BAKER NOTABLE SUBMISSION
From the lates release of HRC emails.
PHILIPPE REINES
WHAT DOES HE KNOW ABOUT THE DEATH OF MICHAEL HASTINGS?
From NEW YORK article:
"….Reines, Hillary Clinton’s most visible spokesman and the guardian of her public persona, is sprawled in the back passenger seat with the window a few inches down. “We’re going to drive in circles,” he says."
"….Reines (pronounced RYE-niss), originally a product of the Upper West Side, has worked as Hillary’s chief personal defender since joining her Senate office in 2002, moving with her to the State Department in 2009 and frequently making news himself for his colorful and sometimes outlandish tactics."
"…As any Washington spinmeister knows, the worst mistake is one that underscores the perpetrator’s key flaws, perceived or real, which is why the latest BuzzFeed episode stings: It echoes an exchange about Benghazi with BuzzFeed reporter Michael Hastings, back in 2012, in which Reines told Hastings—again via e-mail—to “fuck off” and “have a good life.”"
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From POLITICO article:
"Reines and Hastings' email exchange, published in full on BuzzFeed, followed Reines' attack on CNN for its decision to take the diary belonging to late U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens from the consulate in Benghazi, following the attack that took his life. In a public statement on September 22, Reines slammed the cable network for the “disgusting” and "indefensible" act of going against the wishes of Stevens' family and reporting on the diary, which showed that Stevens had been worried about a threat on his life by Al Qaeda.
In his email to Reines, sent the following day, Hastings criticized the State Dept. aide for his "offensive" and "over the top" attack on CNN, and accused him of "trying to make a scapegoat out of CNN" in order to distract from the Obama administration's security failures in Benghazi. Reines responded by telling Hastings to "Fuck off" and "Have a good life."
Despite signalling an end to their relationship, Reines followed up two days later with an apology in what was described as a "completely civil" email exchange.
That apology comes as the State Dept. and the Obama adminstration continue to face blowback over their handling of the attack in Benghazi, which is increasingly becoming a political issue in the final weeks of the 2012 presidential race."
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MICHAEL HASTINGS DATE OF DEATH: JUNE 18, 2013
sauces:
https://foia.state.gov/Search/Results.aspx?collection=Litigation_F-2016-07895_41
http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/encounter/philippe-reines-2014-2/
https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/10/clinton-aide-reines-apologized-to-hastings-137106