"The FBI has obtained a warrant to search the emails found on a computer used by former Congressman Anthony Weiner that may contain evidence relevant to the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, according to law enforcement officials.
One official said the total number of emails recovered in the Weiner investigation is close to 650,000 — though that reflects many emails that are not in any way relevant to the Clinton investigation. Officials familiar with the case said, though, the messages include a significant amount of correspondence associated with Clinton and her top aide Huma Abedin, Weiner’s estranged wife.
The agents investigating Clinton’s use of a private email server knew early this month that messages recovered in a separate probe might be germane to their case, but they waited weeks before briefing the FBI director, according to people familiar with the case.
FBI Director James B. Comey has written that he was informed of the development Thursday, and he sent a letter to legislators the next day letting them know that he thought the team should take “appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails.”" Washpost
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"the messages include a significant amount of correspondence associated with Clinton and her top aide Huma Abedin, "
I wonder from whom they obtained a warrant. This could be the crack of doom. I imagine that they will mine out the e-mails from/to Hillaryworld and look at them. pl
Did anyone watch the Sunday newsie shows?
Curious, what the Borgist media was saying? I'm sure they may be freaking out privately about their best laid plans to manufacture the election result!
Posted by: Sam Peralta | 30 October 2016 at 07:35 PM
Given today's state of advanced search and analysis technology, we should know what's in the emails NLT Tuesday morning. And that's giving them time for the inevitable bureaucratic processing.
Posted by: The Twisted Genius | 30 October 2016 at 07:43 PM
TTG
And as your SGM mentor said, "the shits on good buddy." pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 30 October 2016 at 07:58 PM
Weiner is going to give up the farm to avoid going to prison as a convicted pedophile.
Posted by: eakens | 30 October 2016 at 08:10 PM
What a time to be alive.
Posted by: Tyler | 30 October 2016 at 08:26 PM
Sir
It seems the shit was flying at FBI HQ, ever since Comey gave the Borg Queen her free pass from indictment. It seemed that when AG Lynch recused herself soon after her tarmac tryst with Slick Willie came to light, that Comey had been brought along.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3886942/Resignation-letters-piling-disaffected-FBI-agents-wife-urging-admit-wrong-Director-Comey-jumped-chance-reopen-Hillary-investigation.html
With AG Lynch firmly in the pocket, is it a foregone conclusion that it will turn out to be a nothingburger? And the Borg can cover it under the rug after the manufactured election result is announced?
Posted by: Jack | 30 October 2016 at 08:35 PM
TTG, Sir
Pure speculation on my part, but what if they found all those deleted emails from the server? And there's some perjury by a few like Mills and the Borg Queen too?
Is the FBI likely to spill the beans or do they let AG Lynch let it all slide under bureaucratic obfuscation?
Posted by: Jack | 30 October 2016 at 08:40 PM
@ TTG
as explained to me on another forum and I quote:
650k emails can easily be ingested into an appropriate eDiscovery software environment in less than 4 hours, even if there are lots of attachments. It would take less than 24 hours to index such a small chunk of data and search for emails of potential interest.
Then you cross-index it against the existing repository of emails that already exist and look for unique ones. That'll take a matter of minutes.
The end result is the only things which has to be reviewed by a live human being, and reviewers typically tag ~180 documents per hour.
And that's assuming you don't use existing eDiscovery logic to further filter by looking for specific metadata, adjacency of key phrases, etc... before a human being looks at the output.
Actually, the most time consuming part of eDiscovery these days are... redaction.
Posted by: The Beaver | 30 October 2016 at 09:12 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7miRCLeFSJo
Posted by: eakens | 30 October 2016 at 09:17 PM
Will we be having a Sunday Night Massacre by way of Huma (Mrs. Weiner) cooperating with the FBI or just an orgy of Monday morning pardons?
