Court Orders Search of White House Computers
Before they leave their offices next week, White House employees must allow their computers to be searched, and they must turn over any devices that may contain some of the possibly millions of e-mail messages that have apparently disappeared, a Federal District Court judge ordered Wednesday.
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Ms. Hong lamented the additional logistical burdens being imposed on members of the White House staff, who are packing up and making way for the Obama administration.
Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola said that the burden would have been lighter if the White House had taken action last year when he recommended preservation of e-mail.
“You rolled the dice that you’d win,” Judge Facciola told the lawyers, “and you lost.”
Well said.
1 comment:
Heh heh, good answer by the judge. There are few things more pathetic than people complaining about burdens they've placed on themselves. But when those burdens are a consequence of illegal activity that they were previously warned against...
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