RNC Releases Partial List Of White House Officials With Party Email Accounts
RNC Releases Partial List Of White House Officials With Party Email Accounts
Lawyers for the Republican National Committee sent a letter tonight to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) with a list of 37 individuals “who we believe are or were White House employees using RNC accounts for whom we have been able to identify active e-mail data on operational RNC servers.”
The list — which includes senior officials like Karl Rove and Dan Bartlett as well as interns for the Office of Political Affairs — can be found below.
The White House has said that roughly 50 White House officials have had RNC accounts since 2001, and the letter suggests that more individuals with RNC accounts will be identified. “As the RNC is still in the early stages of its analysis, we expect that this list will require revisions at a later date.” Who are these unidentified individuals? And did they work in jobs that wouldn’t typically require a partisan email account?
The White House use of these accounts appears to be extremely extensive. The letter states that the RNC “has gathered approximately 25,500,000 kilobytes of e-mail data from the 37 individuals listed above.” Moreover, this figure “will almost certainly increase” once forensic experts complete the “collection of active e-mail files off of hard drives and blackberries.”
The partial list of White House officials with RNC accounts is below the fold:
Dan Bartlett, counselor to President Bush
Trey Best, associate director Office of Political Affairs
Mike Britt, associate director Office of Political Affairs
Jane Cherry, associate director Office of Political Affairs
Raul Damas, former associate director Office of Political Affairs
Melissa Danforth, former associate director Office of Strategic Initiatives
Paris Dennard, executive assistant Office of Political Affairs
Michael Ellis, former associate director Office of Strategic Initiatives
Jonathan Felts, former associate director Office of Political Affairs who became assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney for political affairs
B.J. Goergen, former executive assistant to Karl Rove who later joined the State Department’s office of public diplomacy
Israel Hernandez, former assistant to Rove who later became assistant secretary of commerce
Taylor Hughes, executive assistant and special projects coordinator to Rove
Jason Huntsberry, former associate director Office of Political Affairs
Barry Jackson, deputy to Rove
Scott Jennings, deputy director of political affairs
Korinne Kubena, associate director Office of Political Affairs
Cathie Martin, deputy director of communications for policy and planning
Anita McBride, chief of staff for the first lady
Lauren McBrien, former special assistant to the director of political affairs for Cheney
Mindy McLaughlin, associate director of scheduling
Mel Raines, former assistant to Cheney for political affairs
Susan Ralston, former assistant to Rove
Cliff Rosenberger, staff assistant Office of Political Affairs
Karl Rove, deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to the president
Matt Schlapp, former director of political affairs
Jon Seaton, former associate director Office of Political Affairs
Scott Sforza, deputy director of communications for production
Nick Sinatra, associate director Office of Political Affairs
Brad Smith, executive assistant Office of Political Affairs
Steven Soper, former associate director Office of Political Affairs
Jessica Swineheart, former executive assistant Office of Political Affairs
Sara Taylor, director of political affairs
Nicholas Thompson, associate director Office of Strategic Initiatives
Jocelyn Webster, former staff assistant Office of Political Affairs
Pete Wehner, director of Office of Strategic Initiatives
Emily Willeford, director of Rove’s office
OPA intern (used by various interns)
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blackberries are ripe early this year…
April 25th, 2007 at 8:36 pmNothing illegal yet.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:37 pmLooks like the RNC is throwing King George the Dumb, et al, under the bus. The Henry Waxman Express is one hell of a bus.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:38 pmNico - I think move.over.org taught them a thing or two….
April 25th, 2007 at 8:38 pmI bet the list is much longer. Impale the bastards!
April 25th, 2007 at 8:39 pmBlackberries are over-ripe this year.
First the Repukes get caught using Blackberries to dodge Federal archive law.
Then Blackberry crashes.
I use a Samsung i-600 Pocket PC at work. Phone, Camera, Internet, IRC Chat, Outlook Email (syncs with server at work), Word, Excel and Windows Media Player.
Blackberry sucks. Get a PC phone next time. They actually work.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:42 pm25 million kilobytes = 25 gigabytes = holy cow, that’s a lot of email!
April 25th, 2007 at 8:44 pm#
Nothing illegal yet.
Comment by Judy — April 25, 2007 @ 8:37 pm
Idiots like you being allowed to vote, drive, buy alcohol and firearms should be illegal.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:44 pmHatch Act violators…
…These federal and D.C. employees may not-
use official authority or influence to interfere with an election
solicit or discourage political activity of anyone with business before their agency
solicit or receive political contributions (may be done in certain limited situations by federal labor or other employee organizations)
be candidates for public office in partisan elections
engage in political activity while:
on duty
in a government office
wearing an official uniform
using a government vehicle
…I’ll bet the FARM (in crawford)…
…Rove et al….
