Colin Powell: “To complement the official State Department computer in my office, I…”

On the recordJune 2, 2015

To complement the official State Department computer in my office, I installed a laptop computer on a private line. My personal email account on the laptop allowed me direct access to anyone online. I started shooting emails to my principal assistants, to individual ambassadors, and increasingly to my foreign minister colleagues who, like me, were trying to bring their ministries into the 186,000-mile-per-second world, the speed of light.

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Colin Powell discusses his use of personal email for official business.

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Colin Powell: “To complement the official State Department computer in my office, I installed a laptop computer on a private line. My…”

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