White House missing hundreds of days of e-mail

[babylonsister]

White House missing hundreds of days of e-mail


WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is missing as many as 225 days of e-mail dating back to 2003 and there is little if any likelihood a recovery effort will be completed by the time the Bush administration leaves office, according to an internal White House draft document obtained by The Associated Press.

The nine-page outline of the White House's e-mail problems invites companies to bid on a project to recover the missing electronic messages.

The work would be carried out through April 19, 2009, according to the Office of Administration request for contractors' proposals, which was dated June 20.

Last week, the White House declined to comment on the document.

On Wednesday, the White House refused to talk about internal White House contracting procedures, but said the information is "outdated and seriously inaccurate." It would not elaborate. The White House also declined to say whether it has hired a contractor for the work yet.

"With an eye on the clock, the White House continues to drag its feet and do everything possible to postpone public access to the records of this presidency," said Anne Weismann, chief counsel to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a private watchdog group.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-08-20-white-house_N.htm?csp=34

[annabanana]

1. "hire a contractor". . ?

yeah.. that sounds like there's no chance that the emails will stay missing.. . . .

[trof]

5. ROFL. Really.

:rofl:

[HowHasItComeToThis]

2. ABSOLUTELY CRIMINAL, WANT MORE? VOTE FOR MCSHAME

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[babylonsister]

11. Yep; he'd just follow in their footsteps. nt

[Kutjara]

3. This would never happen if Jon McCain were President.

Mostly because he'd have all the computers removed from the WH and replaced with quill pens and rolltop desks. It's much harder to make 500,000 pages of parchment disappear than a similar number of emails.

[Richardo]

4. The shredders are going 24 hours a day I'll bet

The only documents left on Jan 21 2009 will be the daily dinner menus. Maybe.

[Jack Rabbit]

8. Can't save the dinner menus, either

When Coke was on the menu, it wasn't listed under beverages.

[lpbk2713]

6. Tricky Dick's 18 minute gap was nothing by comparison.

For that matter, Tricky Dick was just a rank amateur compared to the evil BushCo Regime.

[marmar]

7. He'll be in Paraguay when they're found......

n/t

[SpiralHawk]

9. I'll bet the DU Forensic Irregulars would recover them for free

I'd be willing to put in some time.

What do you say, Commander AWOL Bush? Let DU have the project and we'll do it for free.

[newfie11]

10. Big Surprise!!

The emails will be purged before shrub leaves office