article_snippet: The highly unusual practice of a Cabinet-level official physically running Clinton own email would have given Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, impressive control over limiting access to Clinton message archives.
article_snippet: It also would distinguish Clinton's secretive email practices as far more sophisticated than some politicians, including Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin, who were caught conducting official business using free email services operated by Microsoft Corp. and
article_snippet: Operating Clinton own server would have afforded Clinton additional legal opportunities to block government or private subpoenas in criminal, administrative or civil cases because Clinton lawyers could object in court before being forced to turn over any emails.
article_snippet: And since the Secret Service was guarding Clinton's home, an email server there would have been well protected from theft or a physical hacking.
article_snippet: The disclosure raised questions about whether Clinton took actions to preserve copies of Clinton old work-related emails, as required by the Federal Records Act.
article_snippet: A Clinton spokesman, Nick Merrill, told the newspaper that Clinton complied with the letter and spirit of the law because Clinton advisers reviewed tens of thousands of pages of Clinton personal emails to decide which ones to turn over to the State Department after the agency asked for her personal emails.
article_snippet: In theory but not in practice, Clinton's official emails would be accessible to anyone who requested copies under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act.
article_snippet: Since Clinton effectively retained control over emails in Clinton private account even after Clinton resigned in 2013, the government would have to negotiate with Clinton to turn over messages the government can't already retrieve from the inboxes of federal employees Clinton emailed.
article_snippet: The AP has waited more than a year under the law for the State Department to turn over some emails covering Clinton's tenure as the nation's top diplomat, although the State Department has never suggested that the State Department didn't possess all Clinton emails.
article_snippet: President Obama signed a bill last year that bans the use of private email accounts by government officials unless the use of private email accounts by government officials retain copies of messages in the use of private email accounts by government officials official account or forward copies to the use of private email accounts by government officials government accounts within 20 days.
article_snippet: a bill last year that bans the use of private email accounts by government officials unless they retain copies of messages in their official account or forward copies to their government accounts within 20 days did not become law until more than one year after Clinton left the State Department.
highlights_snippet: The  unusual practice of a Cabinet-level official physically running her own email would have given Clinton control over limiting access to Clinton archives .
  