Was Karl Rove Deleting His Own Emails?

   From a letter to Alberto Gonzales from Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:

According to Mr. Kelner ( RNC counsel ), the RNC had a policy, which the RNC called a "document retention" policy, that purged all e-mails from RNC e-mail accounts and the RNC server that were more than 30 days old. Mr. Kelner said that as a result of unspecified legal inquiries, a "hold" was placed on this e-mail destruction policy for the accounts of White House officials in August 2004. Mr. Kelner was uncertain whether the hold was consistently maintained from August 2004 to the present, but he asserted that for this period, the RNC does have a large volume of White House e-mails. According to Mr. Kelner, the hold would not have prevented individual White House officials from deleting their e-mail from the RNC server after August 2004.

Mr. Kelner's briefing raised particular concems about Karl Rove, who according to press reports used his RNC account for 95%o of his communications. According to Mr. Kelner, although the hold started in August 2004, the RNC does not have any e-mails prior to 2005 for Mr. Rove. Mr. Kelner did not give any explanation for the e-mails missing from Mr. Rove's account, but he did acknowledge that one possible explanation is that Mr. Rove personally deleted his e-mails from the RNC server.    ( My Emphasis )

Mr. Kelner also explained that starting in 2005, the RNC began to treat Mr. Rove's emails in a special fashion. At some point in 2005, the RNC commenced an automatic archive policy for Mr. Rove, but not for any other White House officials. According to Mr. Kelner, this archive policy removed Mr. Rove's ability to personally delete his e-mails from the RNC server. Mr. Kelner did not provide many details about why this special policy was adopted for Mr. Rove. But he did indicate that one factor was the presence of investigative or discovery requests or other legal concerns. It was unclear from Mr. Kelner's briefing whether the special archiving policy for Mr. Rove was consistently in effect after 2005.

   The hoods in the White House have been systematically trying to cover their tracks since Bush swore to uphold the laws and the Constitution! Do we really need to see any more proof of the crimes committed by these whores? Yes we do, but only for impeachment and prison sentencing when the time comes.

   If they have a problem getting those emails back, point them to the ad below!

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WaPo Editorial Page Still Playing Politics

     We have so much new un-ethical things to look at this evening that I do not even know where to start! All may not be quite un-ethical but hiding in the Bush Crime Family shadows is close enough.

   I am referring to Liz Cheney and The Washington Post slamming Nancy Pelosi in an op-ed piece that Cheney submitted today. For those of you who may not be aware of it, Liz Cheney is the daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, and she should have been identified as such by the Post.

   The Washington Post has been a non-stop supporter of the Bush/Cheney regime when it comes to the war in Iraq, mainly in the editorial page, so this is no shock but it is quit questionable.

   Talking Points Memo points out that this op-ed piece is similar to  one submitted by Dick Cheney himself.

    Of course Fred Hiatt, the editorial page editor sees nothing wrong with the omission.

   TPM email the following question to Mr. Hiatt:

Given that Vice President Dick Cheney has been one of the leading critics of Pelosi on a variety of fronts, and given that Mr. Cheney's administration is in the midst of an extremely high-stakes political battle with Pelosi over the future of Iraq, what is the justification for not identifying Ms. Cheney as the Veep's daughter?

   And Hiatt's response:

We published Liz Cheney's piece based on her qualifications as a former high-ranking State Dept. official with oversight of Near Eastern Affairs. I don't believe qualified professional women need to be identified by their husbands or fathers, even when well-known.

   A conflict of interest never occurred to Mr. Hiatt, I guess.

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