Podesta: "Massive Difference" Between Hillary Clinton and What Petraeus Did
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, "THIS WEEK" HOST: She did get good reviews generally for those 11 hours before the Benghazi Committee. But several members of the Committee and others have raised questions about some of the new emails that came out and whether there was an improper release of classified information, particularly in that email to Chelsea Clinton.
Listen to Hugh Hewitt and Carly Fiorina right here.
HUGH HEWITT, HOST: Do you think Chelsea Clinton is cleared to receive that kind of information on ongoing terrorist attacks.
CARLY FIORINA (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well, you know, that's a really interesting question. I doubt it. I doubt it.
HEWITT: Is there a different...
FIORINA: Yes.
HEWITT: Is there a difference between that and what David Petraeus did with his author/girlfriend?
FIORINA: I would say probably not.
STEPHANOPOULOS: What's your answer to that?
JOHN PODESTA, HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN: Well, I think there's a massive difference between those two things and I think we've said this. If they want to -- they're going to -- look, they're going to pick at this for between now and next November, I suspect, trying to pull a thread here, pull a thread there. That's what that Committee, which was really a, you know, a $5 million taxpayer funded opposition research operation was doing.
But she has answered the questions. She's -- as she's noted, it was -- she made a mistake. It was a wrong choice to have it -- to use two systems.
But nothing that she sent or received was marked classified.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So -- so are you confident there are no other shoes to drop and nothing will come of this FBI investigation?
PODESTA: Yes, I'm confident of that. I think that it's a security review and Hillary has totally cooperated with them and, you know, it's in their hands and, you know, at this point, she's put forward 55,000 emails. They're being reviewed by the State Department for release, but we hope that they're released, because I think when they are released, actually, they show a secretary who's working hard, hour by hour, across the board, projecting American values and wracking up an impressive record as secretary of State.
Posted on October 25, 2015
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[Poster note] In a manner of speaking, Podesta is probably correct that there was a major difference. Neither Chelsea Clinton or Paula Broadwell had the requisite "need to know." I doubt Chelsea Clinton held any significant security clearance. I believe Lt. Col. Paula Broadwell held a Top Secret clearance.
