You know how they say “lightning never strikes twice”? Well, they\u2019re wrong.<\/p>\n
Apparently another cabinet-level official in the current \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 clown krewe<\/a><\/em> running the show in DC<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Administration has been using a private email account to conduct official government business.\u00a0 Word is that they\u2019ve now quit.<\/p>\n Who was it, you ask? A guy named\u00a0“Ashton Carter”<\/em>.<\/p>\n Yeah – that<\/u> Ashton Carter.\u00a0 The SECDEF.<\/p>\n Apparently for a few months after his appointment, Carter continued using a private email address vice his government email account to conduct at least some official business.\u00a0 Reportedly copies of any such emails were also forwarded to his government account for record purposes – though how one would verify that without examining ALL of his personal email from the time frame in question is a good question.<\/p>\n Carter reportedly continued to use his private account for about two months after the fact that a certain former SECSTATE had done the same was publicly revealed.\u00a0 Further, Carter\u2019s use of his personal account was often enough that at least some “members of his staff feared he would be hacked and worried about his not following the rules”.\u00a0 But of course, that\u2019s a misplaced concern – no foreign intelligence service would ever<\/span><\/em> take an interest in a US cabinet secretary\u2019s personal communications, right?<\/p>\n (I do hope the sarcasm in the last sentence above was obvious.)<\/p>\n Fox News<\/em><\/a> as well as the New York Times<\/a><\/em> have articles with more info (the NYT broke the story).\u00a0 IMO they\u2019re worth a few minutes to read.<\/p>\n Sheesh.\u00a0 Do these people simply quit freaking thinking<\/u> when they take office?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"