Candidates for the Presidential Race are putting pressure on Hillary Clinton to release documents for close scrutiny - in particular - those pertaining to her Health Task Force records.
According to Barack Obama, in an interview with Newsweek Magazine, the papers are important and should be released because they relate to,
"Issues like health care. She wants to take credit for having tried but there was a lot of big mistakes in preventing us from getting health care back in 1993...what was she involved with? Where did she participate? Where did she not participate in decision-making?"
Hillary innocently responds,
"Now, all those records, as far as I know, about what we did with Health care, those are already available."
However, Newsweek alleges that most of the papers are under lock and key.
A case in point...
Judicial Watch applied for release of the documents under the Freedom of Information Act, and determined and identified in the process, that 3,022,030 documents related to health care have yet to be forthcoming.
Obama laments that Mrs. Clinton is being "disingenuous".
When Newsweek asked Obama the difference between being disingenuous and dishonest, he retorted, "...ask Hillary Clinton".
Well, Hill?
In defense, Mrs. Clinton has stated for the record that she has no control over the documents.
At a debate, Hillary lamented that she could not move up the process by encouraging Bill to lift restrictions or seals placed on confidential communications with his wife on policy issues.
"That's not my decision to make," she said matter-of-fact.
However, Newsweek dug deep and located a document that establishes that Bill Clinton formally designated both his wife and his close adviser Bruce Lindsey as co-representatives for control of his papers in the event of his death or disability.
Ah, the plot thickens!
Why the stalling?
The longer you wait, Hill, the worse off it will be for your political health and well-being.
Years ago, when there was another Clinton scandal brewing, a box of papers disappeared into thin air. When the documents suddenly reappeared without explanation, a couple of journalists noted that,
"Hillary's fingerprints were all over the box..."
So, is there a smoking gun somewhere?
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