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
very seriously. and we followed all the rules on classified material. now, what happens when you ask or when a freedom of information request asks that information be made public, all the agencies get to weigh in. and what you re hearing from other agencies is, it wasn t classified at the time but now we think it should be. and that is not uncommon. in fact, if i had had just a government account that was on the unclassified system, they would go through the same process. so again, it s confusing and that s why i m trying to do a better job of explaining it to the american people. you have said that colin powell did the same thing. he actually had a personal e-mail and a state.gov official e-mail system. he didn t just rely on a personal system. i don t think there s any press debt for anyone just relying on a personal e-mail system at your level of government.
do you want to apologize to the american people for the choice you made? it wasn t the choice and i have said that. i ll continue to say that as i ve also said many times it was allowed and it was fully above board. the people in the government knew that i was using a personal account. but it would have been better if i had better 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 they will be coming out. i wish it were faster. it is frustrating it s taking a while but there s a process to be followed. well, since 1995, the state department foreign affairs manual said that all e-mails, all records had to be preserved. in 2005, the manual s updated to say, quote, sensitive but unclassified information should not be transmitted through personal e-mail accounts. the u.s. code of federal