>> Read the full email exchange here

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.

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