Clinton declines to apologise for nagging email controversy

Washington, Sep 8: Even as a special intelligence review revealed that some emails on Hillary Clinton's personal account contained highly classified information, the Democratic frontrunner declined to apologise for the controversy saying what she did was allowed. The review endorsed a finding by the inspector general for the intelligence agencies that a couple of emails contained highly classified information when Clinton received them while working as secretary of state, the New York Times reported citing senior intelligence officials. Clinton's presidential campaign disagreed with the conclusion of the intelligence review and suggested that agencies within the government often have different views of what should be considered classified, the Times said. The intelligence review added more fuel to the controversy surrounding Clinton's use of only a private email account for official business that has pulled down her poll numbers in key states and raised questions about her trustworthiness. Clinton has said that her emails contained no information that was marked classified and that she is fully cooperating with an FBI investigation into how classified materials were handled on her personal email account. Campaigning in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Clinton insisted in an interview with AP that she doesn't need to apologise for her nagging email controversy because "what I did was allowed."