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White House Press Secretary's Tweets Archived

Posted by samzenpus on from the for-future-generations dept.

RedTeflon writes "The White House spokesman, who has just started using Twitter, told reporters this afternoon that he met with government lawyers yesterday to determine whether his tweets would be archived along with emails and just about everything else produced at the White House. After deliberation, White House lawyers have decided that any and all tweets will be archived in keeping with the Presidential Records Act of 1978."

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  1. which prompts the question by Eil · · Score: 5, Interesting

    After deliberation, White House Lawyers have decided that any and all tweets will be archived in keeping with the Presidential Records Act of 1978.

    I'd be curious to know what there is to deliberate about. Why wouldn't the White House archive all non-classified records and communications?