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Pentagon chief used personal email account until December --- uh-oh, will he be indicted???
http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-chief-used-personal-email-account-until-december-154624311--politics.htmlWASHINGTON (AP) Defense Secretary Ash Carter used his personal email account for government business for nearly a year, until December 2015, when news reports revealed the practice, according to hundreds of Carter emails released by the Defense Department.
The 1,336 pages of emails and attachments from Carter's personal account were released late Friday in response to Freedom of Information Act requests by The Associated Press and other news organizations. None contained classified information, and most pertained to routine business such as scheduling and logistics.
The Pentagon has long banned the use of personal email for official business. Carter's use of his personal email account, starting when he took office in February 2015, was especially remarkable given the burst of public criticism that followed disclosures in March that Hillary Clinton had used a private email account exclusively to conduct government business while she was secretary of state.
When the New York Times was first to report Carter's use of a personal email account, on Dec. 17, Carter aides said his actions were a mistake and that he had quit the practice.
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Pentagon chief used personal email account until December --- uh-oh, will he be indicted??? (Original Post)
Bill USA
Mar 2016
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man of few w
(55 posts)1. Exactly
The Hillary e-mail "scandal" is a bullshit story!
noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)2. Did he use his own server?
No he didn't. Apple to oranges.
4nic8em
(482 posts)3. --- uh-oh, will he be indicted???
Only if laws were broken...