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      State Department Faults Clinton, Other Former Secretaries for Emails

   by VOA News

   The State Department has found Hillary Clinton and other past
   secretaries of state at fault for failing to follow the department's
   guidelines to avoid cybersecurity risks, an internal audit found
   Wednesday.

   Clinton's use of private email for personal business was "not an
   appropriate method," according to the Inspector General's 78-page
   analysis.

   The practice began before Clinton's appointment as secretary of state,
   but the fact she conducted official business on her personal email
   account and private server were singled out as more serious.

   "By Secretary Clinton's tenure, the department's guidance was
   considerably more detailed and more sophisticated," the report said.
   "Secretary Clinton's cybersecurity practices accordingly must be
   evaluated in light of these more comprehensive directives."

   Other secretaries
   The analysis followed revelations of Clinton's email use and practices
   of the last five secretaries.

   The report says former secretary of state Colin Powell "installed a
   laptop computer on a private line" and that he used the laptop to send
   emails via his personal email account to his "principal assistants,
   individual ambassadors, and foreign minister colleagues."

   It also revealed 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."

   Separately from the State Department audit, FBI agents have been
   probing whether Clinton's use of a private email server imperiled
   government secrets.

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