Emails of top Obama appointees remain a mystery

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[bryan999]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of President Barack Obama's political appointees, including the Cabinet secretary for the Health and Human Services Department, are using secret government email accounts they say are necessary to prevent their inboxes from being overwhelmed with unwanted messages, according to a review by The Associated Press.

The scope of using the secret accounts across government remains a mystery: Most U.S. agencies have failed to turn over lists of political appointees' email addresses, which the AP sought under the Freedom of Information Act more than three months ago. The Labor Department initially asked the AP to pay more than $1 million for its email addresses.

The AP asked for the addresses following last year's disclosures that the former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency had used separate email accounts at work. The practice is separate from officials who use personal, non-government email accounts for work, which generally is discouraged - but often happens anyway - due to laws requiring that most federal records be preserved.

[Red Badger]

Not quite. They are still archived...........

[Sopater]

Easily the stupidest thing I’ve read all day.

I found that a bit humorous since you posted that before 6:30AM. ;-)

[Sopater]

AP getting some sweet revenge while performing a public service. Imagine if any of this was known seven short months ago.

All true, but the press is largely at fault for none of this being known months ago due to their immeasurable love for all things liberal.

[Cheerio]

Nothing to see here - move along.

Anyone remember when Bush43 was dragged into this controversy? The LIBS wanted him impeached because he was acting as the unitary executive. But out current KING is already being given a pass by his propaganda machine. Bush White House email controversy

[Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage]

They use the secret emails because not only can the speak confidentially about their criminal enterprise, but when their ‘work’ emails are subpenaed, they can hand over the official emails and not worry about the scheming in the secret ones.

[Diogenesis]

For now, the newspapers report NOTHING.

The MSM report NOTHING.

Not a single scandal is being reported during this
coup d’etat by the Impostor
for his Kenya/Pakeeestan/Saudi Arabia/Iran and Indonesia.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Everybody out of the pool and into the prison/industrial complex's luxurious facilities!

[FreeAtlanta]

Don’t forget all the off site meetings and “golf” outings this regime uses to avoid officially recorded login/logouts.

[FreeAtlanta]

Emails are kept on the servers. If properly set up to archive, they are never gone.

[corlorde]

Visions of the movie Casino where the gangsters are meeting up at parking garages and park benches with their hands covering their mouths whispering about the evils of Conservatism, no doubt.

[gov_bean_ counter]

I don't have a lot of confidence in them having been set up properly.

Guess I'm too old and too cynical.

[FreeAtlanta]

There could be any number of copies. The sender, the receiver, the senders email server, the receivers email server, numerous servers in between, any one who is ccd or blind cc’d, any server rules set up to forward or copy the emails, etc.etc.

it brings a whole knew meaning to paper trail.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Looked at your bio and defer to your expertise.

Thank you for expanding my thinking.

Now for a group with the guts to drill down to the data you referenced...

[Gabrial]

Virtually all criminal organizations use secret communications. Why? They don't want to get caught doing illegal things.

[Datom]

Go for it hackers ........ those emails are worth their weight in gold.

[GlockThe Vote]

Does not matter - he will give a speech on abortion or birth control and everything will be fine.

[Ghost of SVR4]

Go for it hackers ........ those emails are worth their weight in gold.

Or lead. Even if a hacker got those communique, who is going to report on it? The alphabet media would probably turn the hacker in at flag@whitehouse.gov of some other whitehouse snitch address.

[riri]

Someone HAS to get these emails. I have zero doubt that they contain all the evidence that lead straight to the top.

And possibly higher.

[FreeAtlanta]

I wonder if any zipped up top secret documents have been sent to our enemies from any of those accounts.

[FreeAtlanta]

The regime is desperately trying to change the focus by putting all the sexual misconduct in the military stories out for bait.