Powell to Clinton: Security detail will drive you crazy

In this Oct. 10, 2008 file photo, former Secretary of State Colin Powell is seen in Washington. Powell says he sent Hillary Clinton a memo touting his use of a personal email account after she took over as the nation’s top diplomat in 2009. 

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According to Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider blog, Democrats on a U.S. House panel released the emails Wednesday night as Clinton was pressed during an NBC News forum on why she set up a private email server while Secretary of State.

“This email exchange shows that Secretary Powell advised Secretary Clinton with a detailed blueprint on how to skirt security rules and bypass requirements to preserve federal records,” said Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).

“If it is public that you have a Blackberry, it may become an official record and subject to the law," he wrote.

– Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider blog contributed to this report.