re: Robert's records - Why don't they just shred the "bad" stuff?

[harris8]

I was just reading the NYT article "Judge Roberts's Paper Trail" on truthout (http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080705B.shtml) and was wondering, in this case and the many others where the Bush administration refuses to release records that would obviously incriminate them: why don't they just shred or delete the stuff they don't want us to see?

Destroying public records seems like it would be such a petty crime compared to their active role in murder, torture, and myriad felonies here and around the world.

Granted, given the thoroughly corrupt nature of these thugs, there would be very little "real" documentation left! But couldn't they easily have some peons generate stacks of real-looking boring "official" memos etc. to replace the shredded stuff?