Sec John Kerry sent 'secret' e-mail to Clinton from personal account

As a senator, Secretary of State John Kerry sent at least one e-mail to Hillary Clinton from his personal account that has now been classified as secret, the State Department confirmed. The largely redacted May 19, 2011, e-mail from Sec Kerry — then the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee — “was sent from a non-official account,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said. That account, Kirby added “is no longer active.”

The message referenced India, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and was classified for containing information about foreign governments and US foreign relations. “We all know this will be a troubled relationship because that is it’s [sic] nature,” he wrote in one unredacted section. “But there are real possibilities at this moment to put options to the test.” Sec Kerry’s e-mail was classified at the “secret” level, which is a higher level than “confidential” but lower than “top secret” A note at the bottom of the message indicates that it was sent from Sec Kerry’s iPad.