The 21 Hillary Clinton emails you must read
The 21 Hillary Clinton emails you must read
From the hPad's arrival to Sid Blumenthal's rant on Boehner, these are the gems in the latest batch of Hillary's emails.
Here are the must-read emails, from the more than 7,000 pages of messages released on Monday night:
In late February 2010, Clinton received a message to her personal email from an inquisitive help desk analyst with the State Department, informing the owner of the account that one of the department's "customers" was receiving "permanent fatal errors" from the address. Clinton then forwarded the email to aide Huma Abedin, who explained that the help desk "had no idea it was YOU, just some random address."
"But regardless, means ur email must be back! R u getting other messages?" Abedin asked. Clinton responded: "I've gotten some messages from yesterday — how about you?"
The hPad arrives
Philippe Reines emailed Clinton in June 2010 letting her know that her iPad — or as he put it in the subject line, the "hPad" — had arrived.
"That is exciting news — do you think you can teach me to use it on the flight to Kyev next week?" Clinton said.
Blumenthal emails on "vast right wing conspiracy"
With the subject line "H: Yes, there is a vast right wing conspiracy," Blumenthal forwarded an article from The New Yorker's Jane Mayer exploring how the Koch brothers had funded the tea party movement and right wing of the Republican Party.
"Ah, a little lite vacation reading!" Clinton responded in the August 2010 exchange.
Blumenthal emails on "post-midterms strategy"
On Election Day 2010, Blumenthal gave Clinton his take on the state of play after the midterms, in which Republicans would retake control of the House and John Boehner would ascend to the speakership.
"Boehner is despised by the younger, more conservative members of the House Republican Conference. They are repelled by his personal behavior," Blumenthal wrote, in part. "He is louche, alcoholic, lazy, and without any commitment to any principle. Boehner has already tried to buy the members with campaign contributions and committee assignments, which he has already promised to potentially difficult members."
Blumenthal on the tea party
In an August 2010 memo titled "Some paragraphs on the tea party," Blumenthal characterized the Republican Party as "captive to the swamp fevers of the extreme right" and being "purged of moderates, responsible conservatives, anyone who has a thought they don't like."
"Not useless" advice
In another Blumenthal email titled "an idea, perhaps useless, but nonetheless...," he ponders with regard to Clinton's Israeli strategy, "This may be worthless meandering on my part, but if the US unveils its own position in the new negotiations, inevitable if they are not to collapse, perhaps that position should incorporate at its heart what the Israeli government has already agreed to in the final status negotiations at Camp David, along, of course, with certain adjustments arid amendments to account for the past ten years in terms of boundaries, etc." This, he wrote, would make the U.S. look more reasonable.
"Not useless — thx," Clinton responded. "Don't operate from blank slate or allow Bibi to set the terms. There are already terms," Blumenthal wrote back.
Clarence Thomas impeachment
Blumenthal shared amemofrom David Brock in which Brock outlines the case for the impeachment
of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on the grounds of revelations from recent reports in The New York Times, The Washington Post and Washington's ABC affiliate.
"Brock memo here, have many more ideas on this. S.," reads the subject line.
Clinton on Citizens United
"FYI: Any foreign nation or leader with a front company becomes a 'person' under US law," Blumenthal wrote in the subject line of his email sent in the days after the Supreme Court decided Citizens United v. FEC.
"This is unbelievable. Or maybe totally so given the forces at work," Clinton wrote in response to an article shared in the email. Blumenthal suggested the possibility of a legislative fix, something about which Clinton seemed skeptical.
"Not sure there is a legislative fix. Haven't read the opinion yet. May require constitutional amendment," she responded.
"Our friend, Martin"
Clinton had warm words for a future Democratic primary opponent in an email with Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski, thanking the senator for her support and declaring that Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley "should be reelected by acclamation for steering the ship of state so well."
"Pls give him my best wishes," she wrote.
Elena Kagan's cell
Clinton attempted to call the then-Supreme Court nominee on her cellphone in May 2010 but was apparently unsuccessful.
"The cell # for her belongs to someone else according to the vm. Can you get the right cell #?" Clinton wrote to aide Lauren Jiloty, who said it was likely for one of Kagan's own aides.
Nearly 100 hours without sleep
The secretary made sure to thank an aide who was up "for almost 100 hours" to finish a speech, according to adviser Lissa Muscatine.
"I did once before speech and will do again. Thx to all," she wrote.
Chelsea writes "Mom, Dad" on Haiti
Chelsea Clinton addressed a memo on Haiti to "Mom, Dad" in an assessment of the efficacy of agencies responding to the 2010 Haiti earthquake disaster after spending four days in the country with Partners in Health.
"Diane Reynolds" a.k.a. Chelsea on Iran
"I've always wanted to go to Qom, and Iran too admittedly, as you know, more for the far history than recent I confess," Chelsea wrote to Coco Reynolds in an email chain later forwarded on to her mother, the secretary. "I can't sort out whether I want to go more or less now though because of recent turmoil/promise/discontent; maybe want and sense are merely opposing forces!"
Chelsea's website complaint
In a partially redacted message, Chelsea, writing again as Reynolds, complained to her "favorite secretary of state" about State's website.
"I i cant see video of your talks or q&a sessions — only the text! i think there should be links to the news' versions if there is not state-created footage," Chelsea wrote, which the secretary then forwarded to Reines and Abedin, asking them to check on it "for us."
Lanny Davis favor
Longtime Clinton friend Lanny Davis emailed Clinton in September 2010 asking the secretary if she could speak with a reporter from The American Lawyer about their professional relationship, and if not, if she would have Reines or Cheryl Mills do so on her behalf.
"Please please please * note there are *three please*: *Do not be bashful or concerned about saying no to my request. As you can see, I have a number of people who have talked to the reporter or, in the case of President Clinton and President Bush, who may be giving written statements," Davis wrote.
Clinton forwarded the email to those aides, asking for advice. Their responses are heavily redacted.
TV shows for the New Year
Clinton opened 2010 by asking aide Monica Hanley to, among other things, give her the times of two TV shows — "Parks and Recreation" and "The Good Wife" — which she recentlynamedas one of her favorite shows.
The case of the robber's Hillary mask
The secretary of state commented on an article reporting on a man in Virginia who robbed a bank wearing a Hillary Clinton Halloween mask in late December 2010.
"She does, uh, have an alibi, I presume?" lawyer David Kendall deadpanned in the email chain.
Clinton's response: "Should I be flattered? Even a little bit? And, as for my alibi, well, let's just say it depends on the snow and the secret service. So, subject to cross for sure. Do you think there could be copycats? Do you think the guy chose that mask or just picked up the nearest one? Please keep me informed as the case unfolds."
No more snow days?
"I can't believe the govt is closed again. I guess I will work from home again but think this is silly," Clinton wrote of the federal government's decision to close its doors for another day on the night of Feb. 8, 2010. The next day, the storm dumped approximately 10 inches on Washington, in addition to massive totals from the previous week's "Snowmageddon" event.
"Pls don't forward my last email"
Clinton instructed aide Mills and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah not to forward her emails for reasons that are unclear because the email is redacted.
"Cheryl and Raj — I sent you emails [redacted] forward to anyone and delete after reading. Thx. before removing their email info so pls do not," Clinton wrote.
"Gefilte fish"
Clinton's March 5, 2010, email to two State Department officials simply asked, "Where are we on this?" It wouldappear to bein reference to Clinton's attempts to facilitate the importing of a blocked shipment of American carp into Israel.
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