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In reply to the discussion: Mark, did she answer all the questions out there with her news conference this week? [View all]Divernan
(15,480 posts)You blatantly misquote the Archivist. First of all, he was testifying in 2013, and not addressing HRC's "I Was Not Having Contextual Relations With That Server" situation. Secondly, he specifically stated such accounts, must be CAPTURED FOR THE RECORD. That is what HRC deliberately neglected to do. Failing to turn over her emails FOR SIX YEARS and then only when she was publicly revealed to have failed to honor the letter and spirit of the requirement, does not satisfy that requirement. No wonder you failed to provide a link - you didn't have one to back up your claim. There were still requirements to preserve email records in the appropriate agency recordkeeping system before 2014.
Oct. 2, 2009: The U.S. Code of federal regulations on handling electronic records is updated: Agencies that allow employees to send and receive official electronic mail messages using a system not operated by the agency must ensure that Federal records sent or received on such systems are preserved in the appropriate agency recordkeeping system. The responsibility for making and preserving the records is assigned to the head of each federal agency.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/258284167/CoffinPDF-03052015-pdf
So as SecState, it was Clinton's responsibility to ensure proper recordkeeping. But she said (through a spokesman, because everything a Clinton says goes through a freaking spokesman) that she expected everything to a .gov address was being archived on the other end. There wasn't a response of "well, of course we are archiving everything on ClintonEmail.com!"
Great discussion of this situation on Friday's Diane Rehm show.