Deadline arrives for missing White House emails.
By on Sep 10th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Deadline arrives for missing White House emails.
Today marks a key deadline set by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for the White House to “turn over a report first requested three months ago about the White House’s problems with lost e-mail,” which was “generated by the still-unknown private contractor who claims to have ‘lost’ those 5 million White House e-mails.”
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What time is the deadline and who will be frog-marched when it is ignored?
September 10th, 2007 at 2:55 pmIn keeping in tune with the news of the day, I’m sure the surge in lawyers looking at the issue on behalf of the WH has resulted in some mixed progress. Perhaps in another 6 months, the WH will be able to provide select members of Congress with a draft version of this report and a classified presentation regarding the results.
How about we play this little game this way . . . you either produce the documents you were suppose to have kept, or we, the People, will presume you’ve destroyed them because they would be incriminating. It’s called spoilation. It’s a legal concept known to the lawyers in Congress. Oh, but that would resolve something. Can’t have that.
September 10th, 2007 at 2:55 pmI care. :-)
Let’s get those e-mails. I’m very interested in them. Gov’t transparency is important no matter which party is in charge.
~Sean
September 10th, 2007 at 2:56 pmHey Dean CT, remember that when (R) changes to (D) at the end of the WH inhabitant. I’m sure you’ll all roll over nicely for Hillary in the GWOT, right? FU
September 10th, 2007 at 2:57 pmHell, it’s not that hard.
Maybe someone might want to ask this guy (click the link) about what he did as a contractor for the EOP?
Here’s the relevant part of his resume (publicly posted):
2003-2005 Systems Management Engineering, Inc. Washington, DC
Business Solutions Manager
• Developed business plans, conducted sales efforts, and worked on client projects.
• Coordinated and wrote winning proposal for $2.5 million, 5-year contract with the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
• Led team of high-level professionals in assessing business processes and technology of the White House, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and other EOP organizations.
I mean, c’mon. This ain’t rocket science.
September 10th, 2007 at 2:59 pmOr what? Reid will write another letter. Please sh!t or get off the pot.
September 10th, 2007 at 2:59 pmComment by Dean CT: Stick one of your cum-stained socks in it, retard.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:00 pmIf our govt. will go to great lengths to find out about a bj in the WH, we can surely invest untold billions to get to the bottom of the violations that this administration is accused of.
Dean CT, you must believe that had to be written. wow.
This is one of the core issues that needs to be investigated to the fullest extent.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:00 pmDean CT: You are truly an idiot. I imagine a zit-faced 14-year-old whenever I see your screen name. I imagine your parents were siblings. The only thing I can’t imagine is intelligent discourse in your posts.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:02 pmHas congress hired a bounty hunter yet to find these lost missives?
September 10th, 2007 at 3:03 pmlet me get my letter-writin hand warmed up….
September 10th, 2007 at 3:04 pmAh, Dean CT, that is the weakness in your thinking. Some day, some way, the (D) will replace the (R) and all these little games your CiC has played will come back to haunt you and yours.
It will be a sad day for all of you, that I know, having lived through this BS for 7 years now. Your tightie-whities will twist soooo much, you’re head will likely explode. As history has shown repeatedly: WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND. Swallow, baby. Enjoy it going down. Like most things, you’ll hate it coming up.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:05 pmFunny how throughout Bush’s life that documents comes up missing.Folks remember his nat.guard records were missing,His violation of SEC rules on wall street missing,Drunk driving records missing now 5 million e-mails missing.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:05 pmDemonstrates perfectly what kind of scum we have in the WH.
Maybe Sandy Berger has those emails stuffed down his pants?
How about Bush promises to release them after the next election ala Hillary Clinton?
September 10th, 2007 at 3:06 pmAs history has shown repeatedly: WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND. Swallow, baby. Enjoy it going down. Like most things, you’ll hate it coming up.
If the remote actually does occur and Obama wins the WH, I know I will be here watching the dems spin how positive it is that President Obama invaded Pakistan.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:08 pmSandy Berger, Sandy Berger, Clinton Did It Too. So much for integrity, honesty and doing better than those who came before him, huh? I’ll take the Clinton-era’s ‘crimes” over this administration’s (or those of GHWB and Reagan) any day.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:08 pmYou can bet those emails are not lost else the Repugniscums would toss the “contractor” under the bus!
