More recent historical context for current events.
According to @Newsweek, the "road to the raid" on a former President's home began with NARA and National Archivist David Ferriero.
I have some experience dealing with him.🧵
1. newsweek.com/exclusive-info…
2. He sidelined NARA's independent watchdog on paid admin leave for 2 years, a needless waste of taxpayer money that also ensured less oversight of his agency at the time.
govexec.com/management/201…
3. Here is Mr. Ferriero's letter to @ChuckGrassley from September 2015 responding to Qs about what he did (or didn't do) about Hillary Clinton's secret, offsite email server.
archives.gov/files/press/pr…
4. Mr. Ferriero did *not* take a muscular approach to retrieving those federal records, "deferring to the State Department review" instead.
"We do not believe that it is appropriate or necessary at this time for NARA to request that the Attorney General initiate an action."
5. And under Mr. Ferriero, NARA had never conducted an inspection of the State Department's records system because it did not "warrant an inspection."
6. Clinton's lawyer had a thumb drive containing classified material from her server.
But, hey, no big deal. No warrant. No raid. No team of FBI agents.
After all, his "law firm is taking 'appropriate measures' to secure the files."
politico.com/story/2015/07/…
7. The Archivist of the U.S. serves indefinitely (no fixed term). It has not been considered a partisan position before. But, based on Mr. Ferriero’s statements upon resigning earlier this year, it seems he saw his role in partisan political terms. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fer…
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