Clinton calendars won't be released until after election

[MikeWB]

 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seven months after a federal judge ordered the State Department to begin releasing monthly batches of the detailed daily schedules showing meetings by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, the government told The Associated Press it won't finish the job before Election Day.

The department has so far released about half of the schedules. Its lawyers said in a phone conference with the AP's lawyers that the department now expects to release the last of the detailed schedules around Dec. 30, weeks before the next president is inaugurated.

The AP's lawyers late Friday formally asked the State Department to hasten that effort so that the department could provide all Clinton's minute-by-minute schedules by Oct. 15. The agency did not immediately respond.

The schedules drew new attention this week after the AP analyzed the ones released so far. The news agency found that more than half the people outside the government who met or spoke by telephone with Clinton while she was secretary of state had given money - either personally or through companies or groups - to the Clinton Foundation. The AP's analysis focused on people with private interests and excluded her meetings or calls with U.S. federal employees or foreign government representatives.

The AP's reporting was based on official calendars covering Clinton's entire term plus the more-detailed daily schedules covering roughly half her time as secretary of state. The AP first asked for Clinton's calendars in 2010 and again in 2013. It then sued the State Department in federal court to obtain the detailed schedules, and the department so far has provided about half of them under court order.

Clinton has said the AP's analysis was flawed because it did not account fully for all meetings and phone calls during her entire term as secretary. She also said the analysis should have included meetings with federal employees and foreign diplomats. The AP said it focused on her meetings with outsiders because those were more discretionary, as Clinton would normally meet with federal officials and foreign officials as part of her job.

Clinton said she met with people outside government regardless of whether they gave money or charitable commitments to her family's charity.

"These are people I would be proud to meet with, as any secretary of state would have been proud to meet with, to hear about their work and their insights," Clinton said this week on CNN.

With the foundation drawing continued attention, Clinton promised Friday to put in place additional safeguards to prevent conflicts of interest with the charity should she win the White House.

The foundation issue, along with continued focus on her use of a private email server, has dogged Clinton politically throughout the week, drawing strong criticism from opponent Donald Trump.

Former President Bill Clinton said last week that if she is elected president, the foundation will no longer accept foreign or corporate donations.

The State Department is now estimating there are about 2,700 pages of schedules left. Under its process, it is reviewing and censoring them page-by-page to remove personal details such as private phone numbers or email addresses. In some cases it has censored names of people who met privately with Clinton or the subjects they discussed.

A State Department spokeswoman, Elizabeth Trudeau, declined to discuss the ongoing case and noted the agency is struggling with thousands of public records requests.

In court, the AP in December had asked U.S. District Judge Richard Leon to order the State Department to produce specific percentages of the remaining schedules every 30 days under a formula so that all would be released before the presidential primary elections were complete.

Instead, because the State Department said it did not know how many pages were left, Leon ordered it in January to release at least 600 pages of schedules every 30 days. Each 600-page group covers about three months of Clinton's tenure.

Under the present rate, a government attorney working on behalf of the State Department notified the AP's lawyers, it will take about four and one-half months - or until Dec. 30 - to release all the remaining schedules through the end of Clinton's term, in February 2013. The government's notice late Thursday was the first time the State Department has provided the AP with a measure of how many pages were remaining and when it expected to complete the job.

It was unclear whether the judge will reconsider his earlier decision and order faster results. In the AP's lawsuit over other Clinton-related files, Leon has said it would be "ridiculous" to allow the State Department to delay until even weeks before the election. He also cited "mounting frustration that this is a project where the State Department may be running out the clock."

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US: Clinton calendars won't be released until after election
By TED BRIDIS  , Aug. 26, 2016 9:21 PM EDT
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c88a6ced9fba4375b1c9ef005f625e9e/us-clinton-calendars-wont-be-released-until-after-election

  "WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven months after a federal judge ordered the State
   Department to begin releasing monthly batches of the detailed daily
   schedules showing meetings by Hillary Clinton during her time as
   secretary of state, the government told The Associated Press it won't
   finish the job before Election Day.
   
   The department has so far released about half of the schedules. Its
   lawyers said in a phone conference with the AP's lawyers that the
   department now expects to release the last of the detailed schedules
   around Dec. 30, weeks before the next president is inaugurated.
   
