Audit faults State Department, Clinton on emails

State Department spokesman Mark Toner says the department is “already working” to improve its email and records management system on the heels of an independent audit that faults it — and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in particular — for lax cybersecurity.

“It is clear that the department could have done a better job preserving emails and records of secretaries of state and their senior staff going back several administrations,” Toner says, adding that the State Department also agrees that compliance with its rules has been “inconsistent across several administrations.”

Toner’s comments come after the State Department inspector general says that Clinton disregarded various guidelines for avoiding cybersecurity risks. During her term as Obama’s secretary of state, Clinton used a private server set up at her home for work and personal emails, including some that have since been classified.

— AP