The AP is reporting that the White House has admitted is overwrote the backup tapes meant to archive the phone records. This should come as no surprise to anyone at this point.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House has acknowledged recycling its backup computer tapes of e-mail before October 2003, raising the possibility that many electronic messages - including