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| [L] P.R. spokesman Philippe Reines and [R] Secretary of State Hillary Clinton |
Buzzfeed correspondent Michael Hastings contacted Philippe Reines to follow up on the over-the-top
attack on that he made at CNN regarding the release of details of assassinated U.S. Ambassador Libya Chris Stevens. Reines, the Press Secretary (and long time personal aide) to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, repeated his outrage against CNN's reportage, claiming that they have responsibilities to act as human beings and respect the grieving Ambassador's family.
The e-mail exchanges got testy and the ever officious civil servant used crude Anglo-Saxon invectives to dismiss the pesky questioner.
Students of history should remember that the forty years ago Watergate scandal may have been precipitated by an ill-conceived opposition research campaign stunt and a botched burglary. But the situation was exacerbated by surliness to the press and stonewalling by the Nixon Administration officials to cover up for their chief. It is the cover-up that can be worse than the crime.
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