Pentagon chief Ashton Carter used personal email: Report
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter reportedly used a personal email account for work-related business, becoming the second senior official in President Barack Obama’s administration to be engulfed in email scandal.
The New York Times reported Wednesday that it has obtained some 72 work-related emails that Carter sent or received from his personal email account.
Carter had been sending work-related emails on a variety of topics including speeches and meetings, for two months after he took office in February.
He, however, stopped using the email account in March after it became public that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had used her personal email account while she was secretary of state.
Clinton’s decision to use a private server potentially put thousands of pages of State Department emails at risk.
"After reviewing his email practices earlier this year, the [defense] secretary believes that his previous, occasional use of personal email for work-related business, even for routine administrative issues and backed up to his official account, was a mistake," Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in a statement.
“As a result, he stopped such use of his personal email and further limited his use of email altogether. He is confident that his work-related email has been and will continue to be preserved within the federal records system," he added.
It is not clear how many emails Carter sent and received from his personal account.
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