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It's the lowest level but it's still top secret government information. it wasn't labeled that way when the secretary either received them or sent them. as we've been noting all morning, this is not an issue. what is an issue is what all of these e-mails say about the pattern. an msnbc senior editor beth foley and ann is here to talk with me about that. you heard senior political analyst mark murray say there is no smoking gun here. but is there an overarching headline here? >> there isn't a smoking gun, as far as i can see, jose. her friend blumenthal is still heavy. she's talking to her daug...

He's your eyes and rearears in libya. why wouldn't you mention both? >> i agree with you. all i'm saying is you have to acknowledge in real time in those days there were two theories that emerged. in blumenthal's second e-mail he was not saying that's the definitive account. that's all i'm pushing back on. september 14 hillary clinton having two e-mails from blumenthal and probably of officials like ben rhodes at white house. she picked one narrative. that was her mistake on the 14th. there was one more favorable to the president and wasn't true. >> okay. that's a reasonable statement that you...

Pick up the story from there. >> the only thing you left out -- let me take a step backwards. the day before it was said this was planned, al qaeda was involved. involved involved. blumenthal also sent a report to hillary clinton saying he thought he knows about libyan intelligence is another question given -- on september 12th he said it was based on internet video. >> let me explain gently why i left that out. the e-mail he sent afterwards contradicted that. he said i have updated information for you. all right? this is what really happened. why would i mention this e-mail before that? let's...

For the fiscal suicide. >> yeah, that was something. >> amen. >> was that roundtable yesterday on "meet the press." joining us now from washington, d.c., ron brownstein joining the conversation. good morning, ron. >> john, i want to go to you first because this is what your book is about. i get hatcheted up every time i try to blame both parties for the debt and the deficit. democrats have tagged me, where were you over the past eight years? i said, well, i was criticizing the republican party. republicans attack me going, no! it's both. whether you talk about the deficit, whether you talk abo...

Countrywide deal. if -- i was thinking about it this morning. if blumenthal would have been a republican he'd have chopped chris dodd into little bits and pieces. it is that way with every politician out there. it is so depressing that what they say is dependent on what political party they're in. >> that's exactly right. we are confusing partisanship with patriotism in this country and that is why so many independents are frustrated. the parties have become really captive of their most extreme elements and they're totally out of touch with where most independents are. independents have been c...