“Many Lebanese Americans, for example, are Christian,” notes one email written by Preeta Bansal, who worked on the Obama transition team headed by Podesta, who is now Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager. “In the last list (of outside boards/commissions), most who are listed appear to be Muslim American, except that a handful (where noted) may be Arab American but of uncertain religion (esp. Christian).”
Also notable, there was concern that some of the Muslims suggested would not survive media scrutiny, with one aide writing, “High-profile Muslim Americans tend to be the subject of a fair amount of blogger criticism, and so the individuals on this list would need to be ESPECIALLY carefully vetted.”
She continues, “I suspect some of the people I list would not survive such a vet — but I do personally know, at least in part, virtually all of the candidates in the 1st two categories (but I know very few of those listed for outside boards/commissions).”
Within the lists themselves, candidates were further broken down, with every candidate labeled by their nationality. Some even had their race noted.
This follows a pattern of the Obama Administration using race and religion to determine hiring, with other leaked emails showing potential political appointees being labeled with an F for female, B for black, H for Hispanic, and M for Muslim.
Another Wikileaks release showed the Obama transition team keeping extensive lists of non-white candidates for administration post.
In another email hacked email, WikiLeaks revealed that 65 mainstream news “journalists” met with Hillary Clinton campaign staffers, including Podesta, to discuss how to frame the news and “sell” the candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton to the American public.
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