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Re: Summary of Call with Mac Toler

From:ha16@hillaryclinton.com To: DKendall@wc.com CC: KTurner@wc.com, cheryl.mills@gmail.com, john.podesta@gmail.com, Jake.Sullivan@gmail.com, hsamuelson@cdmillsgroup.com, ASaharia@wc.com Date: 2015-10-20 21:39 Subject: Re: Summary of Call with Mac Toler

They will give the press 150 of the 300 seats thats why they keep saying available seats are 150! and yes we are all planning to dress like Cheryl on Thursday On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Kendall, David <DKendall@wc.com> wrote: > I do like anyone who says without smiling “From Mr. Kendall on down,” even > if it’s to designate who has to go through a metal detector. > > > > I defer to Huma and her team with respect to breakout space and other > logistics. I would say non-HRC team should probably arrive at 9:15 am. I > think the McKinley Library (wish it were named after another POTUS) would > work, and there’d be no hall crossing. But Huma’s call. When I was there, > the hearing room was *very* cold. Huma, as I’m sure you know, she wanted > details of how the hearing table was situated. > > > > It’s fine to give us both the space in front of and in back of the > semicircular desk in back of the speaker’s table—it could seat 17 both in > front and in back sitting behind the desk. I told them we did NOT want > news people sitting behind the desk, b/c they could eavesdrop and see (from > behind us) what we were reading. If our own troops are there, I have no > problem. > > > > I personally counted the chairs in the audience: about 310. Maybe > they’re going to move some out, I don’t know—but that space will hold 300 > plus. So they do in fact have a lot of seats. > > > > No word yet when our meeting with Chm Gowdy is tomorrow. > > > > > > > > *David E. Kendall* > > *Williams & Connolly LLP* > > 725 Twelfth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005 > > (P) 202-434-5145 | (F) 202-434-5029 > > dkendall@wc.com | www.wc.com/dkendall > > > > *From:* Turner, Katherine > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 20, 2015 6:53 PM > *To:* Huma Abedin > *Cc:* Cheryl Mills; John Podesta; Jake.Sullivan@gmail.com; Heather > Samuelson; Kendall, David > *Subject:* RE: Summary of Call with Mac Toler > > > > I spoke with Mac Toler re logistics: > > > > 1. He and Huma have made arrangements to do the advance > walk-through tomorrow morning and work through entry/exit logistics. He > did mention that the entrance plan would be that her car (and any cars with > her) would pull up to the front entrance, Secretary Clinton herself would > *not* have to go through metal detector/security, but all those arriving > within her “from Mr. Kendall on down” would have to do so; he would have a > dedicated security line cleared for us to expedite this. I didn’t comment > on this other than to say that the details of entry are an aspect that he > and Huma should work through tomorrow morning. He wanted to know arrival > time for this; again, I deferred to you on that, Huma. > > > > 2. I told him our number was 8 for those to be seated in the row > directly behind Secretary Clinton. > > > > 3. He laughed at the number of seats we are requesting in the > general seating area, claiming that the room in its entirety seats only > 150, and they need to accommodate staff, the public, press, etc. I said if > the total capacity is 150, we’d be looking for at least 75 seats. He said > he would get us as many as we can, but it won’t be near 75. He noted that > even though we only have 8 that need to be seated behind Secretary Clinton, > the 17 seats in that row behind her are assigned to us, and suggested that > we also see whether Rep. Cummings has “extra” seats he could give us. He > did say their plan is to have actual tickets. I asked him when he could > get back to us on the number, in addition to the 17, that he would give us; > he said he hoped by tomorrow morning, so that he could physically give Huma > the tickets during the meeting tomorrow – so Huma, maybe you can press him > on this in the morning? > > > > 4. They have sent to State our list of those who would accompany > Secretary Clinton to the SCIF if necessary (David, Heather, and I) and will > forward me the response from State confirming our TS/SCI clearances when > they get it. > > > > 5. I told him we need a break-out room that will accommodate 15; he > said that there is really only one room that is a candidate – that is both > close enough and suitable to serve as a break-out room – and that Huma, you > could take a look at it tomorrow to assess how many can fit comfortably in > it. > > > > *Katherine Turner* > > *Williams & Connolly LLP* > > 725 Twelfth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005 > > (P) 202-434-5487 | (F) 202-434-5029 > > kturner@wc.com | www.wc.com/kturner > > > > *From:* Huma Abedin [mailto:ha16@hillaryclinton.com > <ha16@hillaryclinton.com>] > *Sent:* Monday, October 19, 2015 9:25 PM > *To:* Turner, Katherine > *Cc:* Cheryl Mills; John Podesta; Jake.Sullivan@gmail.com; Heather > Samuelson; Kendall, David > > *Subject:* Re: Summary of Call with Mac Toler > > > > It can be at their convenience tomorrow or wed. With our advance and > secret service. