My Question

I have a question. Why would the president use a pseudonym when communicating with his Secretary of State?

Also among the newly disclosed details, according to the FBI: The name of the sender on an e-mail to Clinton in 2012 was “believed to be a pseudonym” for President Barack Obama. When the FBI told that to a top Clinton aide, Huma Abedin, during its investigation, she responded, “How is this not classified?” The documents don’t say whether the message went to Clinton’s private e-mail.

According to the FBI summary of its interview with Abedin, who is now vice chairwoman of Clinton’s presidential campaign, Obama’s e-mail system allowed him to receive messages only from approved senders. The White House had to be notified when Clinton changed her private e-mail address so that her messages could get through, Abedin told the FBI.

The message that the FBI said may have come from Obama under a pseudonym had the simple subject line: “Re: Congratulations.”

Other than as a joke I can’t think of any good reasons.

6 comments… add one
  • CStanley Link

    Probably Powell and GWB did this, and recommended it.

  • Guarneri Link

    You, of course, already know the answer.

    And in other musings.

    “Mommy, why did all those people get community from the FBI?”
    “Immunity, son. Immunity.”
    “Were they sick?”
    “No, not that, son. They were working together and had criminal intent.”
    “What’s that, and how did they know?”
    “Nobody knows son, not even the FBI Director.”
    “Mommy, my teacher says it’s obvious what’s going on. He says Republicans like bananas.”
    “Just forget about it, son, and it will all go away. Now mommy has to go to work.”
    “What do you do for work, mommy?”
    “Mommy is a journalist, son…….”

  • walt moffett Link

    Whenever I run across something that reinforces my belief the administration has deployed a drone on open government, I suspect it as too good to be true.

    I’m sure there is a reasonable hairsplitting totally not obfuscated reason (or four) but we’ll never hear it.

  • CStanley Link

    Of course we’re probably avoiding the most obvious reason: HRC and BO were carrying on a torrid clandestine affair.

  • ... Link

    Have they revealed the President’s pseudonym? I’m going with “Black Snake Moan” until told otherwise. Of course, that’s really more of an Anthony Weiner or Bill Clinton type pseudonym, but it’s funny! Perhaps the others would be “Non-hooded Snake Moan” or “Bent Snake Moan”.

    Forget Hillary and Donald, I want Carlos Danger to be President. It’d be a laugh riot!

  • ... Link

    HRC and BO were carrying on a torrid clandestine affair.

    She’s old and drunk, so I don’t think she’s interested. And I seriously doubt she’d go for a man wearing mom-jeans.

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