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\n(AP Images)<\/h5>\n\nBy Mark Swanson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0NEWSMAX\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe State Department has run roughshod over its charter, having clearly become an agency that sees its role as twofold \u2014 protect itself and its former secretary, the Washington Examiner<\/strong><\/a> said in its Wednesday editorial.<\/p>\nThe Examiner criticized the State Department for its efforts to hide or mitigate Hillary Clinton’s exposure for using a private email server:<\/p>\n
\n- Slams the State Department’s response to the FBI by improperly whiting out Department names linked to instances of quid pro quo;<\/li>\n
- Called out the agency for pressuring federal staff to avoid national security redactions with the Benghazi communications;<\/li>\n
- Criticized State for its ruse of lobbying against classified redactions to make it seem Clinton’s secret emails on her private server weren’t all that secret.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
“The public needs to ponder why an entire government agency dedicated itself to riding shotgun for the presidential candidate most likely to win.<\/p>\n
“Perhaps Clinton’s habitual secrecy, paranoia and dishonesty infected the State Department under her tenure there. Either way, it certainly shares those characteristics with her,” the Examiner said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The State Department has run roughshod over its charter, having clearly become an agency that sees its role as twofold \u2014 protect itself and its former secretary, the Washington Examiner<\/strong><\/a> said in its Wednesday editorial.<\/p>\n The Examiner criticized the State Department for its efforts to hide or mitigate Hillary Clinton’s exposure for using a private email server:<\/p>\n “The public needs to ponder why an entire government agency dedicated itself to riding shotgun for the presidential candidate most likely to win.<\/p>\n “Perhaps Clinton’s habitual secrecy, paranoia and dishonesty infected the State Department under her tenure there. Either way, it certainly shares those characteristics with her,” the Examiner said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n