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White House says it did send unwanted e-mails

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Source: Associated Press

After insisting no one was receiving unsolicited e-mails from the White House, officials reversed their story Monday night and blamed outside political groups for the unwanted messages from the tech-savvy operation.

White House online director Macon Phillips said in a blog posting that independent groups — he didn't name them — had signed up their members to receive regular White House updates about Obama's projects, priorities and speeches.

The White House had consistently denied that anyone who hadn't sought the e-mails had received them.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/17/national/w122132D06.DTL&tsp=1

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