The Bare Bones of Life
The Panama Papers let Bernie Sanders say ‘I told you so’
By David K. Li, New York Post
(Apr. 5, 2016 11:39 am) — Bernie Sanders warned — nearly five years ago — that an impending trade deal with Panama would allow rich Americans to establish offshore tax shelters.
Sanders’ dire prediction is particularly germane now, in light of leaked documents that show thousands of accounts allegedly linking hidden funds with tax evaders across the world.
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Justice Dept. grants immunity to staffer who set up Clinton email server
By Adam Goldman, WashingtonPost
(Mar. 2, 2016 20:20 pm) The Justice Department has granted immunity to a former State Department staffer, who worked on Hillary Clinton’s private email server, as part of a criminal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified information, according to a senior law enforcement official.
The official said the FBI had secured the cooperation of Bryan Pagliano, who worked on Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign before setting up the server in her New York home in 2009.
Double Standard: Clinton Emails Released on Eve of Super Tuesday
The timing couldn’t be any more perfect. At the end of the day, and right before the primary elections Super Tuesday. What a scam. Soldiers serving in the military would have been subjected to an Article 15 for mishandling any government information, classified, secrete, confidential or top secret.
State Dept. releases final haul of Clinton emails
With the last batch, released on the eve of Super Tuesday, the number of classified emails rises past 2,100.
By Josh Gerstein and Rachael Bade, Politico.com
(Feb. 29, 2016 16:22 PM EST) — Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is escaping the State Department’s final release of her emails — on the eve of Super Tuesday — without any more of the messages from her private account being designated “Top Secret.”
However, the total number of messages deemed classified by the State Department surged past 2,100 in the last document dump, adding to Clinton’s headaches about her judgment in using a private server for all her email traffic while secretary.
Aides’ email-server testimony could throw Clinton campaign a curveball
By Spencer S. Hsu and Rosalind S. Helderman February 23 at 7:36 PM Washington Post
(Feb. 23, 2016) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that top aides to Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton should be questioned under oath about her use of a private email server as secretary of state, raising new political and legal complications for Clinton as she tries to maintain momentum for her campaign.
The ruling granted a request from the conservative group Judicial Watch, which sought testimony from State Department officials and members of Clinton’s inner circle to determine whether Clinton’s email arrangement thwarted federal open-records laws.
