What Is Hillary Hiding?

WHAT WE KNOW

Bill Clinton’s Speaking Fees Went Up As Clinton Was Secretary Of State

After Hillary Became Secretary Of State, Bill Clinton “Began To Collect Speaking Fees That Often Doubled Or Tripled What He Had Been Charging Earlier In His Post White House Years.” “After his wife became Secretary of State, former President Bill Clinton began to collect speaking fees that often doubled or tripled what he had been charging earlier in his post White House years, bringing in millions of dollars from groups that included several with interests pending before the State Department, an ABC News review of financial disclosure records shows.” (Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross, “Bill Clinton Cashed In When Hillary Became

Secretary Of State,” ABC News, 4/23/15)

“Where He Once Had Drawn $150,000 For A Typical Address In The Years Following His Presidency, Clinton Saw A Succession Of Staggering Paydays For Speeches In 2010 And 2011, Including $500,000 Paid By A Russian Investment Bank And $750,000 To Address A Telecom Conference In China.” (Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross, “Bill Clinton Cashed In When Hillary Became Secretary Of

State,” ABC News, 4/23/15)

Companies Were Donating To The Clinton Foundation While Lobbying Clinton’s State Department

“At Least 60 Companies That Lobbied The State Department During Her Tenure Donated A Total Of More Than $26 Million To The Clinton Foundation…” “At least 60 companies that lobbied the State Department during her tenure donated a total of more than $26 million to the Clinton Foundation, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of public and foundation disclosures.” (James V. Grimaldi and Rebecca

Ballhaus, “Hillary Clinton’s Complex Corporate Ties,” The Wall Street Journal, 2/19/15)

“At Least 44 Of Those 60 Companies Also Participated In Philanthropic Projects Valued At $3.2 Billion That Were Set Up Though A Wing Of The Foundation Called The Clinton Global Initiative…” “At least 44 of those 60 companies also participated in philanthropic projects valued at $3.2 billion that were set up though a wing of the foundation called the Clinton Global Initiative, which coordinates the projects but receives no cash for them.” (James V. Grimaldi and Rebecca Ballhaus, “Hillary

Clinton’s Complex Corporate Ties,” The Wall Street Journal, 2/19/15)

Foreign Hackers May Know More About Clinton’s Emails Than We Do

Clinton Can’t Name Any Safeguards From Her Secret Server. THE BOSTON GLOBE’S JAMES PINDELL: “One question about your email server, what safeguards did you put in place to make sure that you weren’t hacked?” CLINTON: “Well, I can only tell you there is no evidence that I’m aware of that I ever was.” (Interview With The Boston Globe, Keene, NH 10/16/15)

Clinton’s Secret Server Experienced Hacking “Scans” From An Unknown Foreign Computer. “Clinton’s email server permitted ‘remote-access connections directly over the Internet,’ a practice banned by the State Department since 2012. This type of software ‘allows users to control another computer from afar,’ and although these ‘programs are usually operated through an encrypted connection … Clinton’s system appeared to accept commands directly from the internet without such protections.’ Clinton’s private server has proved vulnerable to attacks and hacking attempts. Two such hacking ‘scans’ occurred in 2012 from a Serbian computer looking for accessible doors or ‘ports’ into the server.” (Jack Gillum and Stephen Braun, “Clinton Server’s Software Had Hacking Risk,” The Associated Press, 10/13/15)

WHAT WE MAY NEVER KNOW

Emails From Clinton’s First Eight Weeks In Office

Emails From First Eight Weeks Of Clinton’s Tenure As Secretary Of State “Are Missing And Have Been Lost.” “Mrs. Clinton’s representatives have said she didn’t set up her personal server until March 2009. She took office as secretary of state in late January 2009. Before that, she used an AT&T BlackBerry account as well as an account on her personal domain run off an unknown server. As a result of the migration, emails from the first eight weeks of her tenure are missing and have been lost, her representatives acknowledge.” (Byron Tau, “Bid To Find Early Clinton State Department Emails Unsuccessful, Lawyer Says,” The Wall Street

Journal, 10/22/15)

