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Harry Hope
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Democrats have likened the disappearance of the emails to a famous
18-minute gap in a White House recording of a conversation President
Richard Nixon had about the Watergate scandal that ultimately forced
his resignation in 1974.
From Reuters, 4/14/07:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4026433a12.html
White House's Rove in new controversy over emails
WASHINGTON:
White House political adviser Karl Rove has been embroiled in a new
controversy over potentially missing emails, the latest twist in the
firings of eight US prosecutors last year.
The White House disclosed the Republican National Committee in early
2006 took away Rove's ability to delete emails sent and received
through a party email account.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino had no explanation for why the
RNC, the governing arm of President George W Bush's political party,
would stop Rove from deleting emails.
Perino said a White House review showed up to 5 million emails to and
from as many as 1,700 executive branch employees might have been lost
when the administration converted from Lotus Notes to Microsoft
Outlook in 2002 and 2003.
Democrats looking into the Justice Department's firing of eight US
attorneys last year, which critics say appeared to be politically
motivated, are seeking Rove's testimony and documentary evidence to
determine whether he was involved.
The White House revealed this week Rove and 21 other White House
officials have for years kept email accounts through the RNC to
conduct political business without violating the Hatch Act, which
forbids government employees from using government property for
partisan activities.
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5 million?
Harry
18-minute gap in a White House recording of a conversation President
Richard Nixon had about the Watergate scandal that ultimately forced
his resignation in 1974.
From Reuters, 4/14/07:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4026433a12.html
White House's Rove in new controversy over emails
WASHINGTON:
White House political adviser Karl Rove has been embroiled in a new
controversy over potentially missing emails, the latest twist in the
firings of eight US prosecutors last year.
The White House disclosed the Republican National Committee in early
2006 took away Rove's ability to delete emails sent and received
through a party email account.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino had no explanation for why the
RNC, the governing arm of President George W Bush's political party,
would stop Rove from deleting emails.
Perino said a White House review showed up to 5 million emails to and
from as many as 1,700 executive branch employees might have been lost
when the administration converted from Lotus Notes to Microsoft
Outlook in 2002 and 2003.
Democrats looking into the Justice Department's firing of eight US
attorneys last year, which critics say appeared to be politically
motivated, are seeking Rove's testimony and documentary evidence to
determine whether he was involved.
The White House revealed this week Rove and 21 other White House
officials have for years kept email accounts through the RNC to
conduct political business without violating the Hatch Act, which
forbids government employees from using government property for
partisan activities.
____________________________________________________
5 million?
Harry
