Here is what really happened -
But in true Clinton fashion, that statement appears to be a combination of parsed language, twisted truth and outright falsehood.
In his statement to The Times, Powell denies any recollection of discussing email use with Clinton at the dinner party. He also makes clear that his use of personal email was limited to non-classified matters – and that it was based on the technology available to him during his tenure at the State Department from 2001 to 2005.
By the time Hillary assumed the post in 2009, the technology situation had changed considerably – as it does at virtually every American enterprise over a four-year time span. Here’s the Powell statement in its entirety, as posted on Twitter by NBC’s Bradd Jaffy.
General Powell has no recollection of the dinner conversation. He did write former Secretary Clinton an email memo describing his use of his personal AOL email account for unclassified messages and how it vastly improved communications within the State Department. At the time there was no equivalent system within the Department. He used a secure State computer on his desk to manage classified information. The General no longer has the email he sent to former Secretary Clinton. It may exist in State or FBI files. For a complete discussion of his use of private emails he refers you to chapter 16, “Brainware” of his recent book, “It Worked For Me — In Life and Leadership,” published in 2012.
As emails obtained by the watchdog group Judicial Watch show, andas Western Journalism has reported, the State Department had numerous secure email options available for Clinton’s use when she was the country’s top diplomat, but she turned all of them down.
“Let’s get separate address or device but I don’t want any risk of the personal being accessible,” Clinton wrote.
Colin Powell Completely Blows Away Hillary's Lame Email Alibi Away With 1 Key Sentence
