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In reply to the discussion: "Secretary Kerry is the first Secretary of State to rely primarily on a state.gov email account." [View all]pnwmom
(110,261 posts)I'm still waiting for the evidence of that.
You seem to be impressed by the illustrious Jason Baron saying he was aware of no high-ranking official using personal email.
I'm more impressed by the 2013 sworn testimony of the Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, who said nothing in the law prohibited her from using a personal email account.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-03/hillary-clinton-camp-pushes-back-on-email-story
In an extended statement provided to Bloomberg Politics, a Clinton aide detailed ways in which Clinton did not run afoul of archival laws or the practices of her predecessors. Clinton only used her email account for non-classified information, the aide said, backing up an assertion that the State Department made earlier Tuesday.
The aide also said that assertions from the New York Times and others that different records rules applied to Clinton than to her predecessors is wrong, since the National Archives and Records Administration did not issue guidance updating its rules until fall 2013, months after she left office. The same rules applied to Clinton as had applied to Powell.
While NARAs preference is that officials not use an email alias, Archivist of the United States David Ferriero said in sworn testimony in 2013 that nothing in the law that prohibits them.
We dont care how many accounts you have as long as those on which youre doing federal business are captured for the record, he also said.