State Department Watchdog Finds 'Inaccurate' Response to Clinton E-Mail Questions

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A report released Thursday by the State Department's Inspector General found the department provided inaccurate responses in 2012 to inquiries about then-Secretary Hillary Clinton's e-mail practices.

The in-house watchdog said the department often failed to meet its legal obligations in fulfilling public information requests, finding delays and lack of oversight in producing records under the past five secretaries. Clinton's use of private e-mail to conduct government business has dogged her Democratic presidential bid since it was revealed last year.

The report, which found lapses during the tenures of the past five secretaries, documented a request under the Freedom of Information Act from a government accountability group for records “sufficient to show the number of email accounts of, or associated with, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, and the extent to which those email accounts are identifiable as those of or associated with Secretary Clinton.” The inquiry was prompted by the revelation that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson used e-mail aliases to conduct government business.