The emails were part of a trove of messages stolen from the gmail account of Clinton campaign chair John Podesta who has had a long association with the Democratic presidential nominee and her husband former President Bill Clinton The email chain began on Dec 2 when digital operative Matt Ortega forwarded a tweet from MSNBC host Christopher Hayes that named one of the shooters in the San Bernardino Calif attack as Sayeed Farook Consultant Karen Finney forwarded the email to Podesta commenting Damn 