Rice aides, Powell got classified info on personal email accountsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and aides to his successor, Condoleezza Rice, both received classified information a handful of times via personal email accounts, the top Democrat on a congressional oversight panel said on Thursday. The findings come after nearly a year of controversy over Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s decision to set up a private email server for her work as secretary of state. Democratic lawmakers and staff on Clinton’s presidential campaign seized on the report as vindicating some of their defenses of the controversial arrangement. Representative Elijah Cummings said the disclosures about Powell’s and Rice’s aides’ emails were made by the State Department’s inspector general, who is reviewing the email practices of the last five secretaries of state. That office told the State Department on Wednesday that it found 12 emails containing classified information sent to Rice’s aides or Powell, according to Cummings, who is the ranking Democrat on the House of Representatives Oversight Committee. In a statement, Powell said the two emails he received were not judged to contain confidential information at the time they were sent to him by American ambassadors. “I wish they would release them,” Powell told NBC News, “so that a normal, air-breathing mammal would look at them and say, ‘What’s the issue?’” A representative for Rice, who, as with Powell, served under Republican President George W. Bush, said the 10 emails sent to her aides did not contain intelligence information.  More than 1,500 of Clinton’s emails, which are being made public on a federal judge’s order, have been found to include classified information so far, according to the State Department. Clinton both sent and received information the State Department now deems to be classified, including the privately shared thoughts of foreign leaders, as well as highly classified U.S. intelligence agency secrets. It became public last March that Clinton set up a private email server in her New York home for her work as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state between 2009 and 2013. Accusations that she exposed government secrets to hackers and tried to side-step record keeping laws have since dogged her campaign, and the arrangement is being examined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Clinton’s campaign staff suggested the findings announced on Thursday helped vindicate her claim that she did nothing wrong or unusual and repeated their accusation that the State Department is overclassifying her emails, an idea the department has dismissed. “Hillary Clinton agrees with her predecessor that his emails, like hers, are being inappropriately subjected to over-classification,” John Podesta, Clinton’s campaign chairman, said in a statement, calling for their unredacted release. J. William Leonard, who oversaw the government’s classification regime as the Information Security Oversight Office director until 2008, said so-called “spillage” of classified information into unsecured email systems was common. “That’s why from the get-go it was exceedingly poor judgment to set up a private email account because of this very real fact,” Leonard said in an interview, referring to Clinton’s arrangement. The government forbids sending classified information via email, but the .gov email system, which Clinton circumvented, is monitored and protected on the assumption that classified information spills into it. Powell has said the State Department was technologically backward when he joined in 2001 and that he had to fight to get an Internet-connected computer installed in his office, from which he continued to use his personal email account. Georgia Godfrey, Rice’s chief of staff at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, said Rice did not use email while at the State Department, and that the 10 emails to her staff were reports on “diplomatic conversations.” Government regulations require that information shared in confidence by foreign government officials should be treated as classified. politicsNews
rice aides powell got classified info personal email accountswashington reuters former secretary state colin powell aides successor condoleezza rice received classified information handful times via personal email accounts top democrat congressional oversight panel said thursday the findings come nearly year controversy democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton decision set private email server work secretary state democratic lawmakers staff clinton presidential campaign seized report indicating defenses controversial arrangement representative elias cuttings said disclosures powell rice aides emails made state department inspector general reviewing email practices last five secretaries state that office told state department wednesday found emails containing classified information sent rice aides powell according cuttings ranking democrat house representatives oversight committee in statement powell said two emails received judged contain confidential information time sent american ambassadors i wish would release powell told nbc news normal mammal would look say what issue a representative rice powell served republican president george bush said emails sent aides contain intelligence information more clinton emails made public federal judge order found include classified information far according state department clinton sent received information state department deems classified including privately shared thoughts foreign leaders well highly classified intelligence agency secrets it became public last march clinton set private email server new york home work president barack obama secretary state accusations exposed government secrets hackers tried record keeping laws since dogged campaign arrangement examined federal bureau investigation clinton campaign staff suggested findings announced thursday helped indicate claim nothing wrong unusual repeated accusation state department overclassifying emails idea department dismissed hillary clinton agrees predecessor emails like inappropriately subjected john modesta clinton campaign chairman said statement calling unrelated release william leonard oversaw government classification regime information security oversight office director said village classified information secured email systems common that exceedingly poor judgment set private email account real fact leonard said interview referring clinton arrangement the government forbids sending classified information via email email system clinton circumvent monitored protected assumption classified information spills powell said state department technologically backward joined fight get computer installed office continued use personal email account georgia geoffrey rice chief staff stanford university hoover institution said rice use email state department emails staff reports diplomatic government regulations require information shared confidence foreign government officials treated classified politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Rice