June 3, 2016 Obama adviser lashes out at Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ amid questions over deleted footage Top Obama press adviser Jen Psaki lashed out at Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ on Thursday after being pressed for clarification over her statements on press briefing footage that the State Department admitted had been deliberately deleted from a public archive.
June 2, 2016 State Department admits briefing footage on Iran deal intentionally deleted The State Department, in a stunning admission, acknowledged Wednesday that an official intentionally deleted several minutes of video footage from a 2013 press briefing, where a top spokeswoman seemed to acknowledge misleading the press over the Iran nuclear deal.
June 2, 2016 Clinton IT aide Pagliano to plead Fifth in email case The man who set up Hillary Clinton’s private email server will assert his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination and refuse to answer questions over an open records lawsuit, according to court documents obtained Wednesday by Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ.
June 1, 2016 Intel source: IG report ups pressure on DOJ to seek criminal charges against Clinton The recently released State Department inspector general report, which found Hillary Clinton broke government rules with her personal email use, increases "the likelihood and pressure" for the Justice Department to pursue criminal charges, an intelligence source familiar with the FBI investigation told Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ.
May 31, 2016 State Department issues summer travel alert for Europe terror threat The State Department on Tuesday alerted U.S. citizens traveling to Europe to heightened risks of terrorism, citing events in France and Poland this summer that are expected to draw large crowds.
May 27, 2016 State Department official thought Clinton used personal email for 'family and friends' A longtime State Department official said he assumed that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was using her personal email to "stay in touch with family and friends", not conduct official business.
May 26, 2016 Video of testimony in Clinton email lawsuit ordered sealed Recordings of upcoming testimony by an aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are to be kept under seal over concerns the video might be used against the Democratic presidential front-runner.
May 25, 2016 Republicans seize on State Department audit to challenge Clinton's repeated claims on emails Republicans Wednesday jumped on the report by the State Department watchdog accusing Hillary Clinton of flouting federal records rules and cybersecurity guidelines with her use of personal email while secretary of state, saying it showed she was in clear violation of the Federal Records Act and endangered national security.
May 23, 2016 Longtime US diplomat Thomas Pickering's role with Russian firm surfaces in Panama Papers A Russian software company hired a heavy hitter when it prepared to go public on the New York Stock Exchange, naming former U.S. ambassador to Russia Thomas Pickering to its board of directors.
May 13, 2016 New email release shows Clinton chose not to use secure phone line, acknowledged Blackberry risk A new set of State Department documents released Thursday by the watchdog group Judicial Watch reveal then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the choice not to use a secure phone line amid a technical problem and acknowledged the risk of using a private Blackberry phone.