it was allowed and it was fully above board. the people in the government knew i was using that personal account. but it would have been better if i had had two separate accounts to begin with. and certainly i'm doing all i can now to try to be as transparent about what i did have on my work-related e-mails. and i think, you know, they will be coming out. i wish tarp little faster. it's frustrating it is taking so long but there has to be a process followed. >> since 1995 the state department foreign affairs manual said that all e-mails, all records had to be preserved. in 2005 the manual was updated to say, quote, sensitive but unclassified information should not be transmitted through personal e-mail accounts. eight months after you took office the u.s. code of federal regulations was updated to say that agencies that allow employees to send and receive