Brzezinski: Carter Using His iPhone ‘a Bad Slip’ But ‘Not Like Setting up a Server in Your House’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:

BRZEZINSKI: “25 past the hour. Ash Carter arrived in Afghanistan this morning. He spent the last two days in Iraq and during a stop and review yesterday called the first commander in Syria a success. He also discussed the controversy he read home there’s plenty of people during the time that you’re taking office and so forth who explained to you what the rules are about e-mails. It’s not like I didn’t have the opportunity what the right thing to do is.”
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CARTER: “This is a mistake I made with respect to e-mail, entirely my mistake, entirely on me. Particularly someone in my position and with the sensitivities about this issue should have known better. There were plenty of people during the time that you’re taking office and so forth who explain to you what the rules are about e-mails, so this is — it’s not like I didn’t have the opportunity to understand what the right thing to do is. I didn’t do the right thing. This is entirely on me.”
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SCARBOROUGH: “It’s over. I screwed up. It’s entirely on me. It’s over.”
BRZEZINSKI: “She had a server in her house. Ash Carter just made it clear there’s plenty of people that tell you the rules when you get here. He used his iPhone anyway which is a bad slip. It’s not like setting up a server in your house. We’re talking about Carter.”