Posted by: Fred | 30 October 2016 at 09:26 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRQ12qjiDBQ
Posted by: Fred | 30 October 2016 at 09:36 PM
If the FBI doesn't come up with a real bombshell real quick, HRC is going to emerge from this stronger than ever. I am reminded of the SNL skit right after Bill Clinton weathered his impeachment. Darrell Hammond as Clinton came to the podium and started off, "I am bulletproof. Next time you best bring kryptonite."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mabJPTS8lvw
Posted by: The Twisted Genius | 30 October 2016 at 09:38 PM
With all due respect, that has been thoroughly investigated:
http://chasemeladies.blogspot.co.uk/2004/07/open-letter-to-meatloaf.html
Posted by: Cortes | 30 October 2016 at 09:59 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMRl55U0eDw
Posted by: Ken Roberts | 30 October 2016 at 10:09 PM
Fred,
I've heard some interesting theories that the reason you're seeing the slow abandonment of Clinton is that Trump made the ultimate "deal" with Obama to not go after him for being involved in this. So the word was passed and there you go.
But a pardon of Hillary is also making the rounds among the Democratic brain trust that Obama should just pardon Clinton cause "we already know she didn't do anything". You want to 100% elect President Trump? That's how you do it.
Posted by: Tyler | 30 October 2016 at 10:29 PM
Can someone confirm/deny if Weiner stored the emails in a file called "Life Insurance"? Cause if so woo son.
Posted by: Tyler | 30 October 2016 at 10:30 PM
Jack,
It depends how personally offended and betrayed AS PEOPLE they feel about all this. It also depends on if they can cover their tracks so well that the leaker is never ever found out. If they can figure out how to "cause these emails to emerge" from an utterly unexpected direction from which no digital trail of any sort can be walked back, then these things will be released.
They know how the OverClass hates the Snowdens it can find and name. They won't want to be exposable as those Snowdens.
In my purely intuitive and totally amateur opinion.
Posted by: different clue | 31 October 2016 at 12:35 AM
If field agents had access almost a month ago but did not signal HQ until a few days ago. I am assuming that they got something. Either that or Comey is being set up for the biggest fall ever to hit DC since Tricky Dick...
Posted by: Jay | 31 October 2016 at 12:42 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMqxNPsfN50
Posted by: optimax | 31 October 2016 at 01:00 AM
TTG,
Nah, disagree. On the other hand, I don't think he would have touched this if there wasn't a bombshell, and the desperation of the Dems makes me think this is it. Reid is filing Hatch Act charges against Comey, and the best the DoJ would do is say "they wouldn't recommend it". That tells me that they wanted plausible deniability so that of Comey didn't file and it came out they were clear of impropriety. They didn't tell him NOT to after all.
Whatever is in those emails is radioactive. Comey knows it, the DOJ knows it, and the Dems know it. It is pure crisis mode over there.
Posted by: Tyler | 31 October 2016 at 01:09 AM
Oof. Confirm.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-29/fbi-found-tens-thousands-emails-belonging-huma-abedin-weiners-laptop
Woo boy.
Posted by: Tyler | 31 October 2016 at 01:11 AM
Happy Halloween !
Thought you might appreciate a spine tingler on this festive day.
The Borg Queen *unmasked* :
http://imgur.com/a/TVsZ2
bonus!
Here her arrogance is seen in all it's Shining glory:
http://www.gettyimages.fi/event/hillary-clinton-gives-press-conference-in-kabul-93219611#secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton-listens-during-a-press-conference-picture-id93222369
Posted by: LT | 31 October 2016 at 07:59 AM
Just asked my wife if we have enough popcorn for all of this.
Posted by: shaun | 31 October 2016 at 08:16 AM
I have a conspiracy theory. Wiener got Huma's email address that she used for state department business and later the Hillary presidential campaign. He then had his laptop automatically download any and all emails addressed to Huma. What was the motivation for that? Could be simply that knowledge is power, or could even be he was sharing them with Israeli intelligence out of Israeli patriotism or for money.
Posted by: FND | 31 October 2016 at 08:38 AM
Perjury by Hillary?
If I recall the events surrounding her FBI interview, she wasn't sworn. We may have to settle for "making false statements" to the FBI as a consolation prize.
Which is good enough for me.
Posted by: steve | 31 October 2016 at 09:01 AM