Trying To Find White House Missing E-mails

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Trying To Find White House Missing E-mails

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @03:14PM from the they-were-right-here dept.

Gov IT writes "On Wednesday a federal court ordered all employees working in the Bush White House to surrender media that might contain e-mails sent or received during a two and a half year period in hope of locating missing messages before President-elect Barack Obama takes over next week."

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Finding Stuff by KingAlanI · 2009-01-14 15:16 · Score: 5, Funny

They are unable to find Iraqi WMDs either - maybe the emails have also long since been destroyed.

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1. Re:Finding Stuff by MrNaz · 2009-01-14 23:44 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Sweet!, I've been waiting for UFC's answer to the Special Olympics!
  
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Good Luck! by chill · 2009-01-14 15:17 · Score: 5, Funny

For security purposes, it is a little known fact that Dick Cheney was a major proponent in getting the entire Executive Branch to adopt RCF 2549 methods of transport. Message deletion consisted of a little "hunting accident" on the family ranch.

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What the hell is a federal court... by bagboy · 2009-01-14 15:18 · Score: 4, Funny

going to do with a 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 inch Penis?
1. Re:What the hell is a federal court... by chill · 2009-01-14 15:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  That gives the phrase "judicial probe" a whole new meaning!
  
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2. Re:What the hell is a federal court... by PhreakOfTime · 2009-01-14 16:13 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Fuck Alpha Centauri?
3. Re:What the hell is a federal court... by Sebilrazen · 2009-01-14 18:04 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Hey, maybe there's something to this. Imagine a transportation system requiring only a vast amount of viagra and willing men.
  People of the future may actually travel the universe by shimmying up someone's penis.
  Why not, it works for the social ladder. Paris, get down from there!!!
  
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Re:Contempt of Court by Nimey · 2009-01-14 16:42 · Score: 3, Funny

Yeah, how the fuck does that Madoff thing work? Is he getting a pass because of the sheer enormity of what he did?

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Perfect Defense by Greyfox · 2009-01-14 20:08 · Score: 3, Funny

"I'm sorry, your honor. We are completely incompetent." Who's NOT going to believe that after the last 8 years?

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Send in Jack Bauer.... by pandrijeczko · 2009-01-14 23:04 · Score: 2, Funny

...he'll find those missing emails in 24 hours.

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Re:Cut GW some slack by TheRedSeven · 2009-01-15 02:34 · Score: 2, Funny

As for the WMDs, there were lies about yellow cake.

The yellow cake is a lie...
Re:And then what? by zig007 · 2009-01-15 03:37 · Score: 2, Funny

If you're going to try to use logic to invalidate a person's post, please learn which arguments are valid and which mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
It was my own post. I hate it when i misspell something. However, I do thank you for your concern. :-)

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