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Related: About this forumIn Reporting On Hillary Clinton, Media Get Facts Wrong On Colin Powell's Private Email Use
In Reporting On Hillary Clinton, Media Get Facts Wrong On Colin Powell's Private Email Use
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Report Found Powell Also Used Private Email On An Exclusive Basis
Research 7 hours 36 min ago MATT GERTZ
Journalists are suggesting that a recent State Department report proves that Hillary Clinton was the first secretary of state to exclusively use a private email account for government work, contradicting Clintons statements. In fact, the report states that former Secretary of State Colin Powell also used a personal email account on an exclusive basis for day-to-day operations.
State Department OIG Report: Clinton, Powell Both Exclusively Used Private Email
Office Of Inspector General Report: Powell Did Not Employ A Department Email Account.
According to a report from the U.S. Department of State Office of Inspector General (OIG) on email records management and cybersecurity requirements: During Secretary Powells tenure, the Department introduced for the first time unclassified desktop email and access to the Internet on a system known as OpenNet, which remains in use to this day. Secretary Powell did not employ a Department email account, even after OpenNets introduction. [U.S. Department of State Office of Inspector General report, Office of the Secretary: Evaluation of Email Records Management and Cybersecurity Requirements, May 2016]
OIG Report: Clinton And Powell Both Used Non-Department Systems On An Exclusive Basis. According to the OIG report: OIG identified many examples of staff using personal email accounts to conduct official business; however, OIG could only identify three cases where officials used non-Departmental systems on an exclusive basis for day-to-day operations. These include former Secretaries Powell and Clinton, as well as Jonathan Scott Gration, a former Ambassador to Kenya. [U.S. Department of State Office of Inspector General report, Office of the Secretary: Evaluation of Email Records Management and Cybersecurity Requirements, May 2016]
Clinton Campaign: Clinton Thought It Was Allowed, As Commercial [Account] Was For Powell. On Twitter, Clinton press secretary Brian Fallon stated: Our take on State IG report being misreported in places so want to explain. When we liken Clintons email use to other secretaries We mean that just as she used nongov't account for work, so did others at State. And that's bc rules did not bar use of nongovt email Having said that, it's true her nongovt account was on her family's server, as opposed to commercial email account. That was distinct But she still thought it was allowed, as commercial acct was for Powell. Now, though, State says it would've urged against that setup To which we say, we agree it was a mistake. If she had chance to do it again, she would have used a state.gov account. [Twitter.com, 5/26/16]..................
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In Reporting On Hillary Clinton, Media Get Facts Wrong On Colin Powell's Private Email Use (Original Post)
riversedge
May 2016
OP
But what fun would it be if they couldn't stir the pot? If the media had been responsible
anotherproletariat
May 2016
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anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)1. But what fun would it be if they couldn't stir the pot? If the media had been responsible
journalists all along, Trump likely would not have won (after being given hundreds of hours of free airtime) and Sanders would have dropped out months ago.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)2. media concentrates only on disparging hillary....ignore everything else
the game as it is played and should be ignored