A CNN reporter has found herself in the middle of a scandal involving declassified state department emails that shows she was receiving orders from a government official whilst working for the American news broadcaster. In January 2013 Elise Labott was covering a senate hearing on the US embassy attack in Benghazi. The emails show she coordinated her posts on Twitter with Philippe Reines who was assistant deputy secretary of state at the time. In the email Reines writes to Labott about an idea for a tweet. Labott says she will get back to him and writes several minutes later that the job is done. Clinton: I tried to be transparent. I could have joined the 18 ARBs, kept it classified and then said goodbye. That is not who I am. — Elise Labott (@eliselabottcnn) January 23, 2013 The tweet quotes Hillary Clinton saying she could have kept it all classified but that is not her way. Several hours later Labott and Reines were in touch again. The reporter was double checking details of Senator Rand Paul’s attendance at the inquiry. She used that information later in a tweet to claim that he was absent and reject his criticism as irrelevant. [...]
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