article_snippet: [that] here, so I don’t think it’s really a pertinent question.'
article_snippet: which is against the law
article_snippet: know why this would be held to a different standard.'
article_snippet: I’m telling you what the regulations say and
article_snippet: Guidelines published by Politico and other publications on Thursday evening suggest otherwise, however. '
article_snippet: It is the Department’s general policy that normal day-to-day operations be conducted on an authorized [Automated Information System], which has the proper level of security control to provide nonrepudiation, authentication and encryption, to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the resident information,' the State Department's Foreign Affairs Manual says.
article_snippet: An official who spoke to Politico said that it is true that 'sensitive but unclassified information should be handled on a system with certain security requirements' with the caveat 'except in certain circumstances.'