This is possibly the best inroad to the complete corruption and it’s depth in this misAdministration. THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO LEAN HARD ON THIS ISSUE.
THIS IS THE MISSING LINK TO THE ENTIRE CORRUPTION OF THE PAST 6 YEARS!!!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 3:09 pmOr maybe they were eaten by the gerbil after they were stuffed up Rove’s ass. And Gonzo went looking for them and lost his wristwatch.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:09 pmSorry Japaner, Obama never said he would invade Pakistan. I do, however, remember the current inhabitant of the WH as stating anytime, anywhere OSB was wanted, dead or alive. Where’s his head on that silver platter, now? Oh yeah, in Pakistan, hanging with Tali, just like those good times in the summer of 2001. Go Cheney yourself.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:11 pmGood thing that Petraeus and Crocker are on TV all day long instead.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:12 pmMoo. Time to write a strongly worded letter I guess.
Hey kids, just remember the next time someone punches you in the nose, steals your car, and drives away with your girl, that a strongly worded letter fixes everything.
Personally, I’d like to see Congress – all of them – hop in cabs and drive over to the White House, and march up the front lawn to get the emails. That would be the end.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:13 pmJake(off) D(ick) = TROLL!
IGNORE!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 3:14 pmPersonally, I’d like to see Congress – all of them – hop in cabs and drive over to the White House, and march up the front lawn to get the emails. That would be the end.
Comment by DM — September 10, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
If they did, Dubya would look out the WH window and take Barney and prozac Laura into the basement bunker and pull an Adolf!
September 10th, 2007 at 3:16 pmIf they did, Dubya would look out the WH window and take Barney and prozac Laura into the basement bunker and pull an Adolf!
Comment by upside00 — September 10, 2007 @ 3:16 pm
I love that. You should be a script writer…I love happy endings…
September 10th, 2007 at 3:17 pmMaybe the missing e-mails are in Austria with ‘The OPECS’?
Bush could send his date, Condi, to go get them.
And what’s up with Laura’s neck? Whiplash from trying to get out of Gannon’s way?
September 10th, 2007 at 3:22 pmAnother deadline here. Another deadline passing with no action. So now what? Time to set a new deadline? Send the White House another strongly worded letter?
Hey, Congressional Dems — our patience is exhausted. We’re tired of this administration hiding and destroying public documents. We’re tired of deadlines, extensions, and strongly worded letters. And we’re REALLY tired of Bush and his people openly thumbing their noses at Congress and refusing to be accountable for anything they do. This administration has become the child who clearly will never obey a stern warning — some action must be taken.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:23 pmHope that private contracotr is not a company based outside the USA.
Who owns this private company and what happens to all that information? Our information that we the people own.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:23 pmhow in the hell do the guys who lose those emails, 180,000 weapons, AND Billions in cash possibly “win” their “war” – -how!? enough, already – somebody put’em in irons – I’d even settle for some other gang of GOP mobsters to tide us through to the next election, but these clowns are worse than a bunch of drunken monkeys, fercrissake! time for the grownups to come home from vacation and shut this high school confidential down.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:24 pmDean CT: You are truly an idiot. I imagine a zit-faced 14-year-old whenever I see your screen name. I imagine your parents were siblings. The only thing I can’t imagine is intelligent discourse in your posts.
Comment by J Lewd — September 10, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
Then you don’t have much an imagination, lefty, do you?
Comment by Dean CT — September 10, 2007 @ 3:15 pm
Yeah, J Lewd, you forgot the sister / lover and the Cheeto-stained fingers (which probably embarrasses the sister to no end when she goes to the ObGyn).
September 10th, 2007 at 3:26 pmEven a broken watch is right twice a day!
In this case Dean CT makes perfect sense when he says that neither Hillary nor Obama will win the 2008 presidential race.
If the Democrats do not nominate a white southern male, they will lose the electoral vote despite winning the popular vote.
The Republicans are scared of John Edwards, and are dreaming, praying, and hoping, that Hillary or Obama wins the nomination!
September 10th, 2007 at 3:26 pmHey, Congressional Dems — our patience is exhausted. We’re tired of this administration hiding and destroying public documents. We’re tired of deadlines, extensions, and strongly worded letters. And we’re REALLY tired of Bush and his people openly thumbing their noses at Congress and refusing to be accountable for anything they do. This administration has become the child who clearly will never obey a stern warning — some action must be taken.