Clinton Was “Unable To Obtain” Emails From First Two Months Of Her Tenure As Secretary Of State. “[Clinton] has been ‘unable to obtain’ some emails from early in her tenure as secretary of state, according to a newly-released letter.” (Josh Gerstein, “Lawyer: Clinton ‘Unable To Obtain’ Emails From First Week As

Secretary,” Politico, 10/22/15)

22 Top Secret Emails Which Will Never Be Released

22 Emails Deemed “Top Secret,” Are Being “Withheld In Full” And Will Never Be Released To The Public Due To Their Classified Nature. “A second source not authorized to speak on the record said the number of accounts involved could be as high as 30 and reflects how the intelligence was broadly shared, replied to, and copied to individuals using the unsecured server. The State Department recently confirmed that the messages in question include the most sensitive kind of intelligence. On Jan. 29, Fox News first reported that some emails on Clinton’s server were too damaging to release in any form. The State Department subsequently announced that 22 ‘top secret’ emails were being withheld in full; these were the messages being handled by more than a dozen accounts.” (Catherine Herridge And Pamela Browne, “Official: Top

Clinton Aides Also Handled ‘Top Secret’ Intel On Server,” Fox News, 2/10/16)

The Contents Of The Over 30,000 Deleted Clinton Emails

Over 30,000 Of Clinton’s Emails From Her Secret Server Were Deemed To Be Private And Personal. “A Time magazine cover story about the email scandal released last week reported: ‘This review did not involve opening and reading each email. Instead, Clinton’s lawyers created a list of names and keywords related to her work and searched for those. Slightly more than half the total cache -- 31,830 emails -- did not contain any of the search terms, according to Clinton’s staff, so they were deemed to be 'private, personal records.’’ (Shushannah Walshe and Liz Kreutz, “Hillary Clinton's Deleted Emails Were Individually Reviewed After All,

Spokesman Says,” ABC News, 3/15/15)

Clinton Deleted These Personal Emails. “Clinton said on Tuesday she deleted all of the personal emails because she thought she ‘had no reason to save them.’”

Emails That Won’t Be Released Until 2018

The Department Of Justice Recently Said That They Can’t Turn Over Some Of Clinton’s Aides’ Emails Until 2018. “Justice Department lawyers are asking for a two-year extension to process emails from Hillary Clinton's aides in order to produce correspondence requested by a conservative advocacy organization. Lawyers this week said they were unable to satisfy a Freedom of Information Act request -- the deadline for which is later this month -- as quickly as once anticipated and now need until October 2018 to produce the records for Citizens United.”(Theodore Schleifer, “DOJ Lawyers Ask For 2-Year Extension To Produce Clinton

Aides’ Emails,” CNN, 7/1/16)

Clinton’s Involvement In The Crooked UBS Tax Deal That Got Her Husband A $1.5 Million Payday

Clinton Intervened On Behalf Of UBS To Broker A Deal With Federal Prosecutors, A Situation Which Was “Unusual” For A “Top U.S. Diplomat.” “The UBS case is unusual in that it shows a top U.S. diplomat intervening on behalf of a major overseas bank in a situation where federal prosecutors and the Justice Department had been the lead entity.” (Ed Henry, “Swiss Bank’s Donations To Clinton Foundation Increased After Hillary

Intervention In IRS Dispute,” Fox News, 7/30/15)

After Clinton Announced The Tentative Legal Settlement, “UBS’s Engagement With The Clinton Family’s Charitable Organization Increased.” “From that point on, UBS’s engagement with the Clinton family’s charitable organization increased.” (James V. Grimaldi and Rebecca Ballhaus, “UBS Deal Shows Clinton’s Complicated Ties,” The

Wall Street Journal, 7/30/15)

“Total Donations By UBS To The Clinton Foundation Grew From Less Than $60,000 Through 2008 To A Cumulative Total Of About $600,000 By The End Of 2014…” “Total donations by UBS to the Clinton Foundation grew from less than $60,000 through 2008 to a cumulative total of about $600,000 by the end of 2014, according the foundation and the bank.”(James V. Grimaldi and Rebecca Ballhaus, “UBS Deal Shows Clinton’s

Complicated Ties,” The Wall Street Journal, 7/30/15)

