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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton greets supporters following a "Get out the vote," rally at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 in downtown Tampa, Fla. (Loren Elliot/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Hillary Clinton’s anti-transparency bargain

By James Bovard

In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 photo, Abdulhamid Ashehneh, 12, works on English language exercises with fellow students in a class filled with refugee children at Cajon Valley Middle School in El Cajon, Calif. According to the U.S. State Department, nearly 80 percent of the more than 11,000 Syrian arrivals over the past year were children. Many of those children are enrolling in public schools around the country, including Chicago; Austin, Texas; New Haven, Connecticut; and El Cajon, which received 76 new Syrian students the first week of school.. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

Most Syrian refugees arriving in US are kids; schools adapt

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

President Barack Obama answers a question during a joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama dismisses accusations of collusion between State, FBI on Clinton emails

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 8, 2016, file photo, Undersecretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kennedy sought last year for the FBI to change the classification level of an email from Hillary Clinton’s private server in a proposed bargain described as a “quid pro quo” that would have allowed the FBI to deploy more agents in foreign countries, according to internal FBI records released Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

State Department: ‘No wrongdoing’ in ‘interagency conversation’ about classification

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. Diplomacy Center, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, at the State Department in Washington. Kerry hosted five of his predecessors in a rare public reunion for the groundbreaking of a museum commemorating the achievements of American statesmanship. (Associated Press) **FILE**

State Dept. denies John Kerry tried to prevent WikiLeaks from publishing Clinton documents

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A half-dozen laptops were used to go over Hillary Clinton's messages and decide which ones to belatedly comply with the law and turn back over to the government, and at least one of them was subsequently hooked up to the internet, lawyers admitted to the FBI. (Associated Press)

State Dept. involved in cover-up to help Hillary Clinton, Speaker Ryan charges

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 13, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses while speaking in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Podesta leak highlights relationship between Clinton campaign, State Dept. and journalists

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Hillary Clinton said her lawyers were in charge of wiping her server clean, and she "does not have personal knowledge about the details of that process." (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton admits she didn’t have permission to set up secret email

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, OCT. 8 - In this Monday Sept 19, 2016 photo, Natalie Brown visits her home in Omaha, Neb. Brown, a 1985 Omaha Central graduate, has been a State Department foreign officer since 1990. (Kent Sievers/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

Diplomat from Omaha embracing new role in Eritrea

By MICHAEL KELLY - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks with members of the media on her campaign plane at Chicago Midway Airport in Chicago, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Hillary Clinton’s ‘swirl of crap’ server scandal discussed by White House, State Dept. in new emails

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a campaign event at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Obama is spending the afternoon campaigning for Clinton. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Clinton team convinced Obama would pick her for VP in 2012

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A man plays "Pokemon Go" at a popular PokeStop in Hanoi, Vietnam on Saturday 13 August 2016. One week after being released in Vietnam, the game has become one of the most talked-about topics in the Southeast Asian country. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Inside the Ring: Pokemon Go security worries

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2016 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks in New York. The State Department says the U.S. is suspending bilateral contacts with Russia over Syria. That comes after last week's threat by Kerry to suspend contacts amid new attacks on the city of Aleppo. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

Syria peace efforts plunge as US suspends talks with Russia

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin's decree cited Washington's "unfriendly actions" and the U.S. inability to fulfill its obligations under the 2000 deal as reasons for the move. (Associated Press)

U.S.-Russia tension escalates as Vladimir Putin ends nuclear cooperation

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The tiny West African nation of The Gambia has refused to take back nearly 2,000 deportees from the U.S., which led to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson refusing to grant some Gambians visas to visit the U.S. (Associated Press)

Gambia refuses to accept 2,000 people the U.S. trying to deport

The Washington Times

Jeh Johnson, who served as homeland security secretary from late 2013 through the end of the Obama administration, said he began to receive reports of attempted hacks of state elections systems in August, about the time the FBI issued a public warning. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. strips visas from Gambian govt.; punishment for stopping DHS deportations

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The State Department headquarters is located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Daniel Rosen, former State Dept. official, convicted in second sex crimes case

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Colombia peace accord and cocaine exportation by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

In Colombia, purchasing peace with cocaine?

By Robert Weiner and Thekla Truebenbach

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her phone after attending a U.S.-Russia meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam on July 23, 2010. The revelation that Mrs. Clinton used an off-the-books email account during her time as secretary of state has raised fresh questions about her credibility heading into 2016. (Associated Press)

State Department reveals FBI uncovered 2,800 emails Clinton never turned over

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Defense Distributed developed the first functioning 3-D printable pistol, called the Liberator. The U.S. State Department eventually demanded the blueprints for the weapon be pulled down from the Internet.

Defense Distributed, designer of 3-D printable guns, loses appeal against State Dept.

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times