John Kerry

Last edited Sat Jun 27, 2015, 04:03 AM - Edit history (2)

Your observations feel right to me.
.. . especially because it's also pretty clear that, from the first microsecond of his appointment, Sec. Kerry himself went out of his way, from Day 1, to set up his own email (and every other process) 100% by the book. His own M.O. is 180 degrees different.

Later: I just went and read the transcript of the press briefing in question . http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2015/06/244410.htm#DEPARTMENT

Reading that, I was struck once again by the staggering amount of work that the State Department has had to do on this...the fault BOTH of Sec. Clinton's non-standard approach to email (if she had used the State Dept email, this would have been much more straightforward a task) and the ludicrous demands (and mission) of the "Benghazi" committee.
Given the urgent world issues pressing on them right now, the current State Dept. has got to be less than pleased by this distracting, and unnecessary, addition to its workload. They've got so many international crises to deal with -- they last thing they need is having to clean up someone else's internal mess. Oh, and third: the informal but clearly close involvement of and association with Blumenthal, despite the fact that the White House (for good reason IMO) would not allow HRC to appoint him formally to the State Dept., was an eyebrow-raising moment for me.

And, lastly, the fourth: JK is handling this just right. Being cooperative, but keeping his distance.