Bill Clinton Was Also Paid $1.5 Million From UBS To “Participate In A Series Of Question-And-Answer Sessions With UBS Wealth Management Chief Executive Bob McCann…” “And it paid former president Bill Clinton $1.5 million to participate in a series of question-and-answer sessions with UBS Wealth Management Chief Executive Bob McCann, making UBS his biggest single corporate source of speech income disclosed since he left the White House.” (James V. Grimaldi and Rebecca Ballhaus, “UBS Deal Shows Clinton’s

Complicated Ties,” The Wall Street Journal, 7/30/15)

The $1.5 Million In Speech Income Made “UBS [Bill Clinton’s] Biggest Single Corporate Source Of Speech Income Disclosed Since He Left The White House.” “And it paid former president Bill Clinton $1.5 million to participate in a series of question-and-answer sessions with UBS Wealth Management Chief Executive Bob McCann, making UBS his biggest single corporate source of speech income disclosed since he left the White House.” (James V. Grimaldi and Rebecca Ballhaus, “UBS

Deal Shows Clinton’s Complicated Ties,”The Wall Street Journal, 7/30/15)

Clinton’s Personal Involvement In The Deal That Gave Russia Control Of The World’s Uranium Supply

In 2010 When The Russians Wanted To Up Their Stake In An Uranium Company Called Uranium One To 51 Percent, Giving Them A Controlling Stake, It Set Off “Alarm Bells” In America. “But it was the 2010 deal, giving the Russians a controlling 51 percent stake, that set off alarm bells.” (Jo Becker and Mike

McIntire, “Cash Flowed To Clinton Foundation As Russians Pressed For Control Of Uranium Company,” The New York Times, 4/23/15)

This Russian Buyout Was Considered A “Generous Offer To Shareholders” Of Uranium One. “And within a year, the Russian government substantially upped the ante, with a generous offer to shareholders that would give it a 51 percent controlling stake.”(Jo Becker and Mike McIntire, “Cash

Flowed To Clinton Foundation As Russians Pressed For Control Of Uranium Company,” The New York Times, 4/23/15)

Uranium One’s Chairman Was Canadian Ian Telfer. “The new company, which kept the Uranium One name, was controlled by UrAsia investors including Ian Telfer, a Canadian who became chairman.” (Jo Becker and Mike McIntire, “Cash Flowed To Clinton Foundation As Russians Pressed For Control Of Uranium

Company,” The New York Times, 4/23/15)

The Power To Sign Off On The Uranium Deal Rests With “The Committee On Foreign Investment In The United States.” “When a company controlled by the Chinese government sought a 51 percent stake in a tiny Nevada gold mining operation in 2009, it set off a secretive review process in Washington, where officials raised concerns primarily about the mine’s proximity to a military installation, but also about the potential for minerals at the site, including uranium, to come under Chinese control. The officials killed the deal. Such is the power of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.” (Jo Becker and Mike

McIntire, “Cash Flowed To Clinton Foundation As Russians Pressed For Control Of Uranium Company,” The New York Times, 4/23/15)

Secretary Clinton Was On This Committee. “Such is the power of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. The committee comprises some of the most powerful members of the cabinet, including the attorney general, the secretaries of the Treasury, Defense, Homeland Security, Commerce and Energy, and the secretary of state.”(Jo Becker and Mike McIntire, “Cash Flowed To Clinton

Foundation As Russians Pressed For Control Of Uranium Company,” The New York Times, 4/23/15)

Telfer’s Family Charity Is Called The Fernwood Foundation, Which Donated Millions “During And After The Critical Time When The Foreign Investment Committee Was Reviewing His Deal With The Russians.” “But a review of tax records in Canada, where Mr. Telfer has a family charity called the Fernwood Foundation, shows that he donated millions of dollars more, during and after the critical time when the foreign investment committee was reviewing his deal with the Russians.” (Jo Becker and Mike

McIntire, “Cash Flowed To Clinton Foundation As Russians Pressed For Control Of Uranium Company,” The New York Times, 4/23/15)

