The New York Times broke the story earlier this week that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exclusively used a private e-mail account to conduct official government business.
That was followed by an AP report that the computer server that transmitted and received her emails where traced back to an Internet service registered to her family’s home in Chappaqua, New York.
USA Today reports that Clinton has asked the State Department to disclose e-mails from her tenure as the nation’s top diplomat.
“I want the public to see my email. I asked State to release them. They said they will review them for release as soon as possible,” Clinton said via Twitter. She has not held a press conference on the matter but has created talking points for her surrogates.
With Clinton considered the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, these revelations are especially troubling.
Joe Scarborough, on MSNBC “Morning Joe,” has blasted Clinton, saying that the Clintons’ have always played by their own set of rules.
Sunlight Foundation’s Policy Director John Wonderlich wrote:
“Federal law governs how official records, including email, are managed, to ensure that public records are preserved, and to help ensure that our Freedom of Information and other accountability laws reach official communications.
While it’s likely very early in what will undoubtedly spawn deeper reporting, the story raises some important questions:
Why would she do this?
What was the security risk?
Did the White House know?
What other damage has been done?
How widespread is it?”
On Pensacola Speaks, we will talk about this issue and we want to know what you think. We will devote the second half-hour of the show to Hillary Clinton and her emails.
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