CREW ASKS AG MUKASEY TO APPOINT SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE DISAPPEARANCE OF WHITE HOUSE E-MAIL

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CREW ASKS AG MUKASEY TO APPOINT SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVCREW ASKS AG MUKASEY TO APPOINT SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE DISESTIGATE DISAPPEARANCE OF MILLIONS OF WHITE HOUSE EMAILS
http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/30932


4 Feb 2008 // Washington, DC - Today, in light of the emerging details of the disappearance of millions of White House emails, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey asking that he appoint a special counsel to investigate the matter. Specifically, CREW asked for an investigation into whether the White House violated federal record-keeping laws by knowingly failing to preserve and restore millions of emails and by deliberately failing to use an effective and appropriate record-keeping system for the preservation of federal and presidential electronic records. The White House is subject to two sets of federal laws governing how it must maintain and preserve its records, the Federal Records Act (FRA) and the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

On January 15th, in a court filing submitted in response to CREW v. Executive Office of the President, the White House admitted destroying back-up copies of some of its emails. Over 10 million emails are missing from between March 2003 and October 2005 and the White House stated that up until October of 2003, back-up tapes containing the only copies of some of the missing emails were recycled.

This means that there likely are no back-up copies of emails deleted during the period of March 2003 through October 2003, the time during which top White House officials leaked the covert identity of Valerie Plame Wilson and the Justice Department began a criminal investigation into the leak. The White House has offered no explanation as to why the emails were deleted, how many were actually lost and why it never acted to recover any of the missing emails, despite having been presented with a recovery plan by its own Office of Administration.

After filing this court document, the White House deputy press secretary denied that there were, in fact, any missing emails. .............

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1. AP: Prosecutor Sought for White House Probe

Prosecutor Sought for White House Probe
Pete Yost // Associated Press // 4 Feb 2008 // http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/30943


An advocacy group on Monday sought a criminal probe of the White House over millions of possibly missing e-mails, saying someone may have deliberately deleted them to conceal involvement in a potential crime.

In a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington said the White House also may have violated two federal record-keeping laws, including the Federal Records Act, which carries criminal sanctions for unlawful destruction.

CREW, which is suing the Executive Office of the President, said over 10 million e-mails from March 2003 to October 2005 are missing. The period coincides with the runup to the Iraq invasion and the leaking by at least three top White House aides of the CIA identity of Valerie Plame.

The White House referred questions on the letter to the Justice Department, which declined immediate comment. ..........

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8. will the Television media outlets even bother?

[ursi]

2. this is a big deal but no one seems to be paying attention as they are focused on popularity contest

[wildbilln864]

3. k&r! n/t

[Old and In the Way]

4. Just another impeachable charge to be added to the Impeachment List

Seriously, what does this administration have to do before we start holding them accountable for their crimes?

[WinkyDink]

5. And his reply was?

[Vinca]

6. His reply was -

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[L. Coyote]

7. tick-tock, running out the clock. Well, the clock is running out for them too!

[spanone]

9. along the lines of .....fuck off

[L. Coyote]

10. The public face vs. the under the breath reality!

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11. lmao

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