Saturday, August 13, 2016

Put a Little 'C' On It



Whenever I hear ex-President Bill Clinton speaking I see in my mind's eye Mister Haney, that lovable barnyard con man from the Golden Age of TV sitcoms. The same wheedling tone, and something about the way he tilts his head and glances sideways at his mark.

He was in full form yesterday, selling Mister Douglas a cow he didn't want accusing FBI Director Comey of selling "the biggest load of bull I ever heard" when he testified before Congress that Hillary Clinton had received emails on her private server that were marked as classified national security information.

But what's the big deal about that?
"The State Department typically puts a little 'C' on it, to discourage people from discussing it in public ... does that sound threatening to the national security to you?"

As Mister Haney might say, let me put that another way: it sounds to me like the State Department was following the rules for marking classified information, and the little "C" for CONFIDENTIAL is the particular marking that "shall be applied to information, the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause damage to the national security," as it says in this Executive Order from Barack Obama.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

TSB: I found an article by your ghostwriter! gwb

As Robots Replace Farm Workers, Why Payback Is A Bitch

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-13/paybacks-bitch-return-invested-capital-sorta-way

Anonymous said...

TSB: In Germany they are saying: "Put a lttle T on it for TRAITOR ! gwb

German President Booed, Attacked; Claims "The People Are The Problem, Not The Elites"

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-13/german-president-booed-attacked-after-claiming-people-are-problem-not-elites
It seems the people are complaining about a mere 10 billion euros!

TSB said...

Regarding the Zerohedge story, it's foreseeable that labor automation in ag and food services will result in a large surplus population that is not employable at $15 minimum wages, or maybe at any wage. Add in the growth of 3D printing that will displace some manufacturing and construction jobs, and you have an employment crisis brewing.

James said...

Now the "Green Acres" theme song is stuck in my head! Curse you TSB!

Anonymous said...

TSB: Yesterday I decided to start a new blog and name it after my favorite blogger, TSB! The blog title is "The Skeptic's Apprentice" I couldn't find a suitable address (like TSA) that was available so I chose Fridaymeetings@blogspot.com because I figure people I talk to probably will think it's fun and easy to remember. The content won't have anything to do with politics or government but naturally I will steal anything funny I can from your posts or tweets. Thanks as always! gwb

TSB said...

GWB: Ah, thanks. Feel free to use any content.

James: Da-da, da-da-da, DA-DA!

James said...

This iniquity shall not go unanswered!
https://youtu.be/lgoGq6PTXZ4

Anonymous said...

TSB: Latest NSA hack shows the competition is way ahead of us. WWIII is coming via the internet and part of the story will be that they got to be better than we are because they stole all out weapons without us knowing or caring. And at the end, the really good group sold them to the highest bidder while we panicked! gwb

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-15/mysterious-group-hacks-nsa

TSB said...

James: I'd never come across Mrs. Miller before, but that clip is extremely timely. Just this weekend I saw a Meryl Streep movie about the world's worst opera singer, Florence Foster Jenkins. Good movie! Florence would have met her match in Mrs Miller if only she'd lived another 20 years.

Anonymous said...

Trump Campaign Chief's Strong Ties To Putin Revealed: Cenk Ugyar puts this NYT article together really well! $13 million in under the table cash is pretty good pay to get a cable tv deal done, help win an election and influence US opinion towards a corrupt dictator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea7d695rEno Trump is just DARING Obama to sick the IRS and FBI on Trump's campaign mgr.. And I bet Hillary or Huma (whichever has the clearest head at this friday's meeting) will be begging him not to do it! This is a big step toward equalizing the corruption level on both sides! gwb

James said...

TSB:
Speaking of Florence:
https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2016/08/12/and-none-so-deaf-as-they-who-will-not-hear/