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| Hillary Clinton's email server violated State Department rules, audit finds | Hillary Clinton's email server violated State Department rules, audit finds |
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| Hillary Clinton disregarded various State Department guidelines for avoiding cybersecurity risks, an internal audit found on Wednesday. | Hillary Clinton disregarded various State Department guidelines for avoiding cybersecurity risks, an internal audit found on Wednesday. |
| The inspector general’s 78-page analysis, a copy of which was obtained by the Associated Press, cites “longstanding, systemic weaknesses” related to the agency’s communications. These started before Clinton’s appointment as secretary of state, but her failures were singled out as more serious. | The inspector general’s 78-page analysis, a copy of which was obtained by the Associated Press, cites “longstanding, systemic weaknesses” related to the agency’s communications. These started before Clinton’s appointment as secretary of state, but her failures were singled out as more serious. |
| Despite guidelines to the contrary, Clinton used mobile devices to conduct official business on her personal email account and private server. She never sought approval from senior information officers, who would have refused the request because of security risks, the audit said. | Despite guidelines to the contrary, Clinton used mobile devices to conduct official business on her personal email account and private server. She never sought approval from senior information officers, who would have refused the request because of security risks, the audit said. |
| “By Secretary Clinton’s tenure, the department’s guidance was considerably more detailed and more sophisticated,” it concluded. “Secretary Clinton’s cybersecurity practices accordingly must be evaluated in light of these more comprehensive directives.” | “By Secretary Clinton’s tenure, the department’s guidance was considerably more detailed and more sophisticated,” it concluded. “Secretary Clinton’s cybersecurity practices accordingly must be evaluated in light of these more comprehensive directives.” |
| A spokesman for Hillary Clinton said the report showed that her email practices were “consistent” with those of past secretaries and senior officials. | |
| Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said in a statement on Wednesday that the report showed problems with the State Department’s electronic record-keeping systems “were longstanding” and emphasized that her use of a private email server “was known to officials within the department during her tenure”. | |
| Fallon acknowledged that “steps ought to have been taken” to better maintain official records. | |
| Clinton has been dogged by questions about her email practices for more than a year, since the AP revealed that the clintonemail.com server was in the basement of her New York home while she served as the nation’s top diplomat from 2009-2013. It has also been raised as an issue in her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. | Clinton has been dogged by questions about her email practices for more than a year, since the AP revealed that the clintonemail.com server was in the basement of her New York home while she served as the nation’s top diplomat from 2009-2013. It has also been raised as an issue in her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. |
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| Separately from the State Department audit, FBI agents have been investigating whether Clinton’s use of a private email server imperiled government secrets. | Separately from the State Department audit, FBI agents have been investigating whether Clinton’s use of a private email server imperiled government secrets. |
| Clinton has acknowledged in the campaign that her home email setup was a mistake, but said she never sent or received anything marked classified at the time. | Clinton has acknowledged in the campaign that her home email setup was a mistake, but said she never sent or received anything marked classified at the time. |
| A State Department spokesman, Mark Toner, said the agency was “already working” to improve its email and records management system. | A State Department spokesman, Mark Toner, said the agency was “already working” to improve its email and records management system. |
| Toner said: “It is clear that the department could have done a better job preserving emails and records of secretaries of state and their senior staff going back several administrations.” | Toner said: “It is clear that the department could have done a better job preserving emails and records of secretaries of state and their senior staff going back several administrations.” |
| He said the State Department also agrees that compliance with its rules has been “inconsistent across several administrations”. | He said the State Department also agrees that compliance with its rules has been “inconsistent across several administrations”. |
| The independent review by the department’s inspector general was prompted by the revelations of Clinton’s email use, but the audit also encompassed the email and information practices of the past five secretaries. | The independent review by the department’s inspector general was prompted by the revelations of Clinton’s email use, but the audit also encompassed the email and information practices of the past five secretaries. |
| The report said 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”. | The report said 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”. |