In 2009, The Fernwood Foundation Donated $1 Million, The Same Year Uranium One “Appealed To The American Embassy To Help Keep Its Mines In Kazakhstan, $250,000 In 2010, The Year The Russians Sought Majority Control; As Well As $600,000 In 2011 And $500,000 In 2012.” “His donations through the Fernwood Foundation included $1 million reported in 2009, the year his company appealed to the American Embassy to help it keep its mines in Kazakhstan; $250,000 in 2010, the year the Russians sought majority control; as well as $600,000 in 2011 and $500,000 in 2012.” (Jo Becker and Mike McIntire, “Cash Flowed To Clinton Foundation As Russians

Pressed For Control Of Uranium Company,” The New York Times, 4/23/15)

Why Clinton Placed A Foundation Donor On A National Security Board With No Experience In The Field

Raj Fernando Was Appointed To The State Department’s International Security Advisory Board By Clinton’s Chief Of Staff Cheryl Mills At Her “Insistence.” “The newly released emails reveal that after ABC News started asking questions in August 2011, a State Department official who worked with the advisory board couldn’t immediately come up with a justification for Fernando serving on the panel. His and other emails make repeated references to ‘S’; ABC News has been told this is a common way to refer to the Secretary of State. ‘The true answer is simply that S staff (Cheryl Mills) added him,’ wrote Wade Boese, who was Chief of Staff for the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, in an email to Mannina, the press aide. ‘Raj was not on the list sent to S; he was added at their insistence.’”(Matthew Mosk, Brian Ross and Cho Park, “How Clinton Donor Got On Sensitive Intelligence Board,” ABC News,

6/10/16)

“Hillary Clinton's State Department Aides Rushed A Top Secret Security Clearance For A Democratic Donor In Order To Place Him In A Government Position For Which He Was Not Qualified.” (Sarah Westwood, “Clinton Aides Rushed Top Secret Clearance For Foundation Donor,” The Washington Examiner,6/16/16)

Fernando Has Contributed Between $1,000,000 And $5,000,000 To The Clinton Foundation. (The

Clinton Foundation, Accessed 6/10/16)

Clinton’s Personal Involvement Into Why Telecom Services Were Excluded From Some Iran Sanctions, Protecting Ericsson, A Company That Paid Clinton $750,000 For A Single Paid

Speech

“In June 2011, The State Department Started Drawing Up A List Of Which Goods And Services Might Be Covered Under Expanded Sanctions On Iran And Other State Sponsors Of Terrorism.” (Peter Schweitzer, Clinton Cash, 2015)

“Beginning In 2009, The Swedish Telecom Giant Ericsson Came Under US Pressure For Selling Telecom Equipment To Oppressive Governments, Some Of Which Used Those Technologies To Monitor And Control Their Own People.” (Peter Schweitzer, Clinton Cash, 2015)

“The Regimes Included Sudan And Syria…And Iran…” “The regimes included Sudan and Syria, where Ericsson sold and maintained telephone-switching equipment, and Iran, where it was selling ‘commercial grade systems to public network operators for mobile communications.’” (Peter

Schweitzer, Clinton Cash, 2015)

“Meanwhile, Ericsson Decided To Sponsor A Speech By Bill Clinton And Paid Him More Than He Had Ever Been Paid For A Single Speech: $ 750,000.” (Peter Schweitzer, Clinton Cash, 2015)

“According To Clinton Financial Disclosures, In The Previous Ten Years Ericsson Had Never Sponsored A Clinton Speech.” (Peter Schweitzer, Clinton Cash, 2015)

“In April 2012, President Obama Signed An Executive Order Imposing Sanctions On Telecom Sales To Iran And Syria.” (Peter Schweitzer, Clinton Cash, 2015)

“But Those Sanctions Did Not Cover Ericsson’s Work In Iran.” (Peter Schweitzer, Clinton Cash,2015)

Clinton’s Involvement In Algeria’s Inclusion On State Department Lists For Human Rights Violations While The Country Was Giving To The Foundation

“The Clinton Foundation Failed To Submit A $500,000 Donation From The Algerian Government To The State Department For Approval Under An Ethics Agreement Put In Place As Hillary Clinton Was Being Confirmed As Secretary Of State…” “The Clinton Foundation failed to submit a $500,000 donation from the Algerian government to the State Department for approval under an ethics agreement put in place as Hillary Clinton was being confirmed as secretary of state, a foundation spokesman acknowledged Wednesday.” (Josh Gerstein, “Foreign Donation Slipped Clinton Vetting Process,” Politico, 2/26/15)

“Foundation Officials Acknowledged They Should Have Sought Approval In 2010 From The State Department Ethics Office, As Required By The Agreement For New Government Donors, Before Accepting A $500,000 Donation From The Algerian Government.” (Rosalind S.

