{"id":9792,"date":"2016-10-24T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=9792"},"modified":"2024-09-11T20:35:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T00:35:37","slug":"my-2-cents-on-wikileaks-clinton-watergate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/24\/my-2-cents-on-wikileaks-clinton-watergate\/","title":{"rendered":"My 2 Cents on Wikileaks, Clinton, &#038; Watergate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I will be writing more about Wikileaks in the coming days and weeks.\u00a0 But here are some preliminary observations from a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2016\/10\/18\/489668\/US-Clinton-Wikileaks-James-Bovard\">Press TV <\/a>monologue:<\/p>\n<p><em>The recent WikiLeaks disclosures about US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reveal the \u201cshocking\u201d calculations of her campaign&#8230; says an American analyst.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat WikiLeaks is providing, it&#8217;s showing to the entire world the calculations of the Clinton campaign, some of which are shocking,\u201d said James Bovard, a policy adviser to the Future of Freedom Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s had a huge adverse impact on the credibility of the Clinton campaign with the folks who follow the WikiLeaks fairly closely,\u201d Bovard told Press TV on Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cUnfortunately, American voters will almost certainly be left in the dark on election day,\u201d Bovard added. \u201cIt\u2019s typical that<strong> the biggest election frauds occur before the voting booths open<\/strong> and the 2016 presidential election will probably be no different.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Newly released documents show that the State Department sought to shield Clinton from prosecution by pressuring the FBI to drop its insistence that an email on the private server she used while secretary of state contained classified information.<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9792-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/jpb-radio-monologue-PressTV-jpb-commentary-on-hillary-emails-etc-Credibility-of-Clinton-campaign-in-doubt.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/jpb-radio-monologue-PressTV-jpb-commentary-on-hillary-emails-etc-Credibility-of-Clinton-campaign-in-doubt.mp3\">http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/jpb-radio-monologue-PressTV-jpb-commentary-on-hillary-emails-etc-Credibility-of-Clinton-campaign-in-doubt.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will be writing more about Wikileaks in the coming days and weeks.\u00a0 But here are some preliminary observations from a recent Press TV monologue: The recent WikiLeaks disclosures about US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reveal the \u201cshocking\u201d calculations of her campaign&#8230; 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