Some of President Barack Obama's political appointees are using
secret government email accounts to conduct official business, The
Associated Press found, a practice that complicates agencies' legal
responsibilities to find and turn over emails under public records
requests and congressional inquiries. White House spokesman Jay Carney on Tuesday acknowledged the practice
and said it made eminent sense for Cabinet secretaries and other
high-profile officials to have what he called alternative email accounts
that wouldn't fill with unwanted messages. Carney said all their email
accounts, public and otherwise, were subject to congressional oversight
and requests by citizens under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act.
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