Re:Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requ...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @03:04PM
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> How did they ensure this?
Yes, that's exactly the question this raises.
> As a few news stories, including the linked article, have reported, they would have been immune from FOIA requests.
They would not have been immune. They may have been overlooked in the course of handling such requests, although assuming anyone in the State Department offices responsible for conducting document searches in response to FOIA requests (or subpoenas, etc.) was aware of the practice, they quite probably wouldn't have been, there just would have been an extra step involved in handling the requests.
Yes, that's exactly the question this raises.
> As a few news stories, including the linked article, have reported, they would have been immune from FOIA requests.
They would not have been immune. They may have been overlooked in the course of handling such requests, although assuming anyone in the State Department offices responsible for conducting document searches in response to FOIA requests (or subpoenas, etc.) was aware of the practice, they quite probably wouldn't have been, there just would have been an extra step involved in handling the requests.