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While I don't enjoy this fact much, I can't help but vehemently dislike the author's clear bias here. Stuff like this doesn't just pop out of nowhere. It's ver

by ztratar 12y ago

While I don't enjoy this fact much, I can't help but vehemently dislike the author's clear bias here. Stuff like this doesn't just pop out of nowhere. It's very clear this is the start of a campaign against Hillary; heck, they even went so far to talk about how Jeb, the leading GOP candidate, released a "trove" of emails during his 8 years as Governor. What they failed to really dive into, however, is how State reps have been doing this for a while. They mention it in a single sentence and then immediately go onto the next thing.

geofft 12y ago
Yeah, the comments are disappointing; every single one is about her election campaign. I'm much more interested in how the Secretary of State fails to get a government email address. I've seen plenty of less-than-competent IT departments manage to make sure every last contractor and network printer has an email address. If this is some sort of action by Hillary thinking the rules don't apply to her, or her being irresponsible with national security, or something, there ought to be a record of her declining to set up an email. It seems like the real national security risk is that the onboarding process for US Secretaries of State doesn't involve getting them an email address as a matter of course. Who else doesn't get emails?
- chatmasta 12y ago
  Why do you take it as a given that the Secretary of State should have an email address? If anything it seems like a vulnerability. At that level of politics, the actors are not concerned over trivialities like email. So why not avoid the risk all together?
  - geofft 12y ago
    The article says as much: > Mrs. Clinton is not the first government official — or first secretary of state — to use a personal email account on which to conduct official business. But her exclusive use of her private email, for all of her work, appears unusual, Mr. Baron said. The use of private email accounts is supposed to be limited to emergencies, experts said, such as when an agency’s computer server is not working. > “I can recall no instance in my time at the National Archives when a high-ranking official at an executive branch agency solely used a personal email account for the transaction of government business,” said Mr. Baron, who worked at the agency from 2000 to 2013. and > Mr. Merrill said that because Mrs. Clinton had been sending emails to other State Department officials at their government accounts, she had “every expectation they would be retained.” and > Mrs. Clinton’s successor, Secretary of State John Kerry, has used a government email account since taking over the role If there were some sort of intent behind not using email, first, she wouldn't have used personal email, and second, I'd expect the article to mention that.
001sky 12y ago
Stuff like this doesn't just pop out of nowhere. It's very clear this is the start of a campaign against Hillary True, but isn't this Obama's leak? He surely was sending e-mails to his Secretary of state at the @phony adress. What is disturbing is that both Patreaus and Hillary have been done in by stupid use of e-mail. Two people POTUS dislikes and have (had) clear presidential caliber and ambition. This is not a good sign for democracy in America.
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- 001sky 12y ago
  Today, Former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to have operated in violation of what the White House said Tuesday was “very specific guidance” that members of the Obama administration use government e-mail accounts to carry out official business.
wyclif 12y ago
It's shocking, shocking I tell you, how biased the NYT is against top Democrats.
snowwrestler 12y ago
It's very clear that Hillary herself is starting a campaign for president, and therefore the press is digging as hard as they can to find new stories about her. You see similar digging around other potential candidates; see this article on Jeb Bush for example: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/documents-show-the-expensive-tastes-of-jeb-bushs-low-key-wife/2015/02/22/5bb480da-b9f4-11e4-9423-f3d0a1ec335c_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/documents-show-the-ex... A reporter who writes something bad about a politician is not necessarily biased. It is the job of reporters to write bad things about politicians, if the bad things are true.

by ztratar 12y ago

geofft 12y ago

Yeah, the comments are disappointing; every single one is about her election campaign. I'm much more interested in how the Secretary of State fails to get a government email address. I've seen plenty of less-than-competent IT departments manage to make sure every last contractor and network printer has an email address. If this is some sort of action by Hillary thinking the rules don't apply to her, or her being irresponsible with national security, or something, there ought to be a record of her declining to set up an email. It seems like the real national security risk is that the onboarding process for US Secretaries of State doesn't involve getting them an email address as a matter of course. Who else doesn't get emails?

chatmasta 12y ago
Why do you take it as a given that the Secretary of State should have an email address? If anything it seems like a vulnerability. At that level of politics, the actors are not concerned over trivialities like email. So why not avoid the risk all together?
- geofft 12y ago
  The article says as much: > Mrs. Clinton is not the first government official — or first secretary of state — to use a personal email account on which to conduct official business. But her exclusive use of her private email, for all of her work, appears unusual, Mr. Baron said. The use of private email accounts is supposed to be limited to emergencies, experts said, such as when an agency’s computer server is not working. > “I can recall no instance in my time at the National Archives when a high-ranking official at an executive branch agency solely used a personal email account for the transaction of government business,” said Mr. Baron, who worked at the agency from 2000 to 2013. and > Mr. Merrill said that because Mrs. Clinton had been sending emails to other State Department officials at their government accounts, she had “every expectation they would be retained.” and > Mrs. Clinton’s successor, Secretary of State John Kerry, has used a government email account since taking over the role If there were some sort of intent behind not using email, first, she wouldn't have used personal email, and second, I'd expect the article to mention that.

001sky 12y ago

Stuff like this doesn't just pop out of nowhere. It's very clear this is the start of a campaign against Hillary True, but isn't this Obama's leak? He surely was sending e-mails to his Secretary of state at the @phony adress. What is disturbing is that both Patreaus and Hillary have been done in by stupid use of e-mail. Two people POTUS dislikes and have (had) clear presidential caliber and ambition. This is not a good sign for democracy in America.

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001sky 12y ago
Today, Former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to have operated in violation of what the White House said Tuesday was “very specific guidance” that members of the Obama administration use government e-mail accounts to carry out official business.

wyclif 12y ago

It's shocking, shocking I tell you, how biased the NYT is against top Democrats.

snowwrestler 12y ago

It's very clear that Hillary herself is starting a campaign for president, and therefore the press is digging as hard as they can to find new stories about her. You see similar digging around other potential candidates; see this article on Jeb Bush for example: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/documents-show-the-expensive-tastes-of-jeb-bushs-low-key-wife/2015/02/22/5bb480da-b9f4-11e4-9423-f3d0a1ec335c_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/documents-show-the-ex... A reporter who writes something bad about a politician is not necessarily biased. It is the job of reporters to write bad things about politicians, if the bad things are true.