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White House unofficial e-mail accounts draw scrutiny POSTED: 11:48 p.m. EDT, April 9, 2007 Story Highlights • White House allegedly used unofficial e-mail accounts for official business • Rep. Henry Waxman says those e-mails are subject to Presidential Records Act • White House says outside accounts keep political work separate from official business From Bob Franken CNN Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House is being accused of improperly trying to hide e-mails about government business by using unofficial e-mail accounts. .....
The Presidential Records Act, passed during the Nixon administration, requires the preservation of all official records of and about the president. ......
Neither administration officials nor Republican Party officials would agree to be interviewed on camera after repeated requests from CNN. In a written statement, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said staffers used different computers "to have a separate e-mail account for political activities."
Stanzel said that procedure was modeled on "the historical practice of previous administrations." But John Podesta, who served as White House chief of staff in the Clinton administration, disputed that.
"It doesn't appear that they were doing what we did, which was to segregate political activity from official activity," he said.
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