White House Must Answer For Missing Emails

Lucas123 writes "A District Court judge this week ruled in favor of a Washington-based watchdog group, allowing them to question White House officials about missing emails involving controversial issues. The subjects include the release of the identity of a former CIA operative, the reasons for launching the war in Iraq and actions by the US Department of Justice. The group had filed suit [PDF] last May against the White House Office of Administration, seeking access to White House email under the federal Freedom of Information Act. The discovery ruling is bringing to light issues of email retention in businesses and other private organizations. We've previously discussed the White House's difficulties with email."

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The White House

[EEPROMS]

cant use emails, they haven't even evolved from using paper and charcoal yet.

[DUCKS]

Re:Expected answer

[sumdumass]

They would have to because it would be little more then a political witch hunt.

But congress won't even entertain the idea because there is a sneaking suspicion that they are in the right about some things and they wouldn't want that to be found out.

Re:Expected answer

[ArcherB]

I don't care WHO you are, there hasn't been a president like gwb in office for at least 100 years. They have literally wrecked the place. Do you really have that short of a memory or are just blinded by partisan colored glasses? Wait! Are you like under 12? Let's see here:

They just smashed the joint up. When the Clintons left office, their staff broke equipment before leaving and violated the rest. For example, they would leave pornographic images in the photocopier. Think of it as the previous management of SlashDot leaving Goatse as the new logo when they left. Of course, let's not forget about all the silverware and furniture that Hillary stole like it was cheap hotel towels.

They fired or forced to resign what amounts to hundreds to thousands of person-years of experience in government. Like the Clintons didn't fire anyone? They fired all the lawyers as soon as they took office, 100% of them. They didn't even give them a chance to prove their worth or even review their qualifications. "You worked for the last guy? You're fired."

They politicized every office they could get their hands on. Filegate ring any bells? That's where they ordered the FBI to retrieve the records of political enemies and hand them over to the Clintons. I wonder. Was it for Blackmail or Extortion? I hope is extortion because the X makes it sound cooler.
Also, remember Sandy Berger stealing top secret files from the national archives to protect his old boss? I mean, it was just like the whole blow job thing, except it dealt with 9-11, national security and boring stuff like that. Nothing to see here. Move along. Bush is evil.

they enriched cronies in brazen fashion. Wasn't it Bill Clinton who had pardoned a a bunch of FALN terrorists to help his wife's political chances in NY? Why yes, yes it was.
Wasn't it Bill Clinton who pardoned Mark Rich in exchange for donations to the Clinton library. Wasn't it Bill Clinton who rented out the Lincoln bedroom for political donations? Wasn't it Bill Clinton who worked to find an under qualified intern cush jobs?

They used a national fucking tragedy to secure political control of congress. Bush didn't do this. We had free elections and the people chose Congress. Not Bush.

They pushed a TRIPLE FUCKING AMPUTEE who was a Vietnam veteran out of office because he had the temerity to stand up to their bullshit. Bush didn't push shit out. They campaigned against him and the people of Cleland's state pushed him out. Did you cry when Bill Clinton pushed Bob Dole out? No? Then STFU!
Besides, I'll see you Max Cleland and raise you one John McCain, a Zel Miller and a Bob Dole. Does serving make your words carry more weight? I'm a veteran. I served in the mid East. Does that make what I say better than what you say? And if you voted for Bill Clinton over Bob Dole (like all Democrats did), don't give me any shit about Cleland's war record. It's either important all the time or it's not. You can't just wheel out the crippled vet whenever it's convenient and drive over him the rest of the time.

I better stop there. It's funny when people don't see their own hyperpartisanship. When their guy does it, it's completely understandable and doesn't matter because times are good. But when the guy has a different letter after his name, he's the most evil bastard in history and the world has gone to shit.

Now I'm not here to defend anything Bush has done or is doing, but don't sit there and say, there hasn't been a president like gwb in office for at least 100 years. because that's simply not true. The new boss is the same as the old boss and if you don't recognize it, your partisanship has you blinded to reality.

Re:Expected answer

[Foobar of Borg]

So, even if Bush is as bad as you say he is, he's doing it to enrich his family and his cronies while plundering as much money as possible from the treasury and grabbing as much power as possible.

There, fixed that for you. If you think Bush is doing all that he is doing to protect the country, you are truly a deluded moron.

Plame outed herself

[toddhisattva]

Everybody knows who outed Valerie Plame Wilson.

Valerie Plame Wilson outed Valerie Plame Wilson.

She cannot make a hugely public move, sending her husband to Niger, and then hide behind some imagined secret protection.

The Wilsons should be shot.