White House officials using RNC email accounts?

[CatWoman]

From Dan Froomkin:

One curious aspect of yesterday’s document dump is that it shows e-mails from J. Scott Jennings, who is Karl Rove’s deputy at the White House, coming from an e-mail address at gwb43.com — a domain owned by the Republican National Committee.

It makes some sense that White House officials might have and use such accounts when they conduct party business, rather than White House business. But the distinction between party and government business seems to have been forgotten here — which I guess is exactly the point.

Eggen and Kane write in The Post: “Democratic congressional aides said they will investigate whether using the private address for government business violated laws against using taxpayer resources for political work or signaled that White House officials considered the firing of U.S. attorneys to be primarily a political issue. Jennings did not return a call to his office seeking a comment.

“‘As a matter of course, the RNC provides server space and equipment to certain White House personnel in order to assist them with their political efforts,’ RNC spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt said.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/14/white-house-officials-using-rnc-email-accounts/

[purduejake]

1. I use my personal account for work sometimes.

It's nice if you can consolidate everything into one, but then again, I'm not dealing with incredibly sensitive information that somebody would want to take the time to intercept.

[CatWoman]

3. I work for the federal government

and per our IT policy, using/accessing my home email from work is strickly forbidden. Blocked even.

We have to review the policy annually, and certify it.

[aquart]

2. More. More. More. More.

Oh, to see them suffer as we have suffered.

[CatWoman]

4. Aquart

ROFL!!!

:hi:

[magellan]

5. If they think this is an illegal political use of taxpayer resources

...they might also want to look into faith-based initiatives.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

6. Ever since 1994, Repukes . . .

. . . have thought themselves above any kind of oversight.

Dug themselves some pretty deep holes, methinks . . .

[Robbien]

7. In GOPers minds the Government is the RNC and the RNC is the Government

They have been openly acting as if this is the United States of Republicans only. They have repeatedly ordered everyone else to leave their country.

The RNC ruled.