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Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Received: by 10.25.24.31 with SMTP id o31csp3262763lfi; Thu, 26 Feb 2015 04:50:12 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.34.36 with SMTP id k33mr17280576qgk.66.1424955011301; Thu, 26 Feb 2015 04:50:11 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <craig@minassianmedia.com> Received: from mail-qg0-f42.google.com (mail-qg0-f42.google.com. [209.85.192.42]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u94si413645qgu.115.2015.02.26.04.50.10 for <john.podesta@gmail.com> (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 26 Feb 2015 04:50:11 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning craig@minassianmedia.com does not designate 209.85.192.42 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.192.42; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning craig@minassianmedia.com does not designate 209.85.192.42 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=craig@minassianmedia.com Received: by mail-qg0-f42.google.com with SMTP id z107so8048050qgd.1 for <john.podesta@gmail.com>; Thu, 26 Feb 2015 04:50:10 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to; bh=CIyU1KNN/pWk9G+6qlK0+/ciCPJcuXes5aX6bNESvfE=; b=ORwLJvWpiPrp7KaJeQt4xXzKTOM1AuxXnxVQ+NjmuXW6e89oF0Ns/iaaeQSXj8isEr kTG0HaeTgZnB/EAPpJaA0QIiigdNPAklO4b9lpi6+h1GWZszygBfoZUp0ep+AoVhKkhK n4oxdB4rgf+eW7rGpHe849k5x05a/0rabcZY3NV9G+SEMUGKgGElU+IsPQyIjKMVIgeF zejL/17u0619msegLr/N94RTSZ0BMbGryXZfFgg1nKwrwyjO6k/KWUxw6T/CI0DmJ9FQ 2AuuVTHosIdkFM6xn5JHYRqv+6bKMmNWXeFreaO/G+RSCXDlmIKMArHlB+jYrYWzDMnF Syhw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkv0szHtpridmXLqaMn6gL+G0PrQCfblgWz5U0gdPToONYPomCdf6WKPF9JNo/Vm9kwXPOt X-Received: by 10.140.146.71 with SMTP id 68mr17698899qhs.97.1424955010463; Thu, 26 Feb 2015 04:50:10 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <craig@minassianmedia.com> Received: from [192.168.0.7] (cpe-72-225-161-77.nyc.res.rr.com. [72.225.161.77]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id 74sm417594qgp.9.2015.02.26.04.50.09 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 26 Feb 2015 04:50:09 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Posting From: Craig Minassian <craig@minassianmedia.com> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (12B466) In-Reply-To: <8CF27951-858B-49DD-A2FF-B04153846780@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 07:50:08 -0500 CC: Philippe Reines <pir@hrcoffice.com>, Nicholas S Merrill <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>, Bruce Lindsey <brucerlindsey@aol.com>, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <EBEFCDB1-1107-4178-AD30-7E079425169D@minassianmedia.com> References: <25DC3E81-8AEB-4724-B31D-7885AE928453@gmail.com> <82754D38-5B00-4E8C-BEEA-ABA584E659B6@minassianmedia.com> <8CF27951-858B-49DD-A2FF-B04153846780@gmail.com> To: Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com> I agree. We also have a Q&A page about this stuff drafted for the website wh= ich we should be able to send around to this group this am for review. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2015, at 7:41 AM, Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > Got it - but we should remember obligation was on foundation to pre-approv= e, so it does have foundation exigencies that should be considered.=20 >=20 > Happy to do a call later today if desired. My point was a larger one - sho= uld we get in practice of a place where folks can get foundation perspective= on issue after issue (a sort of fact check place if you will). =20 >=20 > cdm >=20 >> On Feb 26, 2015, at 7:05 AM, Craig Minassian <craig@minassianmedia.com> w= rote: >>=20 >> We've discussed and I'd be very open to it. >>=20 >> We should remember that original response worked for two reasons. 1. It w= as one story that other outlets weren't really pursuing so we didn't have ne= w follows ups every day with different angles. 2. WJC was able to address th= e core charge of financial mismanagement (remember the headline was somethin= g like "Unease of finances at CF". This seems a bit different which is the a= llegations are of conflict of interest story for her.=20 >>=20 >> We also had facts about the steps we undertook to fix the finances that w= e being put in place but we don't have something new to say - yet - about wh= at happens if she runs. >>=20 >> I'm not buying the COI premise but I would welcome ideas about what he co= uld say to shut it down. >>=20 >> We could give stats on what the money went to most of it went CHAI and we= 've been handcuffed by the Ira problem.=20 >>=20 >> Sent from my iPhone >>=20 >>> On Feb 26, 2015, at 6:25 AM, Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com> wrote= : >>>=20 >>> Wouldn't it be good to put up a response with the data like we did for t= imes summer piece or do you think article is fine? >>>=20 >>> cdm