It shows her attitudes and behavior were not unusual for her position

Powell had little regard for rules regarding record retention and security where they were inconvenient to him or impacted his desire for control over his communications.

In fact his disregard was more blatant and severe than Clinton's on both fronts (record-keeping and security). And he later wrongly contradicted her about the advice he gave, claiming it happened years after she took office. Since he destroyed all his email history as he left office, he was forced to rely on his own faulty memory of the episode, and has not yet apologized for his now-proven-to-be-false descriptions of his dealings with her.

That is not to forgive Clinton, but to put the scale and severity of her transgression into a context of behavior of others in her position. The fact that more regulations existed during her day does not change the fact that the underlying laws those regulations are implementing were around during Powell's - the requirement to retain records and the requirement to protect data. And he violated both the letter and spirit of those laws brazenly.

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And now we learn that Colin Powell did indeed advise HRC on pvt e-mail use -- WaxHoo 09/08/2016 09:09AM

Ah yes, blame the black guy ** -- HokieDan95 09/08/2016 11:05AM

Yeah. That' racist and sexist. It's always a man's fault? ** -- Hokieesith 09/08/2016 11:10AM

So if Colin Powell told HRC to do it, it's O.K.? ** -- ESHooFan 09/08/2016 11:02AM

Only on this topic, the rest of the stuff Powell told her to do -- TomKazanski 09/08/2016 7:40PM

It shows her attitudes and behavior were not unusual for her position -- Toolie92 09/08/2016 1:28PM

Ever since he abandoned his party and voted for skin -- Charleston Cav 09/08/2016 09:23AM

Voting for skin color may be projecting on your part. Many of us -- HoosWillWin 09/08/2016 11:46AM

LOL. Anybody who ventures out of the bubble is a "hack" to be "denigrated" ** -- VAGentleman05 09/08/2016 10:30AM

Joe Lieberman? Zell Miller? ** -- HokieDan95 09/08/2016 11:07AM

Zell Miller? Those foam flecks were pretty disturbing. -- Shenhoo 09/08/2016 11:12AM

LOL, Caveman Cav strikes again. Btw, it's "since" big fella. ** -- WahooRQ 09/08/2016 09:49AM

Keep thinking politically correct, its digging us a bigger hole ** -- Charleston Cav 09/08/2016 10:58AM

Maybe he's posing it as a question..? Idk, pretty ignorant ** -- HoosGuy 09/08/2016 10:06AM

Especially Powell, right? smh...you never fail to deliver ** -- 111Balz 09/08/2016 09:44AM

That's just wrong -- Quaker 09/08/2016 09:30AM

No, I don't think "the Bush 43 experience" is what motivated Powell to -- JMHoo 09/08/2016 09:50AM

And that he used PDAs in a SCIF deliberately against NSA rules -- Toolie92 09/08/2016 09:18AM

Technically this is NOT new info, we just now have a copy -- 111Balz 09/08/2016 09:17AM

Old information; likely to be ignored by the Trumpies unless -- Quaker 09/08/2016 09:27AM

Moot point. Federal regulations regarding such changed after Clinton -- Hokie5150 09/08/2016 09:13AM

Moot only because the Clintonistas will continue to ignore that factoid. ** -- Hoodafan 09/08/2016 11:23AM

I'm actually commenting on CP. He's been saying he didn't advise H. -- WaxHoo 09/08/2016 09:15AM

I don't think that's what he said. He's been clear he was in touch with her -- Hoodafan 09/08/2016 11:28AM

Yes I agree that's what he has said publicly, although -- 111Balz 09/08/2016 1:29PM

Comparing the two is apples and oranges, due to the code you cite ** -- HoosGuy 09/08/2016 09:15AM

He broke different rules -- Toolie92 09/08/2016 09:23AM

And she became SoS in January 2009; this rule change was October 2009 ** -- 111Balz 09/08/2016 09:21AM

And she was responsible for implementing it... ** -- Hokie5150 09/08/2016 09:56AM