Helderman and Tom Hamburger, “Foreign Governments Gave Millions To Foundation While Clinton Was At State Dept.,” The Washington Post, 2/25/15)

Clinton’s Ethics Agreement Allowed Foreign Governments To Continue Supporting Existing Programs, But New Or Increased Donations Had To Be Vetted By The State Department. “Under the deal, those four entities could continue to accept funds from foreign governments already supporting those programs, but any material increases in donations and any donations from new countries were supposed to be submitted for review by State Department ethics officials.” (Josh Gerstein, “Foreign Donation Slipped

Clinton Vetting Process,” Politico, 2/26/15)

At The Time, Algeria Was “Spending Heavily To Lobby The State Department On Human Rights Issues.” “The money was given to assist with earthquake relief in Haiti, the foundation said. At the time, Algeria, which has sought a closer relationship with Washington, was spending heavily to lobby the State Department on human rights issues.” (Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger, “Foreign Governments Gave Millions To Foundation

While Clinton Was At State Dept.,” The Washington Post, 2/25/15)

Hillary And Bill Clinton’s Involvement In The Noble Energy Deal

According To The Wall Street Journal, In 2010, Bill Clinton And The State Department Were “Enlisted” By Noble Energy To Oppose Israel Changing Its Policy. “A retroactive change would be ‘egregious’ and ‘would quickly move Israel to the lowest tier of countries for investment by the energy industry,’ Noble's chief executive, Chuck Davidson, wrote Mr. Steinitz in April. The company enlisted high-level negotiators, including the U.S. State Department and former President Bill Clinton, to lobby against any change.” (Charles Levinson and Guy Chazan, “Big Gas Find Sparks A Frenzy In Israel,” The Wall Street Journal, 12/30/10)

In A July 2010 Private Meeting With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Bill Clinton Spoke Out Against Israel’s Proposed Policy Change. “Mr. Clinton raised the issue in a private meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York in July, according to a Clinton aide. ‘Your country can't just tax a U.S. business retroactively because they feel like it,’ the aide said Mr. Clinton told Mr. Netanyahu.” (Charles Levinson And Guy Chazan, “Big Gas Find Sparks A Frenzy In Israel,” The Wall Street Journal, 12/30/10)

During Energy Policy Meetings In Israel, Bill Clinton Spoke With Several Israeli Cabinet Members In Support Of Noble And Other Gas Companies That Faced a Change In Tax Rates In Israel. “Until a few years ago, Gilad Government Relations provided Noble’s lobbying services in Israel. Currently, however, the Houston firm has no Israeli lobbyist. A lobbyist familiar with Noble from the period when

Gilad represented it said that most of its lobbying focused on the U.S. Congress, where they pulled out all the stops for members of Congress to call Netanyahu on Noble’s behalf, the source claimed. The company’s connection to higher-ups in Washington is also reflected in former President Bill Clinton’s involvement with the company. During the Sheshinski committee’s energy policy hearings, Clinton approached several Israeli cabinet members, asking that they weigh the intention to raise the tax rates paid by gas companies in Israel. This reportedly came in the context of a campaign that was attributed to the gas companies, in which they allegedly attempted to pressure Israeli government officials.”(Shuki Sadeh,

“Digging Into The Lobbying Efforts Of Natural Gas Partner Noble Energy,” Haaretz, 7/11/15)

The U.S. Embassy In Tel Aviv “Weighed In” On The Issue Of Taxes Or Royalties On Israeli Gas Fields. “Energy companies have lobbied hard in recent months to head off any attempt to raise taxes or royalties on existing exploration leases or discoveries. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv have both weighed in.” (Charles Levinson, “Israeli Panel Recommends Raising Taxes On Gas Companies,” The Wall

Street Journal, 11/10/10)

