While Hillary Clinton tries to deflect suggestions of wrongdoing in her use of a personal email account to conduct governmental business during her years as secretary of state, a U.S. ambassador under her watch was sharply reprimanded for doing the same -- and reportedly, it contributed to his being forced to resign.
Scott Gration, then-ambassador to Kenya under Clinton, resigned shortly before the release of a
damning inspector general report in 2012. Many aspects of Gration's leadership style were called into question -- including an apparent habit of "publicly berating" staffers and personally "attacking" them -- but a central issue was his handling of the computer and email systems.
"He has willfully disregarded Department regulations on the use of commercial email for official government business," the 2012 IG report said.
The report urged the Nairobi embassy to "cease using commercial email to process Department information and use authorized Department automated information systems for conducting official business."
The findings have taken on new relevance in the wake of the controversy over Clinton's email and Internet practices.