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Because there are specific systems and networks to be used for official government business that meet more stringent security requirements than any .com email system does.Originally posted by moe:
Why is that?
Not at our level, but some people can do pretty much as they please. When Powell was Secretary of State he used his personal e-mail because our e-mail system here was handcuffed and shackled to a ridiculous degree -- all e-mails with attachments were held for screening, e-mails with attachments over 1Mb were blocked, e-mails containing certain "prohibited" words were blocked, and so on ... Some things improved thanks to him raising hell, but he probably told Hillary to avoid using our official e-mail if she wanted to get anything done.Originally posted by EERs 3:16:
public business?
The law didn't change until last fall, and in fact the law wouldn't have required her to have a State e-mail account, only to retain e-mails as an official record. I agree with WhitetailEer that it was a pretty dumb move on her part given how insecure most commercial e-mail services are, and I was surprised that she never even bothered to set up a State e-mail account, but once again there's no law that says any official has to have a .gov address, only that they keep their official correspondence. That's the part she messed up on.Originally posted by EERs 3:16:
There's a difference between what Powell did and Hillary did - Powell did it when laws governing this practice did not exist - Hillary did it after laws governing that practice existed. Are you for people violating the laws of the land?