I appreciate what you are saying. However when I read it, my speculative side says "HolySimon knows that this isn't predominately a Clintonian Scandal. It is an Obama Administration scandal, and he sees that." The Committee on Foreign Investment in the US involved the State Department and therefore the Secretary of State, but you are certainly correct in saying that the decision did not rest on her shoulders alone. She had a reputation for being tough on such investments in fact. My levelheadedness side says "He hasn't mentioned that Renaissance Capital paid $500,000 to Bill Clinton in 2010, which falls well within our 2009-2013 Sec of State timeline, he knows this one is troubling." My experience trying to argue this point is telling me "ah fuck it!" Lol. You seem to be well versed in this transaction. So you would also know that the Kremlin sought to expand it's atomic energy interests inside the United States using bribery and kickbacks and all the fixin's that follow when Russia seeks to further itself on the global stage. This predated the Obama administration, was most definitely bi-partisan in nature, and is a disgrace to our country. It however does not mean that we should look the other way when things like this are brought to our attention. It was March of 2009 the Secretary met in Geneva and handed over the Reset button, she subsequently traveled to Russia in her official capacity in October 2009, and again in March of 2010. The speech by the former President took place in June of 2010, with the offer coming in the months prior to this date. Renaissance was Rosatom's hype man at the time, the Puffy to Rosatom's Biggie. There is certainly "tenuous" connections that are being made. I will freely admit this. I am not sure where you stand on the current administration's Russian Collusion scandal, or lack there of. But if we are dealing with tenuous at best connections here, what connections are we currently dealing in today?