08-17-2016, 09:37 PM
vision63 wrote:
I mean Colin Powell and his staff used gmail. So did Condie's staff. But "now" it's a big deal.
^ this.
Also, I honestly believe their past experience is what led the Clintons (plural) to have their own email server. They had folks peeking and prodding into every corner of their life for 20 years to try to take them down, or failing that, to embarrass them. Other SoS's had used non-governmental email, and the Clintons already had their own email set up, which they were familiar with and which was under their control. Can we just use that? Well, it's not recommended, but there's no law specifically against it.
Now people say "what were they thinking?" w/r/t the email setup. I think this is exactly what they were thinking.