DOE & DOI using encription...? Why?

[Hoofer]

Why would these two agencies encrypt communications?

https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/18/joe-biden-department-of-interior-energy-department/

GOP Senator Asks Two Biden Cabinet Members Whether 'High Ranking' Officials Are Using Encrypted Apps To 'Cloak' Communications

a.  you don't get ASKED if you are, if you're not already doing it.
b.  what are you trying to HIDE from the public?  You're working for US, the American Citizen, not the king of England or some super secret organization!
c.  Democrats have had a BAD HABIT of using good, trustworthy organizations for BAD THINGS.  NASA, Post Office, the list is growing.  Here they go again!

"Barrasso expressed concern that using such software to conduct official government communications could shield conversations, which are subject to Freedom of Information Act requests. It could also potentially hide communications regarding "illicit" activity, the senator said.

"The use of these encrypted applications, such as Signal, could represent an effort to cloak certain communications, limit Administration accountability, and potentially obscure illicit activity," Barrasso wrote to Haaland and Granholm in the letters obtained by the DCNF.

"These reports are deeply concerning," he said. "As you know, it is imperative that executive branch officials, especially unelected appointees, operate with the utmost integrity and transparency to maintain the public trust."  (expecting an awful lot out of the Swamp!)
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"Anderson noted that federal officials received mandatory ethics training during their first week in office and were instructed to keep "government records as government records" during the sessions."

Well, guess they must have MISSED that session - or they just need to be FIRED for ignoring a directive!

[taxed]

There's nothing wrong with it, and preferred, if it's through official secure channels.  Outside of that, it's fishy.

[Hoofer]

Right or wrong, they were trained & apparently told, not to do it - and they did anyways.

[taxed]

Right or wrong, they were trained & apparently told, not to do it - and they did anyways.

Yeah, that's not good.