ALL IN"FOR11A'f'ION COHTAINEC

HEREIH IS UMCLl\.SSIFIED

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DATE 10-05-2011:i

BY J37J85T94

HSICG

FE.DER.ALBUREAU OF INVESTJGATION

Records

Information

wa 5-nt:erviev;ed
at
adv.ised
of th~~~ities
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the .int:er,ri.e\~,

and

Records
St~ct.1.on,

DJ.ssem.ination

Wi.n.chester,

Virginia

FBI

Hcadqua~:-tert~,
1'iashingt".011,
D.C.
After
beinq
Agents
and the nattlre
cf
of the int(!:!'V"iewing
provided
the followLnq
information:

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te.J~~p!.lor~e
Mana.gement

D:i.v.ision

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Mana<;_renK'H'lt: Divis.ion,

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been

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employed

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----.Approx:i.ma.te.l.y
6 Week:~ ago,
received
an E.~mail fr<':,m
of the Derc3y+vnr-'r't of st.ate
{S~rA'l"'E} .E)re~~a.on,!..)f
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{FOIA} sect.Jon._
email
,=.nclosed
cop.ies
of s (~mail comrm.::.nicati.o:::u,
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f.rom .f.oi"1ner Sec:n~~t:ary of Sta.te
HILLAR.Y
CLINTON' s pri vat.e
emai.l account
which
STATE .~x~lieiv-ed. may conta.in
\'FBI equit.i~,s."
STATE requested
the
FBI conduct
<:H1 appropriate
cla.ssificatio~ew
of the
emails
p:rior
L___J adv:Lsed tbe::3e s emidls
to thei.:i:: schedult~,d
FOJ:J.\ publ.i.c
reJ.ease.

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I

were

t-ra:n.:innit:~

um:lassi.fied
cl.assif i.ed

a c.lass:i,fJe.-d
email
syst,em bu.t t~'ere n1arked
that
at 1~~ast l o.f t.he ~mails
appeared
t'.()
ttir:t C(:>ti.r.iter.t:e1:"ro2:'ism
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h.im. on

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recognh:ed
a11d f o~c1."~:1.:t'cled
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of

:relayed

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t.hese

f.ind:i.ngs

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th(';
advised
that
they-.,
FBI,
a:re th~
j ud9e of potentia.1
ha.:r.m
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ind
the:refori~
fol."'~~i~J!l ~10,;e:r.r1rnent:t;;
th~~ FBI d5.d _.......
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c.lc:.tssii:.,,. a <.loct1.11t(~.r1t bt.~sed on. those
c:cindi t ions,

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beli E-Ved,
blsed on i1.:,@_________.pg3_;t..:(,,U::n________1t-J an Original. Clasification
AuthoTity
{OCA)
t.h1t
email
clasii..f.ied properly
:a.11.d
accura teJ ':l.

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:r-,ce:Lved a ca.ll i:rom

Sb,)r;-.1 y ther2a fteY,
_.r;f the_ Int:ernationaJ. Ope:cat.ions t).i.vi$i.on
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{IOD) of the F'B:t:
w'n.o pr.es.u:red" .him to change the classified 6maU.
:Lndicated h(:. had .been cent.acted by PA'TR.ICK
to unclassified.
KENNEDY, Undersecre.t:ary ot Stat,- who had .,:,,,sked his a_ss5.stance 1n
altering th email's classifi.cation. in exchange t<.)r a. "qu.:Ld pro q\,Q."
advisc.d that., in exchange for mak:1.ng th e.ma.il uncJassif :i.ed,
STATE would rcciproc:"1.te by allowing the FBI to p.1.ace more Agentc{ ii-:
countries whe.n they -are p:n.,.:sently forbidden.

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was 1:;urnmo.r:i.ed to an "all

Fo.J.J.cwing the a.bove exchanf:re,
ageney" mHtinq at STATE to discuss matters pert.aiip.q to th

clas.s.1.f.icat.ion review of _pnd.ing CLINTON I"01k matriais .[

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official from STATE, along with represe.ntat.1ves f r-c..-i, -,n-c
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--a-r-.d--o-t;...'-'.er s1overnment a.:renciti;S wer:e pi-esent. PATRICK KENNEDY presided
ove:- the mc-,:t:.in::_r. Duri.ns;- the conversat iGr, a p-:::t.rt ic ipant sp(c if ica..U.y
a.sked. whe.ther any of tr,e <.:mailr,, in question were clami>if ied. t i- '-"j l.. ,
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we , .,'l..-1. see Ii LJ
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eye contac._+- w1.t
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bel.i\ted t.l'ri.s i1a.s r.efe.
B:CRET//NOFORN c:l;tna.i.1. \.fhich KENN.EDY waH attemptir'l.';-J' to influence. 1n a
pr.ivat - <::-:.t.i.ng with KENNEDY fol..lowing the all i..,9ency mm-1tin:y, KBNNX:iDY
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K}.;NNBDY spent:. the next 15 minutes
i..mcLHHifid?" According to
debating the cla.ssif ication of the emJri.L...iu:r:i. att.cmptinJ to influence
the FBI t<..'! change it$ markings. Bince cont i.nued t:.o assert t.hat
t.he email was c"'l.pi:)ropriate1:
v marked SBCR.8'1'//NOPORN, KENNEDY uked who

e 1 se in t.he FBI he could speak with on t.h, matter.

ref erred
KENNEDY to MICHAEL STEl.NB}tCH, Assistant Director cf. C-TD'

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was then present durinq a conference call involving KENNEDY

and STEINBACH ir:.. .'hich KEl'<i"".NEDY con.tim..td to presGure th F'BI to change
the ,.Lassiticd markings o,n the e.mdl to unclassified. STE!N}3ACE
.l'.'efused to do o, Prior to ending t.he ccmversat.ion., KE:t<.TNEPY ar-:iked
\"het!1{r tht) FBI <.)!: S".fi'\TE wot.tld c)rduct. tl1e .;!ublic sta.t.r1tner.:ts or, t.1"1e
matter, STEINBACH advised KE1'.'NELW that the FBI wo'Jld not comment.
lv on the matter. The conference call ended and, ac..xording to
L___J the Assoc::..ated Press (A?) pu..'o.Li.shed the .stcry w1 th.1.n the hGur.
?orrtH:-c SHz::r:eta.r.y of State CLINTON appeared in front of the p.nss

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FD<Wla (Rev. !0 6-9:S)

c~)mirn1ati1)n
of r 1)<302(If ___

sho::rt.ly
private

lnt~~i:~icw
od

th.ersa.ft.er

email

sc,rver

to

o~ny

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Hent

.On 07!3ii!:?m.
cla.ss:tf.i.ed

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emails

on

hE:r

STATE has an agenda which involves

mini.1ni zing th(l
cl.assi.f i~d nati1re of the CJ:/f.?~TO~J
t?maJ.ls J.r1 <)rder t.o prot.ect
StJ~l\Tl~!
.interests
and
those
of CLINTON. Since
t.he above
incidents,
recetved
approx:Lmat:(!ly
8 or 9 more emails
from STATE involvin~r
FBI
.._ __

,...!.be.lieve~~

egu.it.i(-:s,

1. of

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'.<ihich .he believes

inay be

classified

SBCRE'l'i /.NOPOP....i.~.

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has.