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State Dept. audit hits Clinton over email use

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Hillary Clinton and her team ignored clear guidance from the State Department that her email setup broke federal standards, according to an Inspector General's report released Wednesday. AP reporter Michael Biesecker explains the new development. (M AP



Hillary Clinton speaks at an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers training center on May 24, 2016, in Commerce, Calif.(Photo: John Locher, AP)


WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton<span style="color: Red;">*</span>disregarded<span style="color: Red;">*</span>State Department<span style="color: Red;">*</span>guidelines about<span style="color: Red;">*</span>cybersecurity and both<span style="color: Red;">*</span>she and previous<span style="color: Red;">*</span>secretaries of State poorly managed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>other computer information, according to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>an audit released by the department's inspector general.
The report, first obtained by the Associated Press and sent to members of Congress,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>cites “longstanding, systemic weaknesses” related to communications that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>started before Clinton’s appointment as secretary of State.
However, the report says that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>by the time Clinton took office in 2009, the standards for email security were "considerably more detailed and more sophisticated." The department revised guidelines<span style="color: Red;">*</span>through 2011, according to the report,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"Secretary Clinton's cybersecurity practices accordingly must be evaluated in light of these more comprehensive directives."
USA TODAY
Six key excerpts from the State Dept. report on Clinton's emails




In a statement, campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said that Clinton's opponents "are sure to misrepresent this report for their own partisan purposes."
"The report shows that problems with the State Department's electronic recordkeeping systems were longstanding and that there was no precedent of someone in her position having a State Department email account until<span style="color: Red;">*</span>after the arrival of her successor," Fallon said, adding that the report showed her use of a personal email account "was not unique." It also shows her use of a personal email was known to officials within the Department and that there is no evidence of a successful hack of her server.
The review came after revelations last year that Clinton exclusively used a private email account and server while in office. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is separately<span style="color: Red;">*</span>probing whether any classified information crossed her server. The investigation<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has cast a shadow over her presidential campaign, though Clinton is close to clinching the delegates needed to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
The 78-page report says the department and its secretaries were “slow to recognize and to manage effectively the legal requirements and cybersecurity risks associated with electronic data communications, particularly as those risks pertain to its most senior leadership.”
Following the release of the audit,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mark Toner, a State Department spokesman, said the department is "“already working” to upgrade email and records systems, according to the Associated Press.
Among the violations cited was Clinton's use of mobile devices to conduct official business on her personal account and private server. She did not seek approval from senior information officers, who would have denied the request because of security risks, the audit said.
The audit said Clinton falsely believed that, because her emails were being sent to State Department employees, they would automatically be preserved in the system. She should have printed and filed them, the report said. Because she did not do so, and surrender them upon leaving, she did not comply with the Federal Records Act. This also led to gaps in her email archives.
Clinton has been repeatedly asked about her use of the private server, which was set up at her home in Chappaqua, New York. She's apologized for it and said she did not send anything marked classified at the time over email.
The report also detailed email practices of other secretaries of State, including the staff of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Powell and Rice, from 2001 to 2008. The audit identified more than 90 employees who periodically used personal accounts to conduct official business. The report highlights one June 3, 2011 email to Clinton with the subject line "Google email hacking and woeful state of civilian technology." The email, from a former director of policy planning read: "State's technology is so antiquated that NO ONE uses a State-issued laptop and even high officials routinely end up using their home email accounts to be able to get their work done quickly and effectively."
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus blasted Clinton on Twitter following release of the report, saying her "bad judgment" had "endangered" national security.
IG’s findings are the latest chapter in the long saga of Hillary Clinton’s bad judgment that broke fed rules & endangered our natl security
— Reince Priebus (@Reince) May 25, 2016






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