Clinton memo warned State Department workers to avoid using personal email

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told State Department employees worldwide in a 2011 memo to not use personal email accounts to transmit or discuss documents or issues containing sensitive security information.

The warning was circulated over Clinton’s electronic signature at a time when she had been using a private email account and server located at her New York residence to conduct official business for several years. She continued using the private account and server throughout the balance of her tenure as the country’s chief diplomat.