{"id":21596,"date":"2016-07-03T11:02:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T15:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=21596"},"modified":"2020-10-26T05:24:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T09:24:10","slug":"state-dept-given-award-for-record-keeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=21596","title":{"rendered":"State Dept. Given award for record keeping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all. With Hillary Clinton being <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><i>raked over the coals<\/i><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><i>ruthlessly interrogated<\/i><\/span> politely questioned by the FBI yesterday (July 2), this story about the State Department being given an award for record keeping caught my attention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/recovering-dumbass.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/recovering-dumbass-300x219.jpg?resize=300%2C219\" alt=\"recovering dumbass\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/recovering-dumbass.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/recovering-dumbass.jpg?resize=500%2C365&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/recovering-dumbass.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it\u2019s true. Under the mismanagement of Cankles Clinton, the United States Department of State was given a \u201cPrestigious\u201d award for record keeping. Here are the details of this idiocy from <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170805130936\/http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2016\/06\/24\/with-clinton-at-helm-state-dept-got-prestigious-award-for-record-keeping.html?intcmp=hpbt1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>At the same time then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was storing emails on a personal server in violation of the rules, her department twice received a &#8220;prestigious&#8221; award for its record-keeping practices &#8212; an honor that, in retrospect, has watchdogs scratching their heads.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20636\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face-300x225.png?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"shocked-face\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) gave the so-called Archivist Award to the State Department in 2010 and again in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/records-mgmt\/training\/raco\/2012\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 2012<\/a>, toward the end of Clinton&#8217;s tenure.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/double-facepalm.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8876\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/double-facepalm-300x240.jpg?resize=300%2C240\" alt=\"double-facepalm\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/double-facepalm.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/double-facepalm.jpg?resize=150%2C120&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/double-facepalm.jpg?resize=400%2C320&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/double-facepalm.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>During the 2012 ceremony, NARA Chief Records Officer Paul Wester described the honor, also bestowed upon the Treasury Department, as \u201cprestigious.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headdesk.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17445\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headdesk-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"headdesk\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headdesk.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headdesk.jpg?w=449&amp;ssl=1 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>How did State merit such recognition?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That is an excellent question. I have a few thoughts on that of course, usually involving someone getting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=lewinsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lewinski\u2019s<\/a>, cash or since this was Cankles, a few veiled threats to make her look good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>According to NARA spokesman John Valceanu, the award was \u201cspecifically focused\u201d on its work related to the management of inactive paper records stored in the State Department records center.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>They got an award for managing boxes of files? What did they do? Have Cankles dust them off in the nude or something?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201c<b>It is ironic, to say the least, that the National Archives and Records Administration presented awards to the State Department for their record-keeping practices while Secretary Clinton was violating the law by using a private email server,\u201d said Alfred J. Lechner, Jr., president of Cause of Action Institute, a public interest law firm suing over department record-keeping.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/captain_obvious.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17187\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/captain_obvious-300x182.jpg?resize=300%2C182\" alt=\"captain_obvious\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/captain_obvious.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/captain_obvious.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><i><b>At the beginning of Clinton&#8217;s tenure, the department started using State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset (SMART), a system that let employees preserve emails through their department accounts without having to print and file them the old-fashioned way for record-keeping purposes.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>In other words, they joined pretty much every company in the world that has to keep records of their communications. Nice of them to join the late 20<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>Clinton chose not to use it.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/queen-hillary-steve-dininno.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21587\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/queen-hillary-steve-dininno-220x300.jpg?resize=220%2C300\" alt=\"queen-hillary-steve-dininno\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/queen-hillary-steve-dininno.jpg?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/queen-hillary-steve-dininno.jpg?resize=500%2C683&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/queen-hillary-steve-dininno.jpg?w=659&amp;ssl=1 659w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we now know why she didn\u2019t use it. It makes it far to easy for law enforcement to find information on all the bribes she had been taking while acting as Secretary of State.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>While the Democratic presidential candidate claimed all along that her emails were being captured on the government accounts with which she corresponded, the IG report said that was not an \u201cappropriate method of preserving any such emails that would constitute a Federal record.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Thank you again for stating the BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS! The only way her email was getting captured was from other people receiving her email. This was one reason things took so long for the FBI. They had to go through thousands of people\u2019s records while dealing with the stonewalling and coverups at the State Department. And as for the awards? What\u2019s their excuse now that we know the State Department was doing everything it could NOT to keep Cankles records safe?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>NARA\u2019s Valceanu says they were in the dark about Clinton\u2019s email practices at the time of the award.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201c<b>At that time, NARA was not aware of the use of non-governmental email accounts by Secretaries of State, which we only found out about in March 2015, when the New York Times article was published,\u201d he said in a statement to FoxNews.com. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/eye-roll.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/eye-roll-292x300.jpg?resize=292%2C300\" alt=\"eye roll\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/eye-roll.jpg?resize=292%2C300&amp;ssl=1 292w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/eye-roll.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>NARA was not completely unaware of potential record-keeping problems, however, according to an email released by the Archives\u2019 chief counsel.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Oh? Spill!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>In a Dec. 11, 2012 email to colleagues, Wester asked for a meeting to talk about concerns that an effort was afoot to take her records to the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201c<b>Tom heard (or thought he heard) from the Clinton Library Director that there are or may be plans for taking her records from State to Little Rock,\u201d Wester <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/foia\/state-department-emails\/pdf\/12-clinton-removal-of-email-redacted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cTom then got to asking questions about what we are doing to make sure everyone leaving the Administration does not leave with Federal records. I told him we are aware of the issue and are working on it.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/steaming_pile_of_horseshit.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20194\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/steaming_pile_of_horseshit-300x223.jpg?resize=300%2C223\" alt=\"steaming_pile_of_horseshit\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/steaming_pile_of_horseshit.jpg?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/steaming_pile_of_horseshit.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In other words, Cankles and her minions told them they were taking the records, silverware and furniture and if they knew what was good for them, they would keep quiet about it. Thanks for playing, however your credibility is very questionable.<\/p>\n<p>Thatisall<\/p>\n<p><i><b>~The Angry Webmaster~<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>[yasr_visitor_votes size=&#8221;medium&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all. With Hillary Clinton being politely questioned by the FBI yesterday (July 2), this story about the State Department being given an award for record keeping caught my attention. <a href=\"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=21596\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,71,8,315,115,57,219],"tags":[3,222,226,15,21,34,57],"class_list":["post-21596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime","category-news-of-the-day","category-politics","category-precious-snowflakes","category-stupidity-crime","category-technology","category-the-good-idea-fairy","tag-crime","tag-good-idea-fairy","tag-hillary-clinton","tag-incompetence","tag-scams","tag-stupidity","tag-technology"],"views":501,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21629,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=21629","url_meta":{"origin":21596,"position":0},"title":"Hillary Clinton NOT under oath!","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"July 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. 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It looks like the FBI is now looking at potential corruption charges in addition to her mishandling classified materials. It's well known that the Clinton Foundation pretty much exists for the enrichment\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Crime&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Crime","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"Hillary for Prison","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Hillary-for-Prison-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20264,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=20264","url_meta":{"origin":21596,"position":2},"title":"Some of Cankles email to secret to release","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"January 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. The continuing soap opera known as \u201cAs the Bathroom Mail Server turns\u201d continues to revolve. 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