Comment by missmolly — September 10, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
IMPEACHMENT IS THE WAY AND THE ONLY WAY….NANCY POLLOSER NEEDS TO GET HER PANTIES OUT OF HER ASS AND GET ‘ER DONE!!!
THE PUBLIC IS DEMANDING IT MORE THAN ANYTIME IN HISTORY AND NANCY POLLOSER SITS ON HER THUMBS DOING nothing…nothing…nothing…
GO CINDY SHEEHAN!!! TAKE HER SEAT AWAY GIRL!!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 3:28 pmAre any of the criminals in the bush administration ever going to be prosecuted for their crimes and go to jail?
September 10th, 2007 at 3:34 pm.
I love that. You should be a script writer…I love happy endings…
Comment by dixie blood — September 10, 2007 @ 3:17 pm
Yea, me too, but it is probably a fictional screenplay. Dubya is a chickenhawk so he would just pull a Tricky Dick instead, wave to the crowd, say “I am not an idiot” and head off to Paraguay where he would live like the trolls here …. in mom’s basement.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:34 pmYea, me too, but it is probably a fictional screenplay. Dubya is a chickenhawk so he would just pull a Tricky Dick instead, wave to the crowd, say “I am not an idiot†and head off to Paraguay where he would live like the trolls here …. in mom’s basement.
Comment by upside00 — September 10, 2007 @ 3:34 pm
That’s also a nice narrative…fire up your script writin’ machine and get busy!!! What happens to Barney in the basement? I know the Repugniscums that post here are keeping up the Barney plot.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:48 pmRUN, CINDY, RUN!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 3:50 pm“generated by the still-unknown private contractor who claims to have ‘lost’ those 5 million White House e-mails.â€
Huh? it’s Coptix in Chatanooga. This came out in April, ‘07.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:59 pmThe BJ involved one administration official. Easy to go after and bust. The missing e-mails, billions of dollars, etc. involve many high level people and corporatists. Not easy to go after and bust.
September 10th, 2007 at 4:04 pmBush’s Master Thesis from Harvard, needed for his MBA, is also missing!
September 10th, 2007 at 4:06 pm>Maybe Sandy Berger has those emails stuffed down his pants?
Right.. this is a pretty pathethic attempt to analogize a few DUPLICATES
of documents to original copies of millions of emails. Try again troll.
>How about Bush promises to release them after the
> next election ala Hillary Clinton?
Difference is Hillary has no legal obligation to either retain or release those documents. The stuff Bush is stonewalling is mandated to be retained by the Presidential Records act. And its being mandated by subpeana to be released. And if you wernt so stupid, you’d know that even if you can validly prevent a document from being released by claiming some sort of privledge, you have to provide the judge and party seeking disclosure a list of documents you witholding, and a basic description of said documents, and your justification for withholding them. The white house has done NONE of these things which are required prerequisites for claiming a document is privledged. They are thus in violation of the law, which of course means nothing to them..
Try again trolls…
September 10th, 2007 at 4:08 pm#33 I think you are right re: “white southern male…” on the DEM ticket. John E. plus Obama or Shillery as VP would win. Of course Shillery will never accept the VP post. Maybe a Shillery/Edwards ticket. She is just sooo divisive. I would vote for her even though I do not like her just to get rid of the Rethuglicans in the WH. I do think she would do better than Chimpya.
September 10th, 2007 at 4:10 pmSo many crimes, so little time.
Jake D Fake, I see you are still taking those Stupid Pills, and you have been selling them to Dean CT (CT_V1 in disguise)
September 10th, 2007 at 4:11 pm#33 Sad commentary that race still plays such a role in 2007. especially amongst the GOP faithful….
September 10th, 2007 at 4:11 pmRNC: ” missing e-mails? What missing e-mails? If we don’t have them, then they can’t be missing.”
September 10th, 2007 at 4:12 pm>Maybe Sandy Berger has those emails stuffed down his pants?
Right.. this is a pretty pathethic attempt to analogize a few DUPLICATES
of documents to original copies of millions of emails. Try again troll.
>How about Bush promises to release them after the
> next election ala Hillary Clinton?