Hillary’s Correspondence With Authoritarian Regimes That Donated Millions To The Clinton Foundation

OMAN

The Sultanate Of Oman Has Donated Between $1,000,001 And $5,000,000 To The Clinton Foundation. (Clinton Foundation, Accessed 5/18/16)

According To The U.S. State Department Human Rights Report For 2015, “Socio-Cultural Discrimination Against Women” Was One Of The Main Human Rights Problems In Oman

According To The U.S. State Department Human Rights Report For 2015, The Most Significant Human Rights Problems In Oman Included “… Limits On Freedom Of Speech, Assembly, And Association; And Restrictions On Independent Civil Society.” “The principal human rights problems were the lack of representative political institutions with legislative authority; limits on freedom of speech, assembly, and association; and restrictions on independent civil society.” (“Country Reports On Human Rights

Practices For 2015: Oman,” U.S. Department Of State, Accessed 4/13/16)

Other Human Rights Issues Included “… Insufficient Protection For Victims Of Domestic Violence …” And “… Socio-Cultural Discrimination Against Women …” “Other concerns included lack of independent inspections of prisons and detention centers; the reported mistreatment of prisoners and detainees; insufficient protection for victims of domestic violence; socio-cultural discrimination against women; and instances of expatriate foreign resident laborers subjected to labor violations, some of which amounts to forced labor. The government continued to crack down on dissident bloggers and cyber-activists, temporarily detaining and imprisoning those who publicly criticized public officials and or government policy.” (“Country Reports On Human Rights Practices For 2015: Oman,” U.S. Department Of State, Accessed 4/13/16)

BRUNEI

The Government Of Brunei Darussalam Has Donated Between $1,000,001 And $5,000,000 To The Clinton Foundation. (Clinton Foundation, Accessed 5/18/16)

According To The U.S. State Department Report On Human Rights For 2015, Brunei’s Human Rights Problems Included Limitations On Freedoms And The Inability To Choose Their Government

According To The U.S. State Department Report On Human Rights For 2015, Brunei’s Most Significant Human Rights Problems Included “… The Inability Of Citizens To Choose Their Government Through Free And Fair Elections, Restrictions On Religious Freedom, And Exploitation Of Foreign Workers.” “The most serious human rights problems were the inability of citizens to choose their government through free and fair elections, restrictions on religious freedom, and

exploitation of foreign workers.” (“Country Reports On Human Rights Practices For 2015: Brunei,” U.S. Department Of State, Accessed

4/13/16)

“Other Human Rights Problems Included Limitations On Freedoms Of Speech, Press, Assembly, And Association.” (“Country Reports On Human Rights Practices For 2015: Brunei,” U.S. Department Of State, Accessed 4/13/16)

SAUDI ARABIA

The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Has Donated Between $10,000,001 And $25,000,000 To The Clinton Foundation. (Clinton Foundation, Accessed 5/17/16)

Friends Of Saudi Arabia Has Donated Between $1,000,001 And $5,000,000 To The Clinton Foundation. (Clinton Foundation, Accessed 5/17/16)

According To The U.S. State Department Human Rights Report For 2015, One Of The Most Important Human Rights Problems In Saudi Arabia Was “… Pervasive Gender Discrimination And Lack Of Equal Rights That Affected All Aspects Of Women’s Lives”

According To The U.S. State Department Human Rights Report For 2015, The Most Significant Human Rights Problems Included “… Restrictions On Universal Rights, Such As Freedom Of Expression … And Pervasive Gender Discrimination And Lack Of Equal Rights That Affected All Aspects Of Women’s Lives.” “The most important human rights problems reported included citizens’ lack of the ability and legal means to choose their government; restrictions on universal rights, such as freedom of expression, including on the internet, and the freedoms of assembly, association, movement, and religion; and pervasive gender discrimination and lack of equal rights that affected all aspects of women’s lives.” (“Country Reports On Human Rights Practices For 2015: Saudi Arabia,” U.S. State Department, Accessed 4/13/16)

