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#Chilcot memo from Blair to Bush. August 30, 2002; 9mo before invasion of Iraq iraqinquiry.org.uk/media/210831/2…
1. Bush and I have been "outed" as having decided for war, but no decision has yet been taken.
2. Containment for Iraq isn't working. They are seeking WMD. Iraq is repugnant, and Saddam's heir is worse
3. North Korea is a real and genuine threat through its export of nuclear technology, and we need to deal with it.
4. What makes Iraq top of the list of "WMD countries"? It's invaded neighbors; is "inherently violent and unstable"
5. Need to work on a post-Saddam regime. A mil dictator would suck & if Sunnis lose power they may work against us.
6. "It is absurd for the left to be campaigning for the retention of Saddam". The moral case for war should be made.

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Jun 15, 2018
OK. Time to go through the @JusticeOIG report. 568 pages. Let's see what we find.
This is the story of Mid-Year Exam (MYE), the FBI's counterintelligence investigation into Secretary Clinton's use of a personal email server while Secretary of State, and FBI's actions in investigating it.

The first ~38 pages or so are background. Action starts on Chapter 3.
First, the timeline of events taking us up to MYE's start:

March 3, 2015: NYT reveals existence of Clinton's personal email
nytimes.com/2015/03/03/us/…
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Dec 31, 2016
This #FOIA also had a ton of journos' requests and citizens' replies in it. Will tweet the best ones :)
Good tongue twister: "Who tweeted trump with the tweets"?.
My fave one. Also cc'd to "various state legislators".
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Sep 23, 2016
OK - will tweetstorm the latest Clinton email release by @FBI. About 250 pages in 3 sections - docs here: vault.fbi.gov/hillary-r.-cli…
XXX was read into a Special Access Program. Sent email at TS//SAP over email (while in CA) because it was time sensitive. Marked it (SBU).
2. Second probably TS//SAP email used the subject line "Alert" -- but story was "about to break in the news".
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Jul 6, 2016
#Chilcot Undated note from Blair to Bush, shortly prior to war in Iraq in 2003 iraqinquiry.org.uk/media/244051/2…
1. The public are not opposed to war in all circumstances. They fear we are hell bent on war, but that is absurd.
2. Blair believed France et al's calls for weapons inspectors to have more time was "vicarious" anti-war opposition.
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Jul 1, 2016
Not technically a #FOIA, but a 291 page #deposition obtained by @JudicialWatch of Huma Abdelin re: #ClintonEmails judicialwatch.org/document-archi…
1) I believe this is the first time Huma's email on the ClintonMail server has been officially given. Nothing fancy.
2) Huma's answer to why ClintonEmail,com was set up: because Hillary's 2008 pres-campaign email was playing up.
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Jul 1, 2016
Interesting #FOIA via @MuckRock on fashion advice for @DIA staff. Might tweet the good bits. Hold on to your hats!🎩👒
1) ✂️✂️✂️ Look Sharp, Feel Sharp, Be Sharp ✂️✂️✂️ #FOIA
2) Overdressed or underdressed?
Not sure if @DIA is saying blond hair 👱 is over- or under-dressed
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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