Clinton Broke Federal Rules With Email Server, Audit Finds

[AgingAmerican]

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton violated federal records rules through her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, a State Department audit has concluded.

"At a minimum, Secretary Clinton should have surrendered all emails dealing with Department issues before leaving government service," says an audit by the State Department Inspector General, obtained by NBC News.

"Because she did not do so, she did not comply with the [State] Department's policies that were implemented in accordance with the Federal Records Act."

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But the findings on Clinton are sure to reverberate through the 2016 presidential campaign. The State Department's auditors challenge some of the fundamental assertions Clinton has been making about why her use of personal email for government business was not improper.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/clinton-broke-federal-rules-email-server-audit-finds-n580131

[beachbumbob]

1. Funny how you missing the other part..Probably just an oversight

[COLGATE4]

2. There have been a whole lot of these 'oversights' lately. Wonder why???

[BillZBubb]

3. The other part means nothing. No one violated the rules like Hillary did. No one.

The "but other people did it too" argument is both childish and wrong. No one else had a private server. No one else refused to cooperate with the State Department Inspector General. Just Hillary.

[inchhigh]

4. Maybe they all did it, but she did it A LOT.

Rice's name appears in the report 13 times.

Kerry 14 times.

Powell 17 times.


Clinton 125 times.

[procon]

12. That's the logical progression of technology,

and it shouldn't be at all unusual that the the former SoS relied more on digital communication than her predecessors. Certainly the use and dependence on emails and other forms of digital communications has increased significantly through each administration, and will continue to grow exponentially in the future.

The government as a whole is completely unprepared to handle the complex IT system it needs. There is no cabinet level IT office, not even an IT czar or chief, and all the while the digital world is exploding as users demand more and more.

[inchhigh]

13. Didn't Kerry come AFTER Clinton?

Is he just a Luddite compared to her?

[procon]

14. Minor detail: Kerry came after the rules were changed.

There probably a reasonable argument to be made that she pushed the envelope at the time, and if you're going to try an hold up Kerry by comparison, then keep in mind that there was not an explicit, categorical prohibition against federal employees using personal emails when Clinton was in office. It wasn't until there was a major overhaul to the rules in 2014 -- which postdates Hillary's time at the State Department -- that explicit limits were placed on agency officials using private email accounts for official business. It was only after she left the State Department, that the National Archives issued a recommendation that government employees should avoid conducting official business on personal emails.

[Sheepshank]

11. the missing part, summed up:

SO, no formal, consistent, modern protocol in place when Hillary was SoS, and making up the rule as they go along, creating new and applicable rules after Hillary leaves her post as SoS, and an verbal indictment of email habits in hindsight. Got it.

[COLGATE4]

5. The article goes on to say

"The audit found that the non-compliance over personal email went beyond Clinton, and that former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican, also failed to preserve government-related emails when he was secretary of state.

The State Department asked Powell to try to receive relevant emails from his internet provider, but "as of May 2016 the Department has not received a response" from Powell, the audit said."

[AgingAmerican]

6. Powell isn't running for president

"Someone else did it too" is a pisspoor defence. It's called the "Two wrongs make a right" fallacy.

[COLGATE4]

8. Sprare me the binary thinking. If I wanted that I'd listen to O'Reilly.

Powell is well respected on both sides of the aisle. He did it and hasn't even bother to reply to a request from State. I imagine he was more interested in carrying out his job. Hillary likewise.

[AgingAmerican]

9. Spare us the logical fallacies

[COLGATE4]

10. OK, Billo.

[Beausoir]

7. Proud to support her in the GE.

Beat Trump!

[pdsimdars]

15. I'm waiting to hear about the LAWS she broke and the CONSEQUENCES for that.

So far this one seems like weak sauce.