Vincent Arnold

Commentary: I fail to understand why this is not akin to the beginnings of Watergate? Laws are now in place to prevent this from happening. I quote Catherine Smith, an associate with Chicago-based law firm, Vedder Price. “In terms of e-discovery requests, government agencies are held accountable to the same guidelines as any other litigant.” I would assume this applies to the Whitehouse as well…Oh and  isn’t this  a National  Security  Issue?

By Dan Eggen

Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, February 27, 2008; Page A02

After promising last year to search its computers for tens of thousands of e-mails sent by White House officials, the Republican National Committee has informed a House committee that it no longer plans to retrieve the communications by restoring computer backup tapes, the panel’s chairman said yesterday.

The move increases the likelihood that an untold number of RNC e-mails dealing with official White House business during the first term of the Bush administration — including many sent or received by former presidential adviser Karl Rove — will never be recovered, said House Democrats and public records advocates.

Source: Washington Post

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 at 4:45 am and is filed under Government InfoSec.