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Bush's Electronic Archives Threaten To Swamp National Archives

Posted by timothy on from the if-you're-smart-this-can-all-end-well dept.

ColdWetDog writes "The New York Times reports that the soon-to-be-disbanded Bush / Cheney White House threatens to overload the National Archives with close to 100 Terabytes of data. This includes the Barney Cam and even 'formats not previously dealt with.' By way of comparison, the Clinton White House dumped less than a single terabyte into the archives. Of course, Mr. Cheney, always the Good Citizen, tried to help out when he 'asserted this month in a court case that he had absolute discretion to decide which of his records are official and which are personal, and thus do not have to be transferred to the archives.' Glad to see that somebody over there is trying to clean up the cruft for posterity."

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  1. It's real enough by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mr. Cheney, always the Good Citizen, tried to help out when he 'asserted this month in a court case that he had absolute discretion to decide which of his records are official and which are personal, and thus do not have to be transferred to the archives.'

    Well, since he was on the PUBLIC payroll at the time, ostensibly doing the PUBLIC'S business, then I guess in turn the PUBLIC should decide how much of that "private" time was paid for by public funds... and hit Cheney for fraud, for every minute he did "private" work on the PUBLIC payroll.

    Seriously... this man has acted so criminally toward the citizens of the United States that I would be extremely sad and upset if he does not end up in prison, in solitary confinement, within 2 years.