Private email use widespread problem in US govt.: Analyst
The use of a private email server by Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state is a widespread problem among public officials in the US government, an American political analyst and radio host in California says.
Officials in the federal, state and local governments “go to great lengths to conceal government communications from the public," said Rodney Martin, a US Army veteran who also served for a time on the staff of a Republican congressman.
“Local city councils even use private emails to conceal communications,” Martin told Press TV on Thursday.
“So what we’re seeing with secretary Clinton’s use of private emails to conceal government communications is common practice in the United States,” he added. “This is widespread and the fact that the Republicans are talking about outrage is very hypocritical.”
Clinton has come under fire for using a private email account and server at her home in New York state for official emails when she was America's top diplomat between 2009 and 2013.
A US federal judge in Washington said Wednesday he may order Clinton to testify under oath about whether she used a private email server as US secretary of state to evade public records disclosures.
US District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan signed an order granting a request from the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch to question six current and former US State Department staffers about the creation and purpose of the private email server.
Based on what might be discovered from those interviews, which are to be conducted over the next eight weeks, Sullivan says in his order an out-of-court testimony from Clinton "may be necessary."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and four other US intelligence agencies are also investigating whether sensitive information that flowed through Clinton's email server was mishandled.
The inspectors general at the State Department is separately investigating whether rules or laws were broken.
Critics, including likely Republican presidential election rival Donald Trump, say she endangered government secrets and evaded transparency laws.
On Tuesday, Clinton lost to her rival Bernie Sanders in Indiana’s crucial primary. Sanders has said he is still fighting to win the Democratic Party’s nomination, though he acknowledged it will be an uphill task.
Sanders has been undaunted at the challenge of catching up to Clinton, even though it would require taking two-thirds of delegates in the remaining states.
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