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The e-mails I will be posting here come from an archive found on the Internet several years ago. These are supposedly the e-mails that Hillary Clinton provided to Congress under subpoena. These were provided by Clinton as printouts and do not include tens of thousands of e-mails deleted by Clinton that she claimed were "private". Some are also heavily redacted. The text provided here is produced via OCR and there may be errors. An image of the e-mail is also provided. Unfortunately, these seem to be in pretty random order.
From: Abedin, Huma AbedinH@state.goy Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:32 PM To: H Cc: Sullivan, Jacob .1 Subject: Fw: chris Stevens mission
See note below
From: Davis, Timmy T To: Abedin, Huma; Sullivan, Jacob 3; Macmanus, Joseph E; S_SpecialAssistants Sent: Sun Mar 27 12:12:03 2011 Subject: Fw: chris stevens mission
Jake and Huma,
Please find below a status report on Chris Stevens mission to Benghazi.
Thanks.
Tim
From: Bitter, Rena Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:00 PM To: Davis, Timmy T Subject: chris stevens mission
Status update on the Chris Stevens mission to Benghazi:
The current game plan is for Mr. Stevens to move no later than Wednesday from Malta to Benghazi. He will stage off shore initially for a one day visit during which he will have meetings with TNC interlocutors and get a sense of the situation on the ground. The goal of this one day trip is for him to lay the groundwork for a stay of up to 30 days.
He will be accompanied by a DS team, a staff member from Embassy Tripoli and the leader of USAID's DART team. With the support of Ambassador Cretz and Embassy Tripoli, Mr Stevens is in contact with TNC members on the ground in Benghazi and elsewhere; the team is also in contact with other diplomatic missions and NGOs in Benghazi. We expect to get support in particular from the Turks who have a consulate in Benghazi.
Mr. Stevens team has been in touch with Africom planners on the details of the mission. We have made the official request for support from OSD but have yet to get approval. Once we have that — and we hope that will be very soon -- we will be able to move forward with the planning.
Rena Bitter Director, State Department Operations Center 202 647 2522 BitterR@state,gov