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http://web.archive.org/web/20130328011032/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/04/technology/04hack.html
Hacking of White House E-Mail Affected Diverse Departments
By DAVID E. SANGER and VERNE G. KOPYTOFF
Published: June 3, 2011
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White House classified systems run on dedicated lines and information on those systems, the officials said, cannot be forwarded to Gmail accounts. But investigators were trying to determine if the attackers believed that some staff members or other officials used their personal e-mail accounts for confidential government communications.
“Right now,” said one senior official, “that’s a theory, not a fact.”
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Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, said on Thursday that all White House-related electronic mail was supposed to be conducted on work e-mail accounts to comply with the Presidential Records Act, which governs how those communications are protected and archived. Mr. Carney said there was no evidence that any White House accounts were compromised.
White House employees are permitted to have private e-mail accounts, he said, but cannot use them for work purposes.
Officials at the White House and other agencies often keep two computers in their offices, one for unclassified work and another for classified. Senior officials sometimes have a “secure facility” in their homes, in which computers and telephones are on dedicated lines and communications are encrypted.
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Thanks for the ping.
Good backup/background info.
Wonder when Carney will come out and say, “We only learned about these ‘alias’ email accounts when Lisa Jackson testified. The President won’t know until after he reads tomorrow’s newspaper.” ?