State Official: Clinton Email Practices 'Not Acceptable'

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Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON — May 6, 2015, 1:27 PM ET
By ERICA WERNER Associated Press
Associated Press

A State Department assistant secretary said Wednesday it's "not acceptable" for any agency employee to conduct government business on a private email server as former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton did.

Joyce Barr, the agency's chief freedom of information officer, made the comment under questioning from Republican senators who used a Senate Judiciary hearing on open records laws to attack Clinton over her email practices.

Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said that Clinton's approach amounted to a "premeditated and deliberate" attempt to avoid open records requirements.

Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said that anyone who took such an approach should be fired, and asked Barr whether it would be considered acceptable.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/state-official-clinton-email-practices-acceptable-30843924

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. Pity bump

[BeanMusical]

2. Kick and R.

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3. Mere theater for the RW base

Nobody cares about this, and it was a standard practice in a lot of departments for a long time, including previous administrations. Will this deter Clinton supporters? Of course not. But it will make those who wouldn't vote for her anyway "feel good," I suppose. Kind of like the 100th vote to eliminate the ACA.

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4. Those that love her will continue to love her ...

Those that love her will continue to love her and those that hate her will continue to hate her and the rest will just shrug their shoulders.

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6. Kerry was the first SoS to work under the guidelines. Apparently GOP believes

the practice SHOULD have begun under Clinton - not Rice, not Powell - just Clinton.

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5. It is not acceptable TODAY for that to happen because the law was changed since then.

What is acceptable today is irrelevant.

"Barr said that she had not been aware of Clinton's decision to conduct all her State Department email on a private server but that the agency has now made it clear to employees that such an approach would not be acceptable."

[Cheese Sandwich]

7. email is email but it's almost more troubling where her campaign money comes from

Hillary Clinton Isn't Ready to Disclose Who's Funding Her Campaign
Her campaign isn't saying whether it will reveal the bundlers who are raising huge sums of money.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/05/hillary-clinton-bundler-disclosure-campaign-finance