Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2012 called the election of Egypt’s Islamist Muslim Brotherhood leader a “milestone” for Egyptian democracy and offered covert police and security help, according to declassified State Department documents.
A nine-page document, once-labeled “Secret,” listed talking points for Clinton’s meeting with newly-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on July 14, 2012. The talking points said Morsi’s election was a key step toward popular democracy in the strategic North African state.
“We stand behind Egypt’s transition to democracy,” the heavily-redacted Clinton talking points state, adding that the only way to maintain a strong Egypt is “through a successful transition to democracy.”
The first key objective of the meeting was for Clinton to “offer our congratulations to Morsi and to the Egyptian people for this milestone in Egypt’s transition to democracy.”
Clinton then was meant to offer Morsi American technical expertise and assistance from both the U.S. government and private sector to support his economic and social programs.
Clinton’s talking points also included an offer of secret assistance to help Morsi “upgrade and reorient Egypt’s police force toward serving the needs of...
The Wikileaks dump is underway, and after a disappointing first batch of releases, the second has been damning for Hillary. Among the documents released are excerpts from her Wall Street speeches, which prove just why she was so reluctant to release them in the first place.
We learned, for instance, that she believes it’s important as a politician to have both a “public and private” stance on certain issues. It’s a statement everyone reads as defending being two-faced and deceitful to the American public – and she tried to claim she was taken out of context and speaking about Abe Lincoln in defense of herself! Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
We already knew from previous hacks that the DNC had conspired against Bernie Sanders to ensure Hillary was the nominee. Debbie Wasserman Schultz stepped down as a result of the controversy following that revelation, and was replaced by Donna Brazile….. who we just learned did the same thing (and then some):
