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Basically fight the attempt to release the video in any way? earlier on msnbc kate snow and i interviewed the reporter who put in the foia request and sued to get the tape released. the other thing, the prosecutor said, hey, yes, we have waited a while. now we make this announcement and she admitted, the reason she did it today was because theres a court ordered deadline for the video to go public tomorrow. so theres a public safety discussion about what the reaction to this video is and the con...

All four of whom we count as fellow americans is worth whatever amount of political badgering that may come my way. i have seen the personification of courage and public service. so i -- adam, to answer your question, no, i dont regret it. im a better person for having learned more about the four people that we lost in benghazi. and thats why we signed up for it. and with that ill go to mr. pompeo. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. schiff, you also suggested that you had to be in the room with the...

At did anybody give two nickles to try to ensure that when a foia request came in or a subpoena came in or a litigation demand came in that the people had the documents to which they were entitled? she thinks theyre hers, theyre not, theyre mine, yours my audiences. she had them hoarded on her server in chappaqua or wherever it was and i wonder if anybody in state did anything to ensure the public had a right to access to them. >> the majority of her e-mails were with state dot-gov e-mail addres...

Confirmed by the senate. that means the secretary of state. she was required to do this. >> megyn, she was the secretary of state. shes not a standard political appointee -- >> theres no exception to that. theres no exception for that. was she a presidential appointee confirmed or wasnt she? >> standard has not recently been standard for secretaries of state to sign this form. >> heres what im trying to get at did anybody give two nickles to try to ensure that when a foia request came in or a su...

That means the secretary of state. she was required to do this. >> megyn, she was the secretary of state. shes not a standard political appointee -- >> theres no exception to that. theres no exception for that. was she a presidential appointee confirmed or wasnt she? >> standard has not recently been standard for secretaries of state to sign this form. >> heres what im trying to get at did anybody give two nickles to try to ensure that when a foia request came in or a subpoena came in or a litig...

American people, to congress so that they can use it to make sound decisions, it should be provided. im frustrated by what is not happening in the government. im also frustrated by some of the things that does happen. im particularly concerned that they havent been as transparent as they promised to be, nor as transparent as they should be. >> and there are so many different groups -- media outlets tzh?g@7lztóuafkp@) k so i think theres selective compliance with the foia request

And with the foia law. thats the challenge i have. i think theyre playing maybe not politics but theyre playing selective memory challenges and its in response to what the american people care about. so kind of fooling the american public or denying the american public the right for answers that are pretty legitimate questions. i dont think the questions are not appropriate. the answers just are not forthcoming. >> and weve all seen in recent years a number of the congressional investigations th...

Theres no evidence she did anything wrong. colin powell did something like this. why are you picking on her? republicans say hey, wait a minute we were trying to get documents from you in the state department reporters say hey, wait a minute we filed freedom of information requests for documents in the state department. if you have your email server at your home in chappaqua, you can slow down or stymie those requests. hes also wondering because it was a private account, could somebody else like...

Political power. thats identity theft for a political purpose. bill: if the white house had this information, what would they be armed with? >> they would be warned abit to inspect and make any individual american, any corporation, any political donor a moving target and for the government to obtain information abouterday americans that may affect how the white house issues its policies and prepares for election. we brought this foia request right before the election and they stonewalled us. the...

>> all right. lets go all go off-the-record for a minute. do you know what we need? whistle blowers. we need more americans on the inside of our government who just cant stand deception and lack of transparency anymore. we need to you speak up so that we can get the straight story. the complete story and the truth about important matters. we in the media can ask lots of questions but the government often refuses to answer questions or dodge and then we have to file freedom of information act req...