…violated several statutes of the Hatch Act REPEATEDLY…
April 25th, 2007 at 8:47 pmBTW, when Karla Rove uses his Blackberry for White House business, he violates Federal law. Obstruction of Justice is a bitch.
Sorry, Karl. No Blackberry allowed at Club Fed.
Blackberrys are for Dingleberrys
April 25th, 2007 at 8:48 pmHow about licensed to practice law, Can-O-Whoop-Ass?
April 25th, 2007 at 8:48 pmSomeone good with photo shop should put some white strips through that jacket.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:49 pmWhy not ask the people who received emails from these folks to forward them? That would show verify some of these accounts.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:49 pmCaption:
“Dang, that Mario just can’t jump high enough…”
April 25th, 2007 at 8:50 pm…violated several statutes of the Hatch Act REPEATEDLY…
Comment by big papa — April 25, 2007 @ 8:47 pm
DUHryll can we get an Amen?
April 25th, 2007 at 8:50 pmAnd email server admin looking up accounts is trivial. There should be no delay in identifying the the white house “officials”. They’re stalling.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:52 pm#2 Judy
In the last two days Exley and Partick have turned in their resignation to KKKarl because my proctologist told me they were his favotite perfect anuses. I suspect he may reveal your name tonight right after American Idol. I can see the lead now FAUX NEWS EVCLUSIVE! JUDY NAMED AMERICAN ANUS!
Keep up the good work.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:52 pmI’ll bet roves ding ding is the size of a blackberry.
Do you think gannon will visit him in prison?
April 25th, 2007 at 8:53 pmNothing illegal yet.
Comment by Judy
Only if you consider violations of the Hatch Act and the Presidential Records Act not illegal.
Funny thing is for the Presidential Records Act, there is a 20 year sentence per violation.
Keep telling yourself there is nothing illegal about what they have done. =)
Libby didn’t think he would get convicted for perjury and obstruction either.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:55 pmHave a good night, everyone. I’m sure someone will let me know when your side finds something ILLEGAL . . .
April 25th, 2007 at 8:56 pmKeith Olbermann just kicked Rudy and the Fear and Smear group a new asshole. I love it. Keith is the only one worth watching.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:57 pmJudy, Judy, Judy
You gave up without a fight. Typical Troll.
Bye Bye
April 25th, 2007 at 8:57 pmbut, but, jooooooooody, wait, waaaaaaait…….
April 25th, 2007 at 8:58 pmWTF does that mean precisely?
So any accounts no longer in active use, or old emails stored on, archived to, or moved to inactive servers… what about those?
April 25th, 2007 at 8:59 pmDon’t worry, Karla Rove won’t be missing Gannon when hes at Club Fed.
He’ll get to ride the pony all he wants.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:59 pm#20
Did you NOT read #19?
Cowardly, ignorant, blind-as-a-bat, in-denial fool….
April 25th, 2007 at 8:59 pmmy proctologist
Comment by Clyde the Ripper #17
Excuse me Clyd,
…but would you mind cc;ing this to vapid vagina (valiunt venereal)…
…it’s KEEN legal mind seems to think the correct term is…
…”proxologist”…
…I didn’t have the heart to tell it any different…
April 25th, 2007 at 9:00 pmHow will we find you tomorrow when the evidence of illegal acts rolls in, Judy?
April 25th, 2007 at 9:02 pmNevermind, no matter what you call yourself, it only takes a half dozen posts to recognize you……….
Caption:
Jeff bby, I’ll be ovr in 20 mn, 1st I hve 2 get a few ppl fired, ps I get 2 b bottom 2nite.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:04 pm#23…….
April 25th, 2007 at 9:05 pmI agree, “active” data on “operational servers” sounds pretty sketchy.
Stand by for 18 minutes, 18 hours, 18 days, 18 gigabytes of missing data…
See big papa it doesn’t always take one a**hole to recognize another. They are easily recognized–anywhere!
April 25th, 2007 at 9:05 pmNothing illegal yet.
Comment by Judy — April 25, 2007 @ 8:37 pm
Idiots like you being allowed to vote, drive, buy alcohol and firearms should be illegal.
Comment by Can-O-Whoop-Ass — April 25, 2007 @ 8:44 pm
Get her, him, it, whatever.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:08 pmHow about licensed to practice law, Can-O-Whoop-Ass?
Comment by Judy — April 25, 2007 @ 8:48 pm
Judy/Jake - now you are an attorney again, until somebody asks you a complicated question no doubt.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:10 pmHow about licensed to practice law, Can-O-Whoop-Ass?
Comment by Judy — April 25, 2007 @ 8:48 pm
By chance did you go to that same *cough* Ivy league school as Hendler?
