ABC News: Newly Released Emails Show Clinton Foundation Donor Placed on Sensitive Gov't Intel Board

[amborin]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/clinton-donor-sensitive-intelligence-board/story?id=39710624

Newly released State Department emails help reveal how a major Clinton Foundation donor was placed on a sensitive government intelligence advisory board even though he had no obvious experience in the field, a decision that appeared to baffle the department’s professional staff.

The emails further reveal how, after inquiries from ABC News, the Clinton staff sought to “protect the name” of the Secretary, “stall” the ABC News reporter and ultimately accept the resignation of the donor just two days later.

Copies of dozens of internal emails were provided to ABC News by the conservative political group Citizens United, which obtained them under the Freedom of Information Act after more the two years of litigation with the government.

A prolific fundraiser for Democratic candidates and contributor to the Clinton Foundation, who later traveled with Bill Clinton on a trip to Africa, Rajiv K. Fernando’s only known qualification for a seat on the International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) was his technological know-how. The Chicago securities trader, who specialized in electronic investing, sat alongside an august collection of nuclear scientists, former cabinet secretaries and members of Congress to advise Hillary Clinton on the use of tactical nuclear weapons and on other crucial arms control issue

[Cali_Democrat]

1. 6 more days. nt

[NWCorona]

5. The source is ABC and not RW sourced. How will this article not be allowed after the 16th?

[trumad]

2. Clap harder.

You only got 6 more days.

[WhiteTara]

3. Once again, you're

late to the party. This has been posted a few times already.

[HooptieWagon]

4. Quid pro quo

The beginning of the steady drips of evidence of corruption at the Foundation. Probably out of reach of FOIA or Congress, but FBI can certainly start sniffing around.

[randome]

6. Before you can create a new scandal meme, 3 questions need to be asked and answered.

1. Who are the other members of the IAB?
2. Are all of them well-versed in nuclear science or do they represent a wide range of experience?
3. What are their salaries?

So far, all I can find is a list of current members. http://www.state.gov/t/avc/isab/c27632.htm

But it looks like this answers both #1 and #2. The answer to #2 is: yes, they represent a wide range of experience. Which makes the article's declaration that they are all nuclear scientists nonsense.

With that in mind, #3 seems less important.
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[Ferd Berfel]

7. The Reich and media circus will not bury it

Hillarians somehow believe that by banning the outside here it will all go away.

We are headed for 4 years of hearings, investigations, special committees, subpoenas.......

[840high]

8. Hillary supporters believe that

once they shut us up (in 6 days) - the whole world be shut-up.