Defense Secretary Used Private Email for Official Business, Pentagon Says

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Source: WSJ

By Gordon Lubold And
Felicia Schwartz
Dec. 17, 2015 12:42 a.m. ET

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter used his personal email account for government business, the Pentagon acknowledged late Wednesday, putting him among a group of officials that includes former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who have drawn critical scrutiny for how they have handled official communications.

The disclosure of Mr. Carter’s private email use, which a top aide said he has discontinued, has threatened to overshadow a sensitive overseas mission in which the Defense secretary is visiting key U.S. allies to secure greater commitments in the international fight against Islamic State extremist group. He has visited Iraq and Turkey this week.

Mr. Carter, confirmed by the Senate in February as President Barack Obama’s fourth Defense secretary, occasionally used his personal email account for work-related matters, but concluded doing so was a “mistake,” and discontinued that practice, said a statement by the Pentagon press secretary, Peter Cook.

The statement by Mr. Cook also said that Mr. Carter has a “secure communications team” that safeguards the integrity of classified material, and said any work-related matters that went through his personal email also were copied to an official Pentagon account, where the communications will be preserved.

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1. What an idiot.

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2. Sounds like a lot of "idiots" in government

did this. Do you think for a moment that no one in the bush admin did this? My guess is you won't hear a word about it.