Congress has recently approved more subpoenas in the case of the fired Federal Attorneys, but the White House now says that many of the e-mails have conveniently gone missing. Also see story from the Washington Post.
Apparently the criminal organization in the White House has been using private back-channel e-mail services, set up by the RNC, for official government business (in violation of the Hatch Act). Part of the back-channel system involves purging e-mails (in violation of the Presidential Records Act of 1978). Several of the e-mails just happen to pertain to the Congressional investigation into the motives involved in the firings of 8 U.S. Attorneys.
Apparently the criminal organization in the White House has been using private back-channel e-mail services, set up by the RNC, for official government business (in violation of the Hatch Act). Part of the back-channel system involves purging e-mails (in violation of the Presidential Records Act of 1978). Several of the e-mails just happen to pertain to the Congressional investigation into the motives involved in the firings of 8 U.S. Attorneys.
But Patrick Leahy, the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, says that he doesn't believe the White House and will push to have the e-mails recovered.
I sense a cover-up here. There must be something that they want to hide. However, I doubt if the Congress will be able to get to the bottom of what the White House has been up to. As I stated in an earlier post, Bush & Co. operate like a Mob organization....covering their tracks, using back-channel communications, etc.
However, Congress could pass more laws making it harder for White House officials to use back-channel communications and could stiffen the panalties for violations of laws like the Presidential Records Act.
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