Court may move against White House

[sabra]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - A U.S. magistrate indicated Wednesday that a federal court may order the Bush administration to preserve copies of all White House e-mails, a move that a government lawyer argued strongly against.

U.S. Magistrate John M. Facciola asked Justice Department attorneys and a private group for suggested wording on a proposed court order in a lawsuit stemming from problems with the White House e-mail system.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued the Executive Office of the President last month, demanding that any e-mails lost from White House computer servers be restored from computer backup tapes.

In the weeks since the group filed its lawsuit, the private organization says it has been unable to get assurances from the government that all White House backup tapes containing copies of e-mails will be preserved. The group, known by the acronym CREW, also says it has been unable to get assurances that the White House is using the backup tapes only once.

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Ultimately, the e-mails will be important years from now to historians delving into the inner workings of the Bush administration.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071017/ap_on_go_pr_wh/white_house_e_mail_1

[CTuttle]

1. CREW Rocks!!!

It'll be sweet to see some Judicial prodding, the Legislative can't seem to get it done...!!!

[madeline_con]

2. DUH-bya can't write an email or use the internets....

so that leaves him out of the loop. :eyes:

[rodeodance]

5. so he and craig have something in common.

[robinlynne]

6. Interestingly enough, Cheney does not ever use email at all. He talks live.

[bleever]

7. And even so,

he needs a man-sized safe for the stuff that absolutely, positively, has to still be there overnight.

Interesting.

[tom_paine]

17. Just like the serial, felon Mafia murderer he IS.

A quote from Good Fellas:

"Pauly never talked onthe phone. NEVER. He didn't want anyone to hear what was being said to him and he didn't want anyone to hear what he was saying."

They are murderous felonious monsters, these Bushies, among the very worst that humanity has to offer.

[babylonsister]

3. Cooler heads prevailing? Gawd, I hope so! nt

[hootinholler]

4. My hopes run more along the lines of being helpful to prosecutors. n/t

[Lugnut]

8. K&R n/t

[Up2Late]

9. I'll believe it when I see it...

...they'll find some way to get out of this, and it'll probably involve violence.:hide:

[tom_paine]

10. Bushie criminals NEVER comply with the law, not if they can help it

Here they will do everything they can to resist, and then not turn over the important stuff anyway?

Who is going to make them do otherwise?

(cue crickets chirping)

[StClone]

12. IMPEACHMENT is the only law

They can not disobey. A Full Houses vote for removal from office is the ONLY recourse. Cheney's Lawyer Addington is an anti-Constitionalist who uses twists logic to bypass legal Congressional Restrains on the President.

[tom_paine]

15. I suspect it would never be allowed to get that far, and the Dems KNOW it

I think that, the closer the Congress got to actually impeaching Bush or Cheney, the greater the risk that a "terrorist" attack will happen in the middle of it.

Yeah, a "terrorist" attack, just like the Reichstag Fire was.

[flying_wahini]

11. those emails were destroyed long ago.....

too little - too late - as usual.

"unable to get assurances from the White House"....

[Highway61]

13. Screw the back-up tapes

Take and seal the hard drives....every stinking one of them!

[Javaman]

14. the key word here is "may". I suspect a backroom deal to keep this

out of the press.

vanishing into the ether as we speak.

[The Stranger]

16. I agree, what the fuck is this magistrate waiting on? ISSUE THE FUCKING ORDER ALREADY.

[Javaman]

20. He's leaving the door open for a fat bribe. nt

[hisownpetard]

28. We may decide, at some time, to consider the possibility of perhaps making a tentative decision...

Sickening, is what it is.
Just DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO something!

[Doctor_J]

18. To paraphrase John Turturro's character in Rounders,

and I may get a blow job from Norah Jones.

:eyes:

Neither of these is ever going to happen.

[Pawel K]

19. If these tapes still exist and actually catalog all the emails I will eat my shoe. nt

[ejbr]

21. WTF????!!

...a move that a government lawyer argued strongly against.

What twilight zone have we entered where a lawyer can "strongly" argue against transparency in the White House? Unbelievable.

[everydayis911]

22. National Security

National Security, National Security, National Security, National Security, National Security.........
Bush's baby blanket.

[Uncle Joe]

23. Thanks for the thread, sabra

Kicked and recommended.

[redacted]

24. Emails to show they tried to FIRE THE ENTIRE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

predicts Naomi Wolf in drop what you're doing, must-watch video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjALf12PAWc

[JerseygirlCT]

25. Gee, I'm smelling a "whoops! We lost them, sorry!" coming

What do you think the odds are of the things ever seeing the light of day?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

26. CREW has more impact than our Congress?

[SlowDownFast]

27. No good. They're all wiped. Using a def. dept. wiping prog.

Sorry, folks.

Try again.

[tandem5]

29. there's that little word again - "may" which means...

not gonna happen.