alongwith Rice and Powell's e-mail and servers will come into the bright light for all to see, and the GOP are so vindictive and self absorbed that it may actual happen.

Piss of Colin Powell so he won't endorse HRC

Of course the noise from Rump toadies prevents anybody from hearing this. One CNN commentator actually DID restate that Powell destroyed all his emails, in violation of State Department policy. But, hey, he's "free" now, so why should he care. Liar, liar pants on fire. SHAME ON YOU COLIN POWELL!

a long time ago in other security investigations. No mention in that article of other cabinet officials who practiced the sloppy procedures typical in those days.

So, if an administrative assistant sent a reminder, "sir, you have a 2 O'Clock with Commerce tomorrow" through the unclassified system, that would be in violation.

Guessing we can assume all government officials and top-level businesspeople and their staffs are subjects of hacking, often successful.

Just heard on MSNBC that he did not advise her until she was in office for a year? Seems very strange timing to me. Why would she wait for a year?

Bullshit. He's been trying to have it both ways since he helped start the Iraq war. If he can't find his emails maybe he would like to show us those slides of Iraq's Mobile Weapons Labs again.

the server had been set up for Bill Clinton BEFORE she took the job in the State Department, and she just continued to use her email there. But Powell's words must have confirmed for her that that was the right choice.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512378716

they were discussing it, and she described it to the FBI as part of an answer during a confidential interview--which was then obtained by slimy Judicial Watch. This bears all the signs of statements reported out of context to maximize negativism. One of JW's specialties in its symbiotic relationship with the voracious 24/7/365 news maw.

We have to remember that this is politics and Powell is a politician. All Republicans at his level are frantically trying to keep control of the Senate, and even the House is in danger.

Madeline asked the former secretaries (Rice and Powell), to offer whatever helpful advice they had. The private server according to Joe Conason, who also wrote a book, was Powell's suggestion. Now he doesn't remember. How convenient.

What a tragic figure this guy turned out to be. I almost bought the embarrassed apologetic routine he had been giving us, as though he was a mere pawn for evil men, seeking a bit of redemption by openly choosing Obama. But the minute he feels threatened by exposure to some past truths, he reveals his true cowardly self.

Nice knife in the back to someone who served the same position as you, but with a great deal more honor, dignity and class.

... when he decided which of his e-mails could be deleted as "private."

It's far easier for Republicans to be obstructionist Spanish Inquisition-types because many of them don't want to help government work better in the first place.

And really, "so-and-so did it too" didn't fly as an excuse when I was 5.

The general media is right to ignore this stuff, IMO.

that went missing from the Bush administration too?

The problem is they are treating Clinton's emails like the worst crime ever committed by a government official and not putting it in proper perspective. They are also making the false claim that Powell never used his private email for classified info when they can't know if that is true or not while making it seem that Clinton emailed government secrets on a regular basis when all that has been proven is that 3 emails were sent to her with a (c) marking in the body and none in the headers.