April 25th, 2007 at 9:15 pmNo Judy…. It’s idiots like you that are allowed to practice law that has put this country in the state it is! Wasn’t it Mark Twain who said “Kill all the lawyers” or some such thing!
April 25th, 2007 at 9:17 pm#34 ahhhhhh… that would be the play Henry VI (Part 2) by William Shakespeare.
Not to take anything away from the quintessential curmudgeon and great American that Samuel Clemmons was… just wanted to get the facts out there.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:23 pm#34 It was Billy Shakespeare.
“…Ole Billy was right, let’s kill all the lawyers and let’s do it tonight…”
Eagles
April 25th, 2007 at 9:28 pm#34
April 25th, 2007 at 9:30 pmBut we get your point. : ) And you are correct sir! Slimy lawyers…..
“active e-mail data”
“operational RNC servers”
That’s some major wiggle room.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:31 pmWell that’s a pretty damning list so far. Those are all of the strategy people. And the dirty tricksters. Plus I don’t see Steve Atkiss and Greg Jenkins on that list — did they leave them off because there are federal cases pending against them for violating civil rights? I’d guess so.
How many of these people are still using the accounts?
April 25th, 2007 at 9:35 pmSubpoena the RNC network and email administrator(s).
April 25th, 2007 at 9:43 pmComment by Oldwolf #34
Comment by Bluedahlia #37
Don’t look down on ALL lawyers…
…there are /have been GREAT lawyers in this country…
…Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Johnnie Cochran (God rest his soul), Willie Gary…
… all have done/do pro bono work for poor and disenfranchised defendants…
…what about the lawyers and their bright proteges at the Innocence Project…
…who’ve freed dozens of wrongfully convicted poor defendants (using DNA evidence)…
…some from DEATH ROW…
…so despise the crooks like Abu Gonzo all you want, they deserve it…
…but there are GREAT lawyers in this country as well…
…Barrack Obama is one of ‘em…
April 25th, 2007 at 9:53 pmIt is amazing that trolls will still come by and defend an obvious attempt to circumvent established law. They really don’t care if “their side” did something wrong. They only care about clinging to power.
April 25th, 2007 at 10:07 pm#42-JPark,
I am convinced the30%’ers are just like Jake, DUHryll, Valiunt, etc, just friggen crazy in the first place, mix in god, then you have RogerX2 who thinks we should just arm anyone 18 an older. These are the stupid idiots who when the govt wants to chip people like a dog, you know for Americas homeland security. they will be lining up outside the injection clinic. DUHryll will get the chip with a little Cross laser etched into it, that costs $65 extra.
April 25th, 2007 at 10:28 pm#43 These are the a-holes that would just be “following orders” from der Fuhrer. These are the good citizens that would call the SS on their neighbors if they didn’t rake their leaves just right. They are the ultimate sheep.
April 25th, 2007 at 10:31 pmHow about licensed to practice law, Can-O-Whoop-Ass?
Comment by Judy
You claim to be a lawyer?
**snicker**
**giggle**
**snicker**
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
OK, sure…….
April 25th, 2007 at 10:34 pmComment by Tom3 — April 25, 2007 @ 8:42 pm
Your most reliable product would be an Apple product.
April 25th, 2007 at 10:41 pmThese are the a-holes that would just be “following orders†from der Fuhrer. These are the good citizens that would call the SS on their neighbors if they didn’t rake their leaves just right. They are the ultimate sheep.
Comment by JPark
yep.
These are the same people that think it’s ok for the government to read our emails, track what we search for on the google, listen to our phone calls, tell us what to do in our own bedrooms. And the list can go on forever….
They are the same as the nazi sympathisers (actually closer to the situation in Italy), they would have spied on you and turn you in to be executed. Thank the winds it hasn’t gotten that far……. Yet..
Rule of Law needs to be re-established in the United States of America. What we have now is Rule of the Mafia.
Organized Crime is what you really have to call what the monster in the Executive Branch is today.
If we do not jail the lawbreakers and make sure when we say never again, we remember ( colectively as a nation ) longer than 6 months ( or untill the next blond bimbo get caught not wearing underwear, shaves her head, or dies.)
If they do not pay for their crimes, 8- 12 years they will be back in the White House, doing it all over again.
ok, i’m done ranting =)
April 25th, 2007 at 10:51 pmYour most reliable product would be an Apple product.
Comment by Sanitized Stink
Yep, OS X rules
And they have the best tech support according to all the consumer mag polls. 6 years and running.
