The Slow Grind
Although US Attorney General Eric Holder was aware that the FBI had discovered the affair, it was not until November 6, 2012, that Petraeus’s nominal superior, Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, was advised. That same evening Clapper called Petraeus and urged him to resign. Clapper notified the White House the next day, November 7. After being briefed on November 8, President Obama summoned Petraeus to the White House where Petraeus offered his resignation. Obama accepted his resignation on November 9, and Petraeus cited his affair when announcing that same day that he would resign as CIA Director. here
2009
• Jan. 21: Clinton confirmed as secretary of state.
• March 18: Clinton starts using private email address.
• Oct. 9: Federal rule issued about government workers saving emails.
2012
• April 9: 2011 photo of Clinton using BlackBerry sparks questions at State Department over private email.
2013
• Feb. 1: Clinton resigns as secretary of state.
• March 20: Hacker known as Guccifer releases emails showing Clinton using private email address.
2014
• May 8: The House Select Committee on Benghazi is formed to investigate what Clinton knew during the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya.
• Dec. 5: Clinton provides the congressional Benghazi panel with 30,000 emails.
2015
• March: Reports reveal Clinton exclusively used private server housed in Chappaqua, N.Y.
• July 23: Inspectors general ask Department of Justice for an investigation into Clinton’s email use.
• Aug. 11: FBI takes custody of Clinton’s server.
• Aug. 23: Clinton takes responsibility for private server and says it “clearly wasn’t the best choice.”
• Oct. 22: Clinton gives 11 hours of testimony before the Benghazi committee.
2016
• Jan. 14: Inspector general of intelligence community says some Clinton emails were classified above “top secret.”
• May 25: State Department Inspector General’s audit of Clinton’s private email use says server had been hacked and system was never authorized.
• June 27: Bill Clinton speaks with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on tarmac at Phoenix airport.
• July 2: Hillary Clinton is interviewed by FBI investigators for 3 1⁄2 hours at the bureau’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.
• July 5: FBI Director James B. Comey announces the agency won’t be recommending criminal charges. Though he blasts Clinton for her “extremely careless” behavior while handling of national secrets.
“The events of the last week or so, around Independence Day no less, feel like a big moment, like something has changed in the country. It started with Bill Clinton showing up for a private meeting with the Attorney General. That was followed by a long weekend interrogation of Hillary Clinton by the FBI. Then we have the Attorney General hinting that Clinton would not be charged and the President suddenly deciding to campaign with her. Yesterday the FBI details a long list of crimes and then says they will not seek charges.
At one level, it seems like the people in charge are rubbing our noses in the fact they are beyond the reach of the public. They are no longer going to pretend to be citizens of a republic, beholden to the voters. They are above the law and the proof of that is one of their own has committed hundreds of crimes and will not be required to step aside, much less be prosecuted. The law is for the Dirt People and it will be enforced by the Cloud People, but, the Cloud People will do as they please.” here….
2 thoughts on “The Slow Grind”
The whole thing stinks. I’ve not seen such corruption since I lived in the Mideast. The people of the US should be deeply ashamed. Unfortunately, most couldn’t care less about the corruption. They’re too busy thinking with their behinds.
Too bad for Petraeus he’s not black. He’d be years into running the CIA still, and Hillary’s VP choice if he was.