REDLINE || Friday, March 6, 2015

Published: Fri, 03/06/15

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Friday, March 6, 2015  

Good morning! In the news today: Hillary violated clear State Department rules; created a security issue; faces a political storm; Americans don't think Obama is honest; White House misled judge on amnesty; Republican anti-Boehner coup talk grows; and a woman is initially barred from a university panel for the simple reason that she is Jewish.

Have a nice weekend.

Keith

Clinton email use violated "clear cut" State Dept. rules . . . The State Department has had a policy in place since 2005 to warn officials against routine use of personal email accounts for government work, a regulation in force during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state that appears to be at odds with her reliance on a private email for agency business, Politico has learned.

Clinton's personal email use a potential security problem . . . Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s decision to look after her own interests and hide her email may have jeopardized U.S. security by exposing her messages up to hacking. White House Dossier

Multiple accounts . . . Hillary Clinton appears to have established multiple email addresses for her private use, and possibly the use of her aides, under the domain of “clintonemail.com,” according to a prominent member of the hacking community who supplied independent research data, conducted with high-tech tools, to Fox News.

Nixonian . . . “For months the Select Committee has pressed the State Department for access to all communications from key officials on watch during the Benghazi terrorist attacks,” said Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill. “The last time we saw a high government official seeking to edit their own responses was President Nixon, and at least then he enjoyed the benefit of executive privilege.” Washington Free Beacon

"Who knows? She could implode totally" . . . In interviews with more than three dozen Democratic activists, donors, and officials from across the country — including many in the influential presidential nominating states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina — some were scathing in their criticism over the revelations, while others admitted to being unnerved. Politico

Shadowy Clinton aide resurfaces . . . A former aide to Hillary Clinton during her first lady years – who was tied to two earlier Clinton family political scandals -- has surfaced in connection to the mounting controversy over her Internet and email practices. Fox News

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EPA administrator won't say if climate models right . . .  When Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) pressed EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy on whether past climate change “models” predicting how fast temperatures would increase have turned out to be accurate, she couldn’t provide an answer. The Blaze

I can help. The models are already wrong. It was supposed to be warmer than it is. The models can't predict ten years out, but we're supposed to rely on their forecast for the next hundred years. And having a problem with this is considered dumb.

White House misled judge on amnesty . . . President Obama’s lawyers misled a federal judge when they said they weren’t approving any applications under his expanded deportation amnesty, Texas charged in new court papers Thursday that said the breach is serious enough that the court should allow legal discovery to get to the bottom of the matter. Washington Times


Americans don't think Obama is honest . . . Fewer voters than ever before see Obama as honest: a record-low 43 percent.  And for the first time since 2007, a majority, 54 percent, disagrees that the president is “honest.” Fox News

Elena Kagan, Obama's fundamental transformer on the Court . . . When President Obama appointed Kagan to the Supreme Court in 2010, he had it on good word from the Washington Democratic establishment that he was elevating someone committed not just to this or that legal principle, but to the Democratic policy agenda. White House Dossier

Obama loved Spock . . . The galaxy’s most famous Vulcan, the president wrote, was “Cool, logical, big-eared, and level headed, the center of Star Trek’s optimistic, inclusive vision of humanity’s future.” Just like you know whom. Matthew Continetti

Federal government wasted $125 billion last year . . . Federal agencies across the board are continuing to waste tens of billions of taxpayer dollars on duplicative spending efforts, even after Congress‘ official watchdog has made hundreds of recommendations for cutting back. Washington Times

Veggie consumption down in wake of Michelle's program . . . A federally funded study on the effects of First Lady Michelle Obama’s school lunch standards found that vegetable consumption has “significantly decreased” since the rules went into effect. Washington Free Beacon

Video || Kerry Sneers at Hillary Email Scandal

Obama Schedule || Friday, March 6, 2015

Republicans weigh coup against Boehner . . . Rank-and-file Republicans are openly contemplating a coup against House Speaker John A. Boehner and his top lieutenants after a series of self-inflicted legislative fumbles and political defeats in the first weeks of the congressional session. Washington Times

Lawmakers fight Obama bullet ban . . . Opposition to the Obama administration's proposal to ban a popular bullet is gaining steam in the House of Representatives, where more than half of the lawmakers have signed a letter opposing the move. Fox News

Bush raising $1M a day . . . “This never happened before. He’ll shatter Romney and Obama’s records, and he’ll do it inside of six months,” said Time Deputy Managing Editor Michael Duffy. Duffy said Bush will have taken in about $100 million sometime in the second quarter of the year. White House Dossier

Republicans dinged for skipping Selma . . . Scores of U.S. lawmakers are converging on tiny Selma, Alabama, for a large commemoration of a civil rights anniversary. But their ranks don’t include a single member of House Republican leadership — a point that isn’t lost on congressional black leaders. Politico

Iran taking over the reins in Syria . . . Iranian officers who lead Shiite volunteers from Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan have taken over the battle against rebels in southern Syria, within six miles of the Golan border, according to a reserve Israeli army general. Washington Free Beacon

Seven injured in Jerusalem terror attack . . . A Palestinian motorist rammed his car into a group of people waiting for a train in east Jerusalem Friday morning injuring seven people, including six Israeli soldiers, before being shot and wounded by guards, police said. Fox News

ISIS bulldozes ancient city . . .  Iraqi forces pressed their offensive against the Islamic State group Friday, expecting to reach the outskirts of the militant-held city of Tikrit, a day after the extremists reportedly "bulldozed" a famed archaeological site in the area. Associated Press

Kerry put on the spot . . . In the Saudi capital on Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry sidestepped an awkward question about his hosts’ awarding of a prestigious religious prize to a controversial Muslim cleric who has expressed support for Osama bin Laden and accused George W. Bush of being behind the 9/11 terror attacks. “I really don’t know anything about the award, the process, the – I know, obviously, something of the individual, but let me find out more before I make any comment on it,” said Kerry. CNS News

Student initially rejected from UCLA panel for being Jewish . . . It seemed like routine business for the student council at the University of California, Los Angeles: confirming the nomination of Rachel Beyda, a second-year economics major who wants to be a lawyer someday, to the council’s Judicial Board. Until it came time for questions. “Given that you are a Jewish student and very active in the Jewish community,” Fabienne Roth, a member of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, began, looking at Ms. Beyda at the other end of the room, “how do you see yourself being able to maintain an unbiased view?” New York Times

The anti-Semitism of the Left is growing. Maybe my fellow Jews will get smart and move to the right.

Michael Brown's parents to sue Officer Wilson . . . Lawyers for the parents of an unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson said Thursday that they would file a civil lawsuit in Michael Brown's death. Associated Press

Where has the compassion been in the White House and elsewhere for this officer whose career was ruined after he was nearly killed doing his duty to protect his community?

Petraeus plea could pave way for comeback . . . With the criminal case against him in the final stages of resolution, Petraeus could have the last foundation-stone in place to take the next step in the public rehabilitation he’s slowly been pursuing since his resignation from the CIA in 2012. Politico

Keith Koffler
Editor
White House Dossier

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