Et tu, Rick? Gov. Perry Has Own Private Email Trail

[William Tell]

While Rick Perry has joined Republicans casting stones at Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account while she was secretary of state, it seems the former governor is not without sin.


Perry was among the first potential 2016 presidential candidates to chime in on revelations that Clinton conducted government business entirely on a personal email account. On Tuesday morning, Perry said the findings add to a “pattern ... of non-transparency” surrounding Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president in 2016.


“It’s an ethical issue that’s going to have to be addressed,” Perry said during an interview on Fox News, tying the issue to other revelations about theClinton Foundation takingmoney from foreign countries while she was the United States’ top diplomat.



However, Perry is no stranger to using a personal email account to discuss state business, according to two lawmakers familiar with email exchanges involving the governor that surfaced two years ago. The extent to which Perry used his personal account over the years in unclear, but legislators and open-government advocates said it seriously undercuts his criticism of Clinton.



“In reviewing non-confidential documents related to the UT Board of Regents investigation and reviewing public testimony by Regent [Brenda] Pejovich of the UT Board of Regents, it’s clear to me based on that review that then-Gov. Perry was using a private email account to communicate with members of the Board of Regents,” said state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, who sits on a special House panel on transparency in state government.

http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/04/perry-faces-transparency-questions-after-clinton-r/

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

"oops"

 

[William Tell]

"oops"

Yeah.

 

[ClydeCoulter]

I have two email accounts, one for personal use and one for township business. Sometimes I mistaken use the personal one, then have to move the "sent" and "received" emails into the other account.

It easy to do if you use software that maintains multiple accounts, since the current "view" is what determines the default "send" account, and you have to pay close attention.

Yesterday, I accidentally used the township email account to request info from a college for my son, because I had been looking at the township email account in the last session of the email program.

But, if someone is using a different account on purpose to avoid scrutiny, that's a problem.