aides, Powell got classified info on personal email accountsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and aides to his successor, Condoleezza Rice, both received classified information a handful of times via personal email accounts, the top Democrat on a congressional oversight panel said on Thursday. The findings come after nearly a year of controversy over Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s decision to set up a private email server for her work as secretary of state. Democratic lawmakers and staff on Clinton’s presidential campaign seized on the report as vindicating some of their defenses of the controversial arrangement. Representative Elijah Cummings said the disclosures about Powell’s and Rice’s aides’ emails were made by the State Department’s inspector general, who is reviewing the email practices of the last five secretaries of state. That office told the State Department on Wednesday that it found 12 emails containing classified information sent to Rice’s aides or Powell, according to Cummings, who is the ranking Democrat on the House of Representatives Oversight Committee. In a statement, Powell said the two emails he received were not judged to contain confidential information at the time they were sent to him by American ambassadors. “I wish they would release them,” Powell told NBC News, “so that a normal, air-breathing mammal would look at them and say, ‘What’s the issue?’” A representative for Rice, who, as with Powell, served under Republican President George W. Bush, said the 10 emails sent to her aides did not contain intelligence information.  More than 1,500 of Clinton’s emails, which are being made public on a federal judge’s order, have been found to include classified information so far, according to the State Department. Clinton both sent and received information the State Department now deems to be classified, including the privately shared thoughts of foreign leaders, as well as highly classified U.S. intelligence agency secrets. It became public last March that Clinton set up a private email server in her New York home for her work as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state between 2009 and 2013. Accusations that she exposed government secrets to hackers and tried to side-step record keeping laws have since dogged her campaign, and the arrangement is being examined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Clinton’s campaign staff suggested the findings announced on Thursday helped vindicate her claim that she did nothing wrong or unusual and repeated their accusation that the State Department is overclassifying her emails, an idea the department has dismissed. “Hillary Clinton agrees with her predecessor that his emails, like hers, are being inappropriately subjected to over-classification,” John Podesta, Clinton’s campaign chairman, said in a statement, calling for their unredacted release. J. William Leonard, who oversaw the government’s classification regime as the Information Security Oversight Office director until 2008, said so-called “spillage” of classified information into unsecured email systems was common. “That’s why from the get-go it was exceedingly poor judgment to set up a private email account because of this very real fact,” Leonard said in an interview, referring to Clinton’s arrangement. The government forbids sending classified information via email, but the .gov email system, which Clinton circumvented, is monitored and protected on the assumption that classified information spills into it. Powell has said the State Department was technologically backward when he joined in 2001 and that he had to fight to get an Internet-connected computer installed in his office, from which he continued to use his personal email account. Georgia Godfrey, Rice’s chief of staff at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, said Rice did not use email while at the State Department, and that the 10 emails to her staff were reports on “diplomatic conversations.” Government regulations require that information shared in confidence by foreign government officials should be treated as classified. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: rice aides powell got classified info personal email accountswashington reuters former secretary state colin powell aides successor condoleezza rice received classified information handful times via personal email accounts top democrat congressional oversight panel said thursday the findings come nearly year controversy democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton decision set private email server work secretary state democratic lawmakers staff clinton presidential campaign seized report indicating defenses controversial arrangement representative elias cuttings said disclosures powell rice aides emails made state department inspector general reviewing email practices last five secretaries state that office told state department wednesday found emails containing classified information sent rice aides powell according cuttings ranking democrat house representatives oversight committee in statement powell said two emails received judged contain confidential information time sent american ambassadors i wish would release powell told nbc news normal mammal would look say what issue a representative rice powell served republican president george bush said emails sent aides contain intelligence information more clinton emails made public federal judge order found include classified information far according state department clinton sent received information state department deems classified including privately shared thoughts foreign leaders well highly classified intelligence agency secrets it became public last march clinton set private email server new york home work president barack obama secretary state accusations exposed government secrets hackers tried record keeping laws since dogged campaign arrangement examined federal bureau investigation clinton campaign staff suggested findings announced thursday helped indicate claim nothing wrong unusual repeated accusation state department overclassifying emails idea department dismissed hillary clinton agrees predecessor emails like inappropriately subjected john modesta clinton campaign chairman said statement calling unrelated release william leonard oversaw government classification regime information security oversight office director said village classified information secured email systems common that exceedingly poor judgment set private email account real fact leonard said interview referring clinton arrangement the government forbids sending classified information via email email system clinton circumvent monitored protected assumption classified information spills powell said state department technologically backward joined fight get computer installed office continued use personal email account georgia geoffrey rice chief staff stanford university hoover institution said rice use email state department emails staff reports diplomatic government regulations require information shared confidence foreign government officials treated classified politicsnews