Isn’t this interesting…

The Clinton Foundation received  a subpoena  from State Department investigators last fall.   We know they wanted records pertaining to the slush fund  — I mean charity’s projects which required federal approval during her tenure,  and for records pertaining to her aide,  Huma Abedin.

That means that Hillary is now tied to at least  four federal  investigations that we know of.

 

Criminally stupid…

Now senior State Department officials at the U.S. Embassy in Japan have been caught  sending “sensitive” information over personal email accounts.   They apparently did not havd servers secreted in their homes.  Now it will be interesting to see what punishment they face,  since Madam Hillary has done something much worse,  and when she was Secretary of State forced  the resignation  of an Ambassador for setting up a private email service.   Did they decide that since their former boss conducted official business on an unprotected personal server,  their use of personal email would be OK?

Remember that Gen. David Petraeus was charged with giving classified information to his biographer and lover,  who had a security clearance.  As far as I can tell,  the mysterious  “black books” which were deemed so vital were the General’s personal schedules.   Sensitive,  yes,  but hardly up to the unencrypted emails containing satellite images which Hillary got,  and which the Russians and Chinese certainly also have now.

 

 

 

State picks real winner…

The State Department has yet again displayed its customary superior judgment  in selecting  a foreign national to participate in a military training program it supports.   NOT!   The counter-terror commander has now defected to ISIS.

UPDATE:   We have now discovered that between 2003 and 2014 Colonel Khalimov participated  in five  counter-terrorism training courses in the United States and in Tajikistan.

So stupid at State…

The White House’s counter-terrorism  triumph in  Yemen has imploded messily,  and now Americans are trapped there.   The idiots are State are advising them  to fly out (but the airport is CLOSED) or board a boat (nothing is being allowed to dock at the port).   Marie Harf’s whiny repetition of advice doesn’t change the facts on the ground.   One would think that reality would be setting in on this Administration,  but,  no,  His Oneness and cronies still insist on their rose-colored glasses,  even when they become smeared with rich red blood.

UPDATE:   India,  France,  Russia,  Canada,  and China are evacuating their citizens.   The Obama Administration is  hoping one  of these nations will save Americans as well,  since it is doing nothing to assist them.

UPDATE:  Now three groups  are suing  the government to force it to help the stranded Americans.

UPDATE:  Well,  at least some Americans  have gotten  out,  no thanks to their home country.

UPDATE:  Yes,  it is  embarrassing.

UPDATE:  And  it’s dangerous.

Zero Dark Shut Up…

The State Department  has insisted  it never would have willingly revealed the failed U.S. attempt to rescue American journalist James Foley,  and that it had no idea who leaked the information,  but that it had to speak out because the media was about to go public.   I’m disinclined to believe the reason or the excuse,  when all the stupids at State had to do was lift an eyebrow and say  “No comment.”   After all,  it’s not like anyone in the Obama Administration has any problem with lying through their teeth.   By revealing not merely the failure of the mission,  but the valuable intelligence provided by the released hostages,  the Administration has pretty much signed the death warrants of the remaining and any future hostages,  and has guaranteed their treatment will be brutal and their deaths horrific and captured on video.

Mark Hemingway has written the  blog post  from which I stole the title.   I agree that His Oneness was so desperate to look as if he had taken some action for which he should receive applause that he gave scant consideration to hostages or military planners.   We know he didn’t consider the special operators,  since he happily revealed SEAL teams conducted the bin Laden raid.   There is a reason the elite military forces are never pictured  —  because there is often a bounty placed on their heads,  and those of their family and friends.   I knew one who had a million dollar bounty placed on his head in the early 70’s,  when that was a hell of a lot of money.   Happily,  no one was ever able to collect,  but there have been successes in the past.   The fact that the new generation of jihadists have European and American passports makes futujre successes more likely.

Memo to His Oneness:  Shut up!

UPDATE:  Pentagon  agrees.

State Department missing $6 billion…

What better way to have your slush funds and use them too,  but to  fail to appoint  an Inspector General for the first five years of your two terms?   His Oneness will be out of office by the time anything gets done.   Apparently keeping track of taxpayer funds wasn’t Hillary’s job either.

Cyber-bragging…

Why the hell is Hillary  Clinton bragging that  the State Department is hacking into al-Qaeda websites in Yemen?  If you’re doing that,  you don’t say so.   Does the Obama Administration really think this makes it look tough and involved?  No,  it makes it look like a collection of arrogant amateurs,  so desperate for re-election that the sacrifice of national security secrets is seen as a mere political tool.

Santa’s not pagan…

Jonah Goldberg has  a charming column  on the subject here.  For those who don’t know,  Jonah is Jewish.   My late mother often observed that her Jewish friends sent the best Christmas cards.  I’ll bet Jonah does too.

Far less cheerful is the persecution Christians are suffering around the world,  particularly in places undergoing the “Arab Spring”.   The incomparable Mark Steyn  weighs in with  a quote from another wise Jew.  Of course,  the Clinton State Department is much too busy  promoting gay rights  to be bothered with even commenting on religious persecution.

Lawrence Eagleburger dies…

I had the pleasure of meeting him once when I was visiting D.C.,  and he struck me as one of the few State Department people who could do something other than practice the art of faking sincerity.   And unlike too many of the current crop,  Eagleburger never had the slightest difficulty  remembering that  his client was the United States of America.