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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email When Serving As Secretary Of State [View all]Beacool
(30,523 posts)From the second post:
' "Under federal law, however, letters and emails written and received by federal officials, such as the secretary of state, are considered government records and are supposed to be retained so that congressional committees, historians and members of the news media can find them."
The article doesnt say which federal regulation, though. Why? Perhaps because the federal regulations went into effect in late November, 2014 when President Obama signed H.R. 1233, modernizing the Federal Records Act of 1950 to include electronic communications. It was signed two years after Clinton stepped down.
The bipartisan law was passed in response to the IRS scandal and the use of a private email account by Lois Lerner. Now, to be clear, this law isnt explicitly mentioned in the Times article (good job?), so its possible however unlikely another law is being referenced in the report.'
http://thedailybanter.com/2015/03/story-hillary-clintons-private-email-account-isnt-awful-seems/