The citizens' watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington issued a statement a few days ago about the Hillary Clinton e-mail situation. This statement seems to win the prize for pertinence as well as brevity. Here is the statement:
Statement from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, March 3, 2015 --
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It certainly seems there is a strong element of making a mountain out of a molehill here.
Statement from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, March 3, 2015 --
“Today’s New York Times report shines a light on a systemic problem throughout the federal government. Agencies simply do not know how to handle emails from a record keeping perspective. That is why President Obama issued an executive order mandating that all agencies have electronic record keeping systems in place by 2016. But that will take new technology, which means money, which is why the President gave agencies several years to comply.
"Secretary Clinton is not the first agency head to go without an official email account. FOIA requests CREW sent during the Bush Administration revealed that then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff did not have official email accounts, and we understand the practice was even more widespread and continues to the present.
"This issue is not unique to any official or agency. It is an ongoing issue that President Obama’s order is designed to address.”
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It certainly seems there is a strong element of making a mountain out of a molehill here.
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