New Details on FOIA case

[grasswire]

U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth ruled on March 29 that “where there is evidence of government wrong-doing and bad faith, as here, limited discovery is appropriate, even though it is exceedingly rare in FOIA cases.”

And so the process of discovery continues.

5/16/2016

Judicial Watch announced today that it has filed a proposed order for discovery with a federal court that seeks the testimony of Hillary Clinton about her use of non-state.gov email account(s) for official State Department business. Judicial Watch’s discovery plan also seeks the testimony of Cheryl Mills, Clinton’s former chief of staff; and Jacob “Jake” Sullivan, former senior advisor and deputy chief of staff, as well as other current and former State Department officials. Judicial Watch proposes the testimony take place over 12 weeks.

Today’s filing comes in a July 2014 Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit seeking records and communications in the Secretary’s Office related to the since discredited talking points used by then-U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to describe the nature of the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attack ( Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:14-cv-01242)).

Clinton’s proposed testimony would cover the search in response to Judicial Watch’s FOIA request and, according to the filing:

searches of the Office of the Secretary for emails relating to the September 12, 2012 Benghazi attack and its aftermath, including searches for the Accountability Review Board, congressional inquiries, other FOIA requests, and the preparation of Secretary Clinton’s testimony before Congress on January 23, 2013;

the State Department’s policies, practices, procedures and/or actions (or lack thereof) to secure, inventory, and/or account for all records, including emails, of Secretary Clinton, prior to [her] termination of employment with the State Department; and

the use of non-state.gov email account(s) to conduct official State Department business by Secretary Clinton and other officials and staff in the Office of the Secretary;

Judicial Watch’s other proposed witnesses include:

Cheryl Mills
Jacob Sullivan
Lauren Jiloty, former special assistant to Clinton
Monica Hanley, former Clinton aide
Clarence Finney, State Department records management official
30(b)(6) witness(es) (designated State Department witness(es) who testify on behalf of the agency)

Judicial Watch also seeks documents about the State Department’s Benghazi document responses and the handling of non-State.gov emails of Clinton and other top State officials, in particular:

All documents that concern or relate to the processing of any and all searches of the Office of the Secretary for emails relating to the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attack and its aftermath, including but not limited to:
searches for records for the Accountability Review Board;
searches in response to congressional inquiries (including requests from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform dated September 20, 2012, October 2, 2012, October 29, 2012, and November 1, 2012);
searches in preparation of Secretary Clinton’s testimony before Congress on January 23, 2013; and
searches in response to FOIA requests, including but not limited to the FOIA request submitted by Plaintiff in this case.

Such documents would include the tasking, tracking and reporting records for such searches. Forms DS-1748 and any “search slips,” “search tasker,” “search details,” shall also be considered responsive.

All communications that concern or relate to the processing of all searches referenced in Document Request No. 1 above, including directions or guidance about how and where to conduct the searches, whether and how to search Secretary Clinton’s email, and issues, problems, or questions concerning the searches and/or search results.

All records that concern or relate to the State Department’s policies, practices, procedures and/or actions (or lack thereof) to secure, inventory, and/or account for all records, including emails, of Secretary Clinton, Cheryl Mills, Huma Abedin and Jacob Sullivan prior to their termination of employment with the State Department.

[grasswire]

1. kick through the hysteria here this morning...nt

[hedda_foil]

2. Great piece, grasswire. Is there a link?

Thanks!

[grasswire]

3. the information came from a JW press release..

...they issue a weekly report. I didn't post it because those who want to keep their heads buried like to scream and howl and try to censor such.

[hedda_foil]

8. Thanks. I completely understand.

[amborin]

4. this is going to sink HRC; Bernie must be the nominee or else it is prez Trump

[grasswire]

6. I think that's a reason we are seeing the hysteria today.

Deflection.

Plus they are trying very hard to damage Bernie right now. Very hard.

[reddread]

13. they can be so encouraging!

their lips say NO! but their panic says
quite likely!

[AzDar]

5. K & R

[KoKo]

7. Recommend for Exposure!

[grasswire]

9. I appreciate you, KoKo

And your name reminds me of one of my favorite kitty cats, gone for a year now. He was a big bruiser and had been named Coco. When he became mine, I thought that too silly for a huge boy and changed the spelling.

[KoKo]

12. Interesting, because...

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Years ago there was a series of books about two Siamese cats who solved mysteries with their owner and they were named KoKo and Yum Yum for characters in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado." When we adopted our two Siamese (brother and sister) as kittens they were always into everything and so we named them after the mystery solving cats.

Sadly they are both gone now, but KoKo was still alive when I joined DU and he used to love to sit by the PC (and on the keyboard!) when I worked and so when I joined DU I took that for my name. It was KoKo01 when I first joined and I later just kept it KoKo when we were allowed the one time change. Unfortunately, it has often been mistaken for the "KoKo the Signing Gorilla" by some here who thought I was a Troll. Particularly in the early DU days. So, I probably should have changed it when I had a chance to something else.

[grasswire]

14. WOW

I will have to look up the book!! My family is hugely Gilbert and Sullivan crazy. I know a couple of little girls who will love that.

[KoKo]

15. Here ya' go!

The Cat Who....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_Who...

[grasswire]

16. thanks

I wonder what reading level they are. Too old for the four year old twins in the family, but I will start getting them anyway.

Cool!

[KoKo]

19. Well there's this:

I read them as an adult...they were "sort of Progressive"...but in many ways they were considered the "Cozy Genre" of Mystery Fiction at that time. But, they were Fun Reads at the time. Maybe with the little ones get older and want to know what "Was Before" they just might be interested. But, it's hard to know these days what "catches on." I always have HOPE for the youth..and that they might READ what came before...at some point.



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Excerpt:

One summer, he and his cats go for a quiet retreat, vacationing in the north woods, and visit Aunt Fanny on the way. Soon after, Aunt Fanny dies, and Qwill is surprised to learn that her will leaves the vast Klingenschoen fortune to him—provided he lives in Moose County for the next 5 years.

So Qwilleran moves to Moose County ("400 miles north of everywhere&quot in the northern part of the state, and the next few books record this adjustment—for him, and his cats. Despite the initial culture shock of small-town life, Qwilleran makes friends and, after determining that being a billionaire is a nuisance, establishes the Klingenschoen Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to improving life in Moose County and surrounds.

After a while, his life settles into a yearly pattern. He spends springs and autumns at the four-story apple barn he'd had converted into a residence; he spends summers at a cabin on the shore of one of the Great Lakes; and he spends his winters in a condo development, as the barn is impractical to live in during the winter, being four stories of open interior space and therefore impossible to heat evenly.

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Qwilleran has a willingness to listen, which is described as part curiosity and part professional interest. He also has a strong desire to investigate things that are not his business and could endanger him, and these investigations make up the plot of the various books. He gets on well with most people, but generally prefers to avoid children. Although he is a former alcoholic, he appears to have his condition well in hand, to the point that he can keep alcohol at home to serve to the people he entertains. Due to the disastrous nature of his former marriage, he has no inclination to remarry, despite his strong feelings for Polly Duncan. Despite his immense inherited fortune, he is far from extravagant, and uses the vast majority of his money for philanthropy or civic projects.

[IdaBriggs]

10. And 37 other lawsuits to go -- what a damaged candidate!

If I recall correctly, the judge has already given tentative blessing on the preliminary witnesses to be deposed, correct?

[grasswire]

11. yes nt

[pdsimdars]

17. But ignore all that legally-beagley stuff, she's winning!!!!

I wonder what it will take for them to wake up and smell the crimes.

[Uncle Joe]

18. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, grasswire.