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JoePhilly

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8. Clearly it was ok.

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 07:02 PM

Aug 2015

No info was leaked by Powell and no one cares.

No info was leaked by Clinton, and it a BFD.

It's another scandal in which nothing actually happened.

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colin powel used personal e-mail account [View all] DesertFlower Aug 2015 OP

Yea butt .. JoePhilly Aug 2015 #1

not even a little ok. And the "he/she did it too" defense is just pathetix cali Aug 2015 #4

Clearly it was ok. JoePhilly Aug 2015 #8

If he were running for president it wouldn't be ok yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #51

Was it hosted on a personal server in his private home? HappyPlace Aug 2015 #2

Really? BooScout Aug 2015 #10

and it was and still is a big issue nadinbrzezinski Aug 2015 #26

And that little fact is not a good example as God only knows what they jwirr Aug 2015 #30

Were they hosted on personal servers in their private homes? cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #36

It doesn't matter because George Bush white house staffers did it too! HappyPlace Aug 2015 #56

Tell you what... some of the worst whoopin's I got as a child were when I pointed at my Sister cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #57

I'm no happier with Powell placing government communications in "The Cloud" HereSince1628 Aug 2015 #50

Definitely not good, either one. HappyPlace Aug 2015 #52

No it doesn't uponit7771 Aug 2015 #55

When he runs for president, I'm sure it will be brought up tularetom Aug 2015 #3

Who cares? HassleCat Aug 2015 #5

There is a difference between a private account and a private server n/t retrowire Aug 2015 #6

Condi Rice had a private server.... BooScout Aug 2015 #12

I've no opinion on Condoleeza. n/t retrowire Aug 2015 #13

Then don't vote for her. frylock Aug 2015 #17

...? Ok? n/t retrowire Aug 2015 #23

You sure about that? cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #38

Private servers are more secure. leftofcool Aug 2015 #20

Her e-mails on Private Server were discovered by Hackers.. KoKo Aug 2015 #31

soooo BENGHAZI is a big deal then? BooScout Aug 2015 #34

No...Sid Blumenthal's Hacked E-Mail correspondence was a Big Deal KoKo Aug 2015 #42

"no way it can be hacked" cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #41

private accounts are stored on servers outside of govt control GitRDun Aug 2015 #27

tell that to wiki leaks BooScout Aug 2015 #39

Huh? GitRDun Aug 2015 #40

No. leftofcool Aug 2015 #47

ugh, not what I said GitRDun Aug 2015 #48

So did Jeb Bush, Jindal, Perry, and a lot of other politicians for personal use. Doesn't make it still_one Aug 2015 #7

What makes it wrong ... JoePhilly Aug 2015 #11

+ one gadzillion leftofcool Aug 2015 #21

make that +one gadzillion times two ericson00 Aug 2015 #22

How many times can I rec this? mcar Aug 2015 #24

You don't know if info was lost, you don't know if info was leaked nor do you know that Snowden Purveyor Aug 2015 #29

I have two personal E-Mail Accounts. But, I don't have a server in my home KoKo Aug 2015 #33

None of those three had access to anything nearly as classified as Clinton did Reter Aug 2015 #35

So he claims he has no clue where they are. Thor_MN Aug 2015 #9

Colin Powell was also a member of the most corrupt administration in history Bjorn Against Aug 2015 #14

Tell it to the FBI ibegurpard Aug 2015 #15

It's settled. He won't get my vote for president. frylock Aug 2015 #16

Did he delete half of the server without any oversight? Motown_Johnny Aug 2015 #18

He's not running for president. Autumn Aug 2015 #19

So it's OK as long as you kacekwl Aug 2015 #25

He's a republican and what he does is irrelevant to me in terms of my vote. Autumn Aug 2015 #28

Having also shown horrible judgment wrt that and the Iraq War in the same way as Hillary at least Bonobo Aug 2015 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Aug 2015 #37

It appears that it's very easy to sell the delrem Aug 2015 #44

i'm not trying to defend her. i'm DesertFlower Aug 2015 #45

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I too take my lead from Republicans. delrem Aug 2015 #43

Are you trying to argue it is best practice for officials to act as their own information gatekeeper TheKentuckian Aug 2015 #49

i wasn't trying to argue anything. i was just DesertFlower Aug 2015 #53

If you don't see how the push for zero oversight of officials while tolerating and even TheKentuckian Aug 2015 #58

gopropaganda machine cares nothing about him. It's Hillary they want to bring down with EGhazi! Cha Aug 2015 #54

Well . . . we know how poor Colin Powell's judgement was so maybe . . . Vinca Aug 2015 #59