Difference is Hillary has no legal obligation to either retain or release those documents. The stuff Bush is stonewalling is mandated to be retained by the Presidential Records act. And its being mandated by subpeana to be released. And if you wernt so stupid, you’d know that even if you can validly prevent a document from being released by claiming some sort of privledge, you have to provide the judge and party seeking disclosure a list of documents you witholding, and a basic description of said documents, and your justification for withholding them. The white house has done NONE of these things which are required prerequisites for claiming a document is privledged. They are thus in violation of the law, which of course means nothing to them..
Try again trolls
September 10th, 2007 at 4:12 pm#45 Do not be a HO for the GOP…
September 10th, 2007 at 4:13 pmRUN, CINDY, RUN!!!
Comment by Jake D. — September 10, 2007 @ 3:50 pm
Since we all KNOW YOU as a FACIST, REICH-WING cHeArLeAdEr….should we take your comment as a threat to Cindy Sheehan? I can’t think of any other interpretation?
You may have just committed a crime!!
September 10th, 2007 at 4:17 pmYou, Dean C**T ;
The enemies are not “Lefties”. The enemies, being Islamic extremists, are CONSERVATIVES. Religious fundamentalists. Hard-Righties.
The people we support in Iran, for instance, are LIBERAL.
September 10th, 2007 at 4:56 pmAre you kidding me?! I’ve already sent a campaign contribution to, and signed up to volunteer for Cindy Sheehan: http://www.cindyforcongress.org
September 10th, 2007 at 5:00 pmDean CT: I try not to waste too much thought on idiots like you. And you might have me confused with a retard who can only tell two directions: left and right. I think for myself and move in three dimensions, bobblehead, which is more than I can say for you and your one-dimensional, predictable, bo-fu*k-ring talking points. Is your daddy/uncle a cabinet member?
September 10th, 2007 at 5:19 pm*Yawn* Wake me if you think of something intelligent to post.
September 10th, 2007 at 5:29 pmDean the Stupid –
September 10th, 2007 at 5:31 pmAt least we know it is the same scum bag different name – what’s the matter with your old name? Got banned or something, oh messenger of stupidity?
My girl got herself arrested again, in or near the hearing room where Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker were testifying: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/cindy-sheehan-arrested-in-outside-petraeus-hearing-2007-09-10.html
September 10th, 2007 at 6:43 pmJust another “deadline”
September 10th, 2007 at 6:59 pm]
What is next? I believe, given the record, nothing is next.
What happens in 2009 if the repugs don’t manage to steal another election? Is it legal for the emails to be destroyed? (Not that a little thing like the law would stop them)
If a dem wins the presidency, will hse be able to look at these emails and all of the other documents from the Bush regime? Can they bring charges against anyone if documents show illegal actions? What if there’s a “smoking gun” document from Cheney saying “I know there are no WMD and SH wasn’t supporting/working with AQ and that he had nothing to do w/9/11.” Can that be used to bring war crimes charges? What about details of his Energy Policy meetings? Or of the no-bid KBR contracts? If there’re docs showing that money was subverted from needed war supplies (e.g. body and vehicle armor) to KBR inflated contracts, I would consider that to be the act of an enemy combatant. And once that’s done, their fate is at the whim of, say, Hillary’s unitary executive power.
If any of these things are possible then they will do anything to keep a democrat out of the WH. The stakes will just too high. I don’t think there’s any possibility they can destroy all of their incriminating documents in time.
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September 10th, 2007 at 9:28 pmE Pleb Neesta
GODISNOWHERE
If HPV vaccination promotes promiscuity, then confession promotes sin.
IMPEACH THE BASTARDS
September 10th, 2007 at 9:46 pmWrite to Pelosi. Deluging her with letters is the only way to get it started.
What a colossal mistake she is making by not putting impeachment “on the table”.
Hey Dean CT, Reading is a good form of developing an educated opinion based on a particular issue. If you had read into this issue, you might have a point to (what I’ll assume) is you calling this a frivolous case by saying ‘who cares’.
Reporters sure seemed to care about this issue months ago, and over the issues of Iraq which is all ‘ole Dana Perino wanted to talk about:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oSPnNeQwhP0
September 10th, 2007 at 10:22 pmAn alternative to deluging Pelosi with letters: RUN, CINDY, RUN!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 11:58 pm