   The AP's lawyers late Friday formally asked the State Department to
   hasten that effort so that the department could provide all Clinton's
   minute-by-minute schedules by Oct. 15. The agency did not immediately
   respond.
   
   The schedules drew new attention this week after the AP analyzed the
   ones released so far. The news agency found that more than half the
   people outside the government who met or spoke by telephone with
   Clinton while she was secretary of state had given money — either
   personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation.
   The AP's analysis focused on people with private interests and excluded
   her meetings or calls with U.S. federal employees or foreign government
   representatives.
   
   The AP's reporting was based on official calendars covering Clinton's
   entire term plus the more-detailed daily schedules covering roughly
   half her time as secretary of state. The AP first asked for Clinton's
   calendars in 2010 and again in 2013. It then sued the State Department
   in federal court to obtain the detailed schedules, and the department
   so far has provided about half of them under court order.
   
   Clinton has said the AP's analysis was flawed because it did not
   account fully for all meetings and phone calls during her entire term
   as secretary. She also said the analysis should have included meetings
   with federal employees and foreign diplomats. The AP said it focused on
   her meetings with outsiders because those were more discretionary, as
   Clinton would normally meet with federal officials and foreign
   officials as part of her job.
   
   Clinton said she met with people outside government regardless of
   whether they gave money or charitable commitments to her family's
   charity.
   
   "These are people I would be proud to meet with, as any secretary of
   state would have been proud to meet with, to hear about their work and
   their insights," Clinton said this week on CNN.
   
   With the foundation drawing continued attention, Clinton promised
   Friday to put in place additional safeguards to prevent conflicts of
   interest with the charity should she win the White House.
   
   The foundation issue, along with continued focus on her use of a
   private email server, has dogged Clinton politically throughout the
   week, drawing strong criticism from opponent Donald Trump.
   
   Trump spokesman Jason Miller released a statement Friday night saying:
   "It is unacceptable that the State Department is now refusing to
   release her official schedule before the election in full. Voters
   deserve to know the truth before they cast their ballots."
   
   Former President Bill Clinton said last week that if she is elected
   president, the foundation will no longer accept foreign or corporate
   donations.
   
   The State Department is now estimating there are about 2,700 pages of
   schedules left. Under its process, it is reviewing and censoring them
   page-by-page to remove personal details such as private phone numbers
   or email addresses. In some cases it has censored names of people who
   met privately with Clinton or the subjects they discussed.
   
   A State Department spokeswoman, Elizabeth Trudeau, declined to discuss
   the ongoing case and noted the agency is struggling with thousands of
   public records requests.
   
   In court, the AP in December had asked U.S. District Judge Richard Leon
   to order the State Department to produce specific percentages of the
   remaining schedules every 30 days under a formula so that all would be
   released before the presidential primary elections were complete.
   
   Instead, because the State Department said it did not know how many
   pages were left, Leon ordered it in January to release at least 600
   pages of schedules every 30 days. Each 600-page group covers about
   three months of Clinton's tenure.
   
   Under the present rate, a government attorney working on behalf of the
   State Department notified the AP's lawyers, it will take about four and
   one-half months — or until Dec. 30 — to release all the remaining
   schedules through the end of Clinton's term, in February 2013. The
   government's notice late Thursday was the first time the State
   Department has provided the AP with a measure of how many pages were
   remaining and when it expected to complete the job.
   
   It was unclear whether the judge will reconsider his earlier decision
   and order faster results. In the AP's lawsuit over other
   Clinton-related files, Leon has said it would be "ridiculous" to allow
   the State Department to delay until even weeks before the election. He
   also cited "mounting frustration that this is a project where the State
   Department may be running out the clock."
   
   TOPICS
   
   United States government, Elections, Legal proceedings, Law and order,
   National governments, Hillary Clinton, U.S. Department of State, United
   States Presidential Election, Presidential elections, National
   elections, Primary elections, Court decisions, National courts, Courts,
   Judiciary, Bill Clinton, State elections, Donald Trump, Richard J. Leon "

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This is indeed a BIG deal and issue. I failed to see that. Why ?
How about this one , more than 70 years after the mans
presumed death this colossal work is published :


The Hitler Itinerary released

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not so fast MikeWB