‘I could talk to foreign leaders bypassing State Dept’: Powell to Clinton on private email use

‘Colin Powell advised Hillary Clinton, his successor as US Secretary of State, to use a private email “without going through State Department servers” and avoid basic security rules he described as “nonsense,” their seven-year-old exchange reveals.
The complete email exchange between Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton – full of stunning details – was released late Wednesday by Elijah Cummings, top Democrat of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
“I hope to catch up soon [with] you, but I have one pressing question which only you can answer! What were the restrictions on your use of your blackberry?” Clinton asked Powell in her first email sent two days after she took office in 2009.’
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