Mike Pence's Private Email Account Will Remain A Secret
Source: Newsweek Magazine @ The National Memo
October 12, 2017 5:09 am
Linley Sanders
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Vice President Mike Pence's private workplace email account will remain a secret.
The former Indiana Governor used a personal AOL account during his four years in the office, but state officials are refusing to release an unknown number of emails tied to the account after giving The Associated Press heavily redacted emails requested under the Freedom of Information Act shortly after Pence was named Donald Trumps running mate in July 2016.
Indiana officials would not say if they were persuaded by Pence's lawyer to redact the emails, The Associated Press reported. The 1,300 released messages contain little insight into the governor's mindset as he signed laws opposing gay rights, limiting refugee settlement and addressing an Indiana HIV outbreak as the state's top official.
Indiana's government employees are prohibited from using a statehouse-issued email account to conduct political business. But it is legal for officeholders to use private email accounts to conduct their political business so long as they archive those emails with the state. But Indiana law allows "discretionary exemptions" to FOIA requests. It can also withhold records deemed advisory or deliberative, reported The Associated Press.
Its hard to justify withholding information after a governor leaves office, Nate Jones of The National Security Archive at George Washington University, told The Washington Post. It makes it look like they arent subscribing to good open government practices.
It's somewhat ironic that email has become a controversy for Pence, given that throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, he criticized former-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for using a private e-mail account for official business. Of course, Pence did not work on national security issues as the governor of Indiana, nor receive classified information as Clinton did.
But Pence used the AOL account to discuss Indiana's response to terrorist attacks and conduct a host of purely political discussions, including possibly his opinion of rising GOP star, and future boss, Donald Trump.
Which makes those redacted portions labeled "confidential and sensitive" by state officials all the more tantalizing.
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Full article posted with the permission of Newsweek -- Don
Tanuki
(14,914 posts)was governor would be appalling if exposed.
FakeNoose
(32,577 posts)...he doesn't want "Mother" to know about his porn addiction.
dhill926
(16,314 posts)then again, nothing surprises me anymore...
poli-junkie
(997 posts)FakeNoose
(32,577 posts)Yep! Now that you mention it, I don't think I want to know either.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)jmowreader
(50,528 posts)Here's a secretly-made video of Mike Pence adding to his family...
ck4829
(35,038 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)If the Moron can throw that out to the ether then I will too. Let's see how they like it when Mommy sees what Daddy has done behind her back.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,290 posts)They went after USA gymnastics coaches for abuse, so they know how to dig.
Reports of sex abuse allegations rock USA Gymnastics; accused of covering up abuse
Marthe48
(16,898 posts)The way the courts are getting packed, free press is getting to be our only hope. I hope some whistleblowers on our side will publish the emails.
KPN
(15,635 posts)It's looking more and more like we may have to depend on that in order for any semblance of democracy to survive the repulsive would-be dictator in the White House. We are living in a dangerous time ... will there be enough courageous people soon enough?
One of my history teachers said that revolution arises from the middle class. They have the security and assets to fight for change. People living in poverty don't have the extra time or energy to start a revolution. So the rich are destroying the middle class, and keeping all of us in a pressure cooker of anxiety: jobs, health insurance, education, annihilation, mass murder, you name it. Even the middle class families who have their bases covered are too busy scrambling to keep what they have, they don't have time to get out and march.
God bless every person who finds the time, and in spite of weariness, fights for us.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)the downfall of Hillary's campaign while being 100% silent today...