I guess my point is that , assuming the absolute worst is true , that she used a private account to avoid FOIA access , that ' s not something I ' m super concerned about . Not pleased with , but not super concerning . I don ' t mean sensitive as in secret . I mean it as in legitimate work communication that I wouldn ' t want the entire world to see . If I pull up my work email right now and look at the top 50 messages , there are probably less than half of those I ' d feel comfortable having the world see , even after removing the ones that have confidential information . And my job is much less interesting than Secretary of State . Combine that with the fact that emails don ' t really fit in with the spirit of the law if FOIA , and that normal practice is to circumvent FOIA by making a phone call instead of sending an email talking like it ' s 1985 , and I don ' t see that worst case scenario as something disqualifying .