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 19, 2015, at 9:06 PM, Turner, Katherine <KTurner@wc.com> wrote: > > Yes, I'll give Mac a call in the morning to request the walk through. When > would we like for that to happen? > > > > Sent with Good (www.good.com) > > > ----- > *From: *Cheryl Mills [cheryl.mills@gmail.com] > *Sent: *Monday, October 19, 2015 09:02 PM Eastern Standard Time > *To: *Huma Abedin > *Cc: *John Podesta; Jake.Sullivan@gmail.com; Heather Samuelson; Turner, > Katherine; Kendall, David > *Subject: *Re: Summary of Call with Mac Toler > > Katherine - once we send the response, I assume that is fine? > > cdm > > > On Oct 19, 2015, at 7:36 PM, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com> > wrote: > > > > also I want to organize a walk through with our advance. can we reach > > out to Mac about that? > > > >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Folks > >> > >> Here is my take on the answers to the questions below - John/Huma/Jake > - can > >> you provide any suggested changes or updates. > >> > >> See below. > >> > >> best. > >> > >> cdm > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: Turner, Katherine <KTurner@wc.com> > >> Date: Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 12:21 PM > >> Subject: Summary of Call with Mac Toler > >> To: "Kendall, David" <DKendall@wc.com>, Cheryl Mills > >> <cheryl.mills@gmail.com>, Heather Samuelson < > hsamuelson@cdmillsgroup.com>, > >> "Saharia, Amy" <ASaharia@wc.com> > >> > >> > >> I had a call with Mac Toler this morning. Mac works for the majority > on the > >> Committee, and wears two hats: he is both an attorney and the > Committee’s > >> “security manager.” He has requested from us the following: > >> > >> > >> > >> 1. Highest priority, as soon as possible: a list of any > individuals > >> who would want to be in the SCIF, in the event that a SCIF session is > >> necessary, so that they can confirm clearances with DOS. Notably, on > this > >> point, he said “This is just Mac speaking, so take this with a grain of > >> salt, but I don’t think we want to go into a classified session” > because of > >> the logistical hurdles, but said they need to plan for that contingency > in > >> case HRC requests the need to go into classified session in order to > answer > >> a question, or another member asks a question that requires such an > answer. > >> I asked what the highest level of classified info at issue would be; he > >> believed we should plan for up to TS/SCI, and confirmed that in a > follow-up > >> email. > >> > >> David > >> > >> Katherine > >> > >> Heather > >> > >> > >> > >> 2. The number of people (preferably a list with names) who are on > what > >> he called the “Clinton Team” who will need to be seated in the row > behind > >> her. > >> > >> I would rather give number [7] vice names > >> > >> David > >> > >> Katherine > >> > >> Heather > >> > >> [Cheryl]* > >> > >> Phil S > >> > >> Nick > >> > >> Connelly > >> > >> *Note - I plan to be in hold room if my preference prevails > >> > >> 3. The number of people (if any) who plan to stay in the break-out > >> room (as opposed to needing a seat in the hearing room). > >> > >> My preference is to give number - 15 > >> > >> In terms of who actually are must-shows if they can come: > >> > >> John P > >> > >> Jen P > >> > >> Brian F > >> > >> PIR > >> > >> Jake > >> > >> Huma > >> > >> Phil B > >> > >> Mike S > >> > >> Amy S (W&C) > >> > >> > >> 4. The number of guest passes we are requesting for seating in the > >> general audience. > >> > >> 100 > >> > >> 5. Any logistical requests we might have (e.g., with respect to > >> parking spaces). > >> > >> 4 parking spots > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Katherine Turner > >> > >> Williams & Connolly LLP > >> > >> 725 Twelfth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005 > >> > >> (P) 202-434-5487 | (F) 202-434-5029 > >> > >> kturner@wc.com | www.wc.com/kturner > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> > >> This message and any attachments are intended only for the addressee > and may > >> contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you have > >> received this message in error, please do not read, use, copy, > distribute, > >> or disclose the contents of the message and any attachments. 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