Other Human Rights Issues Included “Violence Against Women; Trafficking In Persons; And Discrimination Based On Gender, Religion, Sect, Race, And Ethnicity …” “Other human rights problems reported included: a lack of equal rights for children and noncitizen workers; abuses of detainees; overcrowding in prisons and detention centers; a lack of judicial independence and transparency that manifested itself in denial of due process and arbitrary arrest and detention; investigating, detaining, prosecuting, and sentencing lawyers, human rights activists, and antigovernment reformists; holding political prisoners; and arbitrary interference with privacy, home, and correspondence. Violence against women; trafficking in persons; and discrimination based on gender, religion, sect, race, and ethnicity, as well as a lack of equal rights for children and noncitizen workers were common. Lack of governmental transparency and access made it difficult to assess the magnitude of many reported human rights problems.” (“Country Reports On Human Rights Practices For 2015: Saudi Arabia,” U.S. State Department,

Accessed 4/13/16)

What Was Given To Oman For Their Help In Negotiating The Iran Nuclear Deal

Beginning In 2009, Iran Passed The Obama Administration A List Of Prisoners It Wanted As Part Of A “Wish List” Before Starting Nuclear Negotiations. “Iran secretly passed to the White House beginning in late 2009 the names of prisoners it wanted released from U.S. custody, part of a wish list to test President Barack Obama’s commitment to improving ties and a move that set off years of clandestine dispatches that helped open the door to nuclear negotiations.” (Jay Solomon, “Iran Wish List Led Nuclear Deal Talks With

U.S.,” The Wall Street Journal, 6/28/15)

Iran’s Requests, Passed Secretly Through The Sultan Of Oman, Included Blacklisting Opposition Groups Hostile To Iran And Increasing U.S. Visas For Iranian Students. “The secret messages, via an envoy sent by the Sultan of Oman, also included a request to blacklist opposition groups hostile to Iran and increase U.S. visas for Iranian students, according to officials familiar with the matter. The U.S. eventually acceded to some of the requests, these officials said, including help with the release of four Iranians detained in the U.S. and U.K.: two convicted arms smugglers, a retired senior diplomat and a

prominent scientist convicted of illegal exports to Iran.” (Jay Solomon, “Iran Wish List Led Nuclear Deal Talks With U.S.,” The Wall

Street Journal, 6/28/15)

In 2012, Clinton Helped Arrange Secret Talks With The U.S. And Iran And Sent Her “Closest Aide,” Jake Sullivan, To Meet With Iranians In Oman. “Perhaps the most revelatory passages in the book involve the secret diplomacy that led to the November 2013 interim nuclear agreement with Iran. Though the deal was reached in Geneva months after Clinton had left, she laid the groundwork for the covert back channel through Oman to Iran. She describes the first feeler in January 2011, when the sultan of Oman confided to her that ‘I can help’ arrange direct, secret talks. She then sent her closest aide, Jake Sullivan, to Oman in July 2012 to meet an Iranian advance party, then revisited Oman, then dispatched her deputy, Bill Burns, for the beginning of real bargaining.” (David Ignatius, “In ‘Hard Choices,’ Hillary Clinton Opens Up About

World Leaders And What She Got Right,” The Washington Post, 6/9/14)

After Their Help Brokering Clinton’s Iran Deal, Oman Was Spared From The State Department’s Worst Human Rights Records Classifications. “As the United States negotiated this year’s nuclear pact with Iran, the State Department quietly agreed to spare the Gulf sultanate of Oman from an embarrassing public rebuke over its human rights record, rewarding a close Arab ally that helped broker the historic deal.” (Jason Szep, Matt Spetalnick and Yara Bayoumy, “In Favoring Middle East Ally, U.S. Glossed Over Human Rights Record,” Reuters, 12/21/15)

In 2015 Oman Was “Downgraded” On A State Department List Of Countries With Poor Human Trafficking Records So It Could Avoid Incurring U.S. Sanctions. “In April, diplomats in the State Department’s Near Eastern Affairs bureau and experts in the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons agreed that Oman would be downgraded from ‘Tier 2’ to a status known as ‘Tier 2 Watch List’, one notch above a level that can incur U.S. sanctions, according to an internal department memo seen by Reuters.” (Jason Szep, Matt Spetalnick and Yara Bayoumy, “In Favoring Middle East Ally,

U.S. Glossed Over Human Rights Record,” Reuters, 12/21/15)