Tofu? ToWhit? Senators discuss EPA email aliases

WASHINGTON (AP) — To whom? ToWhit? Tofu?

Senators sidetracked their confirmation hearing Thursday for Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, to discuss secret government email addresses that have been used by senior EPA officials for at least a decade. The agency’s inspector general is investigating Republican charges that the secret accounts — discovered in 2012 — have been used to hide sensitive matters from Congress in its oversight role and the public under the Freedom of Information Act.