What sort of list did Tony Podesta send to Joe Lockhart? (Lockhart is a prominent Democrat that the Obamas will be renting a mansion from) (pizzagate)

submitted ago by Psalm100

A recent thread mentioned a Wikileaks email in which Joe Lockhart asks John Podesta for suggestions on what to do while in Italy.

(https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1560548 )

Here's the whole email chain (https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/55638 ):


From:[email protected]
To: [email protected] 
CC: [email protected] 
Date: 2013-03-16 11:01
Subject: Re:

Joe,

Tony will send the list, but definitely try testieere in Venice 

John 

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 8:58 AM, John Podesta <[email protected]> wrote:

> can you send your list? 
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
> From: Joe Lockhart <[email protected]> 
> Date: Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:18 AM > Subject: 
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> 
> 
> 
> John, 
> 
> Have an unexpected chance to spend a week in Italy at the end of the 
> month starting in Venice. Looking for suggestions on where to go and 
> what to do. Let me know what you think.

The wording here sounds strange, like we've seen in other cases. Why does John Podesta say "Tony will send the list," and not "a list of places and things" that might interest someone going to Italy.

Ironically (given John Podesta working for former SoS Clinton), this State Department report discusses human trafficking in Italy:

http://archive.is/PILcl

Then another thing about Lockhart is that the Obamas are going to be renting his Washington mansion, which is two doors down from John Podesta's house.

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1443860

According to Wikipedia, Joe Lockhart was press secretary during the Clinton administration, was possibly involved in "Rathergate" (the scandal over the forged memo concerning George W. Bush's guard service), was company spokesman for Facebook, and is now the NFL's spokesman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lockhart

anolegion ago

In one of the DCLeaks (site doesn't work for me) Tony refers John to the Dogana. He definitely means the Palazzo Grassi museum at Punta della Dogana.

That museum's teen section's kinda creepy. Also, it has been at the center of a much publicized controversy about the (permanent) sculpture of a young boy on the waterfront.

[edit:corrected links]

Psalm100 ago

It's actually testiere, apparently, which is a high-priced restaurant specializing in seafood.

http://www.andyhayler.com/restaurant/osteria-alla-testiere

http://archive.is/l1LYr

There seems to be an ongoing debate on whether it's a very good or overrated restaurant. A lot of articles about it mention that debate:

Of all the restaurants we had lined up to visit on our current trip to Venice Alle Testiere was the one I was most looking forward to. The guides praise it lavishly. One of my colleagues said we must on no account miss it, that the kitchen would send out a succession of wonderful dishes, that the food was the best in Venice by far.

Well, it may have been at one stage - and may still be for the favoured regulars who frequent this tiny 20 seater - but if you walk in as a ordinary member of the public I’m afraid it’s a different story.

https://www.matchingfoodandwine.com/news/reviews/alle-testiere---best-restaurant-in-venice-or-most-over-hyped/

http://archive.is/K3Ee5

DontTreadOnMemes ago

"Well, it may have been at one stage - and may still be for the favoured regulars who frequent this tiny 20 seater - but if you walk in as a ordinary member of the public I’m afraid it’s a different story."

This reads like any review of Comet Pizza.... the regulars love it but if you aren't a face they recognize they couldn't care less about you.