Hillary Clinton claimed she used a personal e-mail account “for convenience” so she would only have to carry “one device for my work and for my personal e-mails instead of two.”
That “one device,” was the Blackberry Clinton is seen using in multiple photos from her time as secretary of state.
But now it appears that Clinton used at least one other device, possibly two, blowing the whole “convenience” argument out of the water.
In an e-mail obtained by the Associated Press, Clinton accidentally replied to an email about a drone attack with what appears to be a discussion about decorations. When her advisor, Huma Abedin, asked if the reply was a mistake, Clinton responded by asking if Abedin received a reply “from my iPad.”
That suggests that Clinton at least had an iPad with her. Clinton’s spokesman Nick Merrill, confirmed to the AP that Clinton did use the additional device occasionally to read news.
Clinton may also have carried an iPhone with her, as she suggested during a recent event in Silicon Valley. When asked by tech columnist Kara Swisher whether she preferred an Android or an iPhone, Clinton responded “iPhone,” but added, “In full disclosure … and a Blackberry.”
Clinton’s use of Apple products could also be a security concern, as many agencies forbade Apple during her tenure. President Obama stated in Dec. 2013 that he was “not allowed, for security reasons, to have an iPhone.” In May 2013, the Defense Department allowed for the first time the use of iPhones and iPads for military business — two months after Clinton left the State Department in February.
