All 2018 and 2020 hopefuls: Word to the Wise

[Cryptoad]

Dont Email nuttin that u wouldn't CC: to the RNC! same goes for conversations on Digital Phones!

[karynnj]

1. It has long been the rule in big corporations or various campaigns that people were told not to have

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in their commuications that they would not want to see on the front page of the NYT connected with the company or campaign.
It is a very good rule of thumb.

In general, I think that Podesta really had little that broke that rule. However, some people corresponding with him did -- like the author of this NY Magazine article, I was impressed with Neera Tanden's opinions and agreed with them, but as an adviser to HRC she absolutely should not have put these words into email.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/wikileaks-proves-clinton-adviser-neera-tanden-is-a-hero.html

I assume they would never have been put into a more formal document and that she, like many people, did not treat email as seriously as she would have considered a campaign message, letter or document. Yet this is not new, I knew for years when I worked, that our email could be subpoenaed - and that was pre 1998.