The State Department has asked for a one-month extension on
the deadline for releasing the last of Hillary Clinton’s emails. In a request to the court overseeing the
case, the State Department said that it had “discovered” some more emails that need
to be included and that they had to be reviewed by associated agencies
first. They also cited the Washington
snowstorm, saying that emails sent to those other agencies requesting such
review had been delayed due to the snow.
COMMENTS:
Okay, we’re one week away from the Iowa caucuses and Hillary
is in deep trouble over her emails and with a campaign falling in the polls against
Sanders. In fact, they have hastily
arranged for another, previously unscheduled town hall before the caucuses to
try and regain some ground. The last
thing Hillary needs right now is another ton of her emails as fodder for her
opponents, so the logical thing is to invent some reason for delaying their
release. Besides, whoever heard of emails being stuck in the snow? The court should, in my opinion, order State to turn over what they DO have and give them until February 28th to produce the rest.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. I now hear that some of the emails sent to Clinton were
so classified that not even top members of Congress are able to read them. What
if some of them got hacked? (Ling ~
South San Francisco, CA)
A. Top analysts, including former Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates, conclude that Clinton’s private server was indeed hacked by
Russian, Chinese, North Korean and/or Iranian intelligence hackers. “Given the fact that the Pentagon
acknowledges that they get attacked about 100,000 times a day, I think the odds
are pretty high,” Gates said.
Q. A recent study shows you can only count on four of
your Facebook fiends. Are friendships
really all that shallow? (Hester ~
Lancaster, PA)
A. Four? I only have
two friends total on Facebook. Everyone
else “unfriended” me, whatever that means.
Q. What is Zika?
Someone told me it is more dangerous than Ebola and is already in the
United States. (Telly ~ Eureka, CA)
A. The Zika virus has been spreading rapidly over the past
several months, most prominently in Brazil. Its spread has been associated with
a dramatic increase in a rare condition in which babies are born with
abnormally small heads. The CDC is
urging pregnant women to avoid travel in about 25 or so countries. There is no truth to the rumor that Obama’s
mother was infected with the disease.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“I think I’ll win.
Could be big.” ~ Bob Dole
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