First of all, the release has been bowdlerized, with redactions of e-mails that were previously regarded as “routine” suddenly upgraded to “classified,” so as to shield their contents from public scrutiny.  The New York Times: The State Department said late Tuesday that portions of two dozen emails from this tranche had been redacted because they were upgraded to “classified status." The emails were sent in 2009, and their contents were apparently not sensitive enough to national security at the time to have required a higher classification status. The State Department described the move “routine” when the government discloses documents to the public. Second, Hillary was out of the loop, and she knew it.  From the NYT: “I heard on the radio that there is a Cabinet mtg this am,” she wrote aides on June 8, 2009. “Is there? Can I go? If not, who are we sending?” (It turned out it was...(Read Full Post)