Highlights from this morning's White House press gaggle, during which spokesman Scott Stanzel did his best to explain the White House's oversight to a very skeptical press corps.
Here's one highlight in particular. Until 2004, the RNC automatically deleted the emails of White House staff after 30 days. But after that, the policy was changed. The RNC wouldn't delete the email, but the staffers' themselves could. But to do that, they would not only need to delete the email but then delete it again from the trash folder (there's a larger question of whether even that would actually delete the email, but we'll get to that later). A reporter asked if that didn't mean that certain staffers had made two affirmative decisions to delete certain emails. Stanzel responded:
Here's one highlight in particular. Until 2004, the RNC automatically deleted the emails of White House staff after 30 days. But after that, the policy was changed. The RNC wouldn't delete the email, but the staffers' themselves could. But to do that, they would not only need to delete the email but then delete it again from the trash folder (there's a larger question of whether even that would actually delete the email, but we'll get to that later). A reporter asked if that didn't mean that certain staffers had made two affirmative decisions to delete certain emails. Stanzel responded:
Since 2004, the RNC has had a policy of excluding White House staff from their automatic deletion policy, which means that the RNC every 30 days has automatic deletion policy. Since 2004, it's our understanding, that White House staff who have political email accounts provided by the RNC have been excluded from that policy. And in terms of the double delete, what you're talking about is the user's ability, if they are sitting at their laptop, and decide that, 'gosh, I've got a hundred emails here that I just -- are cluttering up my inbox, I want to put them in the deleted file, and I right-click the deleted items to empty my deleted file.' It's possible, possible, that those records could have been lost....More on the story.
From Truthout.org:
From Truthout.org:
The e-mails were sent through a communications system created in conjunction with the RNC early in the Bush administration. Rove and others were given special laptop computers and other communications devices to use instead of the government communications system when dealing with political matters.
But evidence has emerged that system users sometimes failed to maintain such separation and used the private system when communicating about government business.
But evidence has emerged that system users sometimes failed to maintain such separation and used the private system when communicating about government business.
For example, before the U.S. attorneys were fired, a Rove deputy used an account maintained by the Republican National Committee in discussions with Justice Department officials about replacing some of the regional prosecutors. One e-mail requested a meeting between top officials at the Justice Department and a member of President Bush's campaign team to discuss one U.S. attorney who was among those to be fired.
The Justice Department turned over those e-mails at the request of several congressional committees.
Waxman said some of the documents suggest White House personnel may have used the political email accounts "to avoid creating a record of the communications."
And, of course, subpoena the cell phones and the Blackberries of the White House officials since some of the White House staffers set up email accounts and use text messenging. Amd I wonder any of those emails from the cell phone and the Blackberries have damaging information.
And, of course, subpoena the cell phones and the Blackberries of the White House officials since some of the White House staffers set up email accounts and use text messenging. Amd I wonder any of those emails from the cell phone and the Blackberries have damaging information.
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Nothing is ever really gone Karl Rove will find that out. I was a little surprised by the crimes committed by the Christian employees. Bush hired all the grads from the Church colleges only to find out their liars and crooks. Just what are they teaching in the Church colleges anyway. I guess moral and values are no longer taught.
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