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According to the State Department's Inspector General, classified information was sent to the personal emails of Powell and senior staff to Rice when both were serving as secretary of state under former President George W. Bush.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/powell-rice-classified-info-personam-emails-report-article-1.2520282
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)That was then, this is now. Statute of limitations. War on Terror. It's okay if you're a Republican. Fighting for our freedom. Keeping us safe, except for that one time we won't mention.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Crickets.
Fla Dem
(23,691 posts)There was no policy personal email account could not be used.
Previous SoS's used personal email accounts.
Ginned up "scandal" by the RW and the media.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)Hillary caused everything bad!
Benghazi!
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Note that you can have and use private accounts, as long as you archive them properly--you cannot hold and transmit classified material on them. That's why Ass Carter, when he revealed that he was idiot enough to continue using a private account for DoD business against policy, very quickly said "NO classified material is on the account". Because he knows that's where the law comes into force.
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)MiniMe
(21,717 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)He said he did it too. Months ago
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)He said he USED a private account, which most cabinet officials have.
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)over the email.
This guy is a really POS.
Thanks for straightening me out on that.
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)kentuck
(111,103 posts)when Obama became President. It was not against the law when they did it...
napkinz
(17,199 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Both parties. No wonder why the country is a mess.