I’m a fan
April 25th, 2007 at 10:56 pmLet’s not forget the national security issues this brings up. I would assume that the government’s servers are highly protected with encoding, firewalls, etc. Doing government business on a server that has the potential to be easily hacked is not in the interest of the security of this nation. But it’s not as if the republics care anyway.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:06 pmHere’s the thing, it’s 20 years for every count! woweee!
turdblossom’s face will now have that grim little set to it, the little upside down un-smile, the eyes glazed in disbelief. prison will be FUN for him.
love it.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:42 pm#41 Big Papa,
April 25th, 2007 at 11:52 pmI hear ya. I like BnF myself!
Just have had some bad experiences with lawyers, so …..(NO, not the law, just lawyers :) ) And I think Oldwolf is right, those others are the kind that have in part brought this great nation to our knees.
OHHHHH, they are in soooo much trouble, all that text messenging is soooo expensive……you’re grounded buddy. And you are gonna have to wear this orange suit for the next 10 years too.
Hating the Repuke Mafia daily
April 26th, 2007 at 12:07 amWho is scrutinizing the RNC’s retrieval of email records? Are we just getting what they want to show us? Is any one else getting the feeling of “nothing to see here, just move on along” from the Repub base. After all the ‘lies’ so far I find it difficult to believe in the honor system when it comes to the RNC.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:33 amWhat the hell is wrong with you people? Don’t you have high school in the morning? I’m positive they will discover all kinds of illegal activity as they sort through the emails BUT there is nothing illegal yet. Having emails sent to RNC server means nothing in and of itself. We’ve got to show it was done on the public’s time OR that emails contain government business…but so far they just identified who has email accounts through the RNC which means nothing illegal yet goobers.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:45 amTo learn more about the Hatch Act go here (the US Office of Special Counsel [US OSC] website):
http://www.osc.gov/hatchact.htm
And check out pages 18 thru 24 of the US OSC powerpoint presentation on the Hatch Act here:
http://www.osc.gov/ documents/ hatchact/ HA%20presentation%20(federal).ppt#364,1,FEDERAL HATCH ACT 5 U.S.C. § § 7321-7326; 5 C.F.R. Parts 733-734
Note the exception for some PAS (president and senate-confirmed) and EOP (Executive Office of the President) employees.
I don’t know which employees qualify for the exception that includes “those whose duties and responsibilities continue outside normal duty hours and while away from the normal duty post, and are…paid from an appropriation for the EOP” (page 24). If they don’t qualify and they e-mailed from an RNC computer or blackberry in a federal office or federal building, I’m sure the administration would have no qualms about throwing them under the bus as they say.
Unfortunately, I bet Karl Rove falls into the definition of this exception.
However, I have no doubt that Karl Rove, as well as others with RNC e-mail accounts (as some evidence has already shown), have violated the Presidential Records Act and/or other law/laws by illegally using RNC e-mail accounts to send White House communications.
‘Mistakes were made’ cannot be an answer.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:53 amStay on your Reps and Sens. Get those e-mails.
202-224-3121 : Capital switchboard.
Deal Discovery
April 26th, 2007 at 3:58 am#55
My link didn’t work.
Go here and do a ‘find on this page’ search for powerpoint:
http://www.osc.gov/library.htm#ha_fed
It’s under Hatch Act - Federal Employees.
April 26th, 2007 at 4:08 am“we believe..?” I find it impossible to believe that the Secret Service couldn’t provide an exact list of all of the external accounts that each staffer had during their entire tenure in the White House.
April 26th, 2007 at 8:22 amHow hard will the RNC work to give Congress the true number of emails that relate to the selling of America to the political ends of the GOP ? Not very hard. The depth and breadth of the political cancer that has permeated every area of government is something only a terrorist can love.
April 26th, 2007 at 9:22 amHow much you want to bet that they are redacting the shit out of these “found” documents? As stated above, it is REAL easy to find the names and accounts of the users. All they have to to do is look at their Blackberry phone bill, fer Christ’s sake!!!
April 26th, 2007 at 9:53 am25 GIGS? What the hell are they sending?
There must be a lot of uncompressed images in there.
April 26th, 2007 at 11:20 amThad: that’s my thought. If you look at the doc-dumps, you see lots of cc:d and forwarded of Word docs, so I’d imagine that duplicated DOC and PPT files and the like make up the bulk of that 25 gig.
Waxman asked for header information: dates, senders, subject lines. The RNC won’t dish. It’s shit-scared about this.
A search-term based filter is bullshit. A date-sender filter makes more sense.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:55 pmThose RNC e-mails are far MORE important to Progs than Dianne Feinsteins steering millions in business to hubby’s company…no ethical lapse there!
April 26th, 2007 at 3:03 pmUnbelievable…I am at a loss for words.
April 26th, 2007 at 10:30 pmgive susan ralston immunity and you can connect all the dots between the RNC and ABramhoff - she didn’t abruptly resign because sdhe “wanted to spend more time with her family”
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