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Ambassador Ousted for Using Private Email in 2012

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In 2012, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Scott Gration abruptly stepped down from his post after “a whithering evaluation from the State Department” which included using his personal email for official business, the Weekly Standard reports.

“In other words, State Department policy was very clear. Using a private email outside the State Department’s secure system was completely unacceptable. If this applied to ambassadors, one would think it was sensible policy for the Secretary of State as well.”

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