAYING
citizens and protect our Nation and our secrets?
The democrat party is corrupt right down to its core and that includes the people that still vote for democrats.If I were interviewing a potential employee and found out they were a card carrying democrat I’d polity walk them to the door and tell them dont call us we’ll call you.The dims used the nuclear option back in 2013 and now its about to be used on them and they are squealing like pigs how unfair it is but they forget that Harry Reid let that genie out of the bottle and he was warned that it will come back to bite him in the ass but he went ahead anyway, now that the shoe is on the other foot its unfair.Demo’s are worthless,less than worthless.
Why does everyone tip-toe around the fact that the Obama Administration was always operating in a devious manner and constantly stretching the rules when it was in their political best interests.Each and every decision was decided by the political consequences to in their minds advance their agenda.Since the Liberal media did not fully vet Obama during his formative years in the corrupt Democratic Chicago political swamp what else would one expect?
Sorry, I didnt mean “know” as my fat fingers should have typed “no”
All of those facts have been in the news. Daniel is not making them up.
How the Government Grants Security Clearances
http://www.voanews.com/a/security-clearance-explainer/3602747.html
This whole thing is going to blow up in the Democrats face
Timeline of the Democrats Infogate mess.
1. A Fisa request was made and refused in June 2016
2. A Fisa request was made again in October 2016 and granted on a very limited and dated scope
3. Obama admin wiretapped Trump for over 2 months AFTER the election in violation of the Fisa warrant that required it be stopped two weeks before the election
4. Jan 2017 NY Times ADMITS that Trump was wiretapped.
5. Feb 2017 Washington Post gives details of Obama wiretapping
6. March 2nd MSNBC’s Morning Joe show Obama aide Fickus ADMITS that Trump was wiretapped on TV
7. Three weeks ago Rice swore she had nothing to do with this and know knowledge of it on Andrea Mitchell’s PBS show
8. TWO weeks ago, Rice ADMITS that she saw these names and requested they be redacted (so was she lying then or lying now?)
9. This week, Rice now says that the DID know about this and she DID see these and she DID ask for them to be redacted, but she didnt give out the names. Ok then, how did anyone find out about the phone call from Flynn while he was still a private citizen? SOMEONE gave the name and thats a federal felony with a 20 year prison term and up to a 1.5 million dollar fine.
10. Rice is being called to the committee to testify about this, and if she has ANY sense or hope that she can get out of this she had better tell the truth and not plead the 5th.
And if you look at Obama and Hillary, BOTH are looking VERY nervous lately when Rice is mentioned.
Fred, you do read the news before you comment?
Using the word progressive and democrat in the same sentence is an oxymoron and a misnomer all wrapped up together,these people are anything but progressive,they are more recessive’s hiding behind the wrong label.
Daniel, where are you getting those ‘alternative facts’ that you posted?
The only solution to this is to kick all progressives out of the government, they have no morals or ethics, they live by the creed “ends justify the means” that’s all they know.
When I drove a jeep for the 2/9 Comm O in 64 I was required, on certain occasions, to haul the crypto gear around. I was at all times required to have an armed guard and not supposed to talk about it. And yet this skank walks around with top secret material as if it was trash. She and her cron ies belong behind bars preferably at Gitmo.
Things sure have changed since I was in the service. Someone without a clearance in a building or even compound where classified materials were would have been in a heap of s**t. They’d be lucky if they weren’t shot.
The claim that Hillary needed access to classified information to write a book is nonsense. She can’t USE any classified information in a book! Think “Chinagate!”
The Democrat Party of today is so evil and corrupt.. I hope and pray they NEVER win another election..
Their secret clearance should be removed and invalided including all of the Socialistic asses in DC period.
Give a liberal Democrat enough rope and they will hang themselves.
As I’ve said before,
When you are carrying as much illegal baggage as Obama/Hillary, it’s best to go quietly in the night and hope all “Forgotten”,
But who has ever claimed signs of intelligence from a Liberal Democrat, except another liberal Democrat???
Are we getting any closer to a prison term for obama/clinton etal?
Over 30,000 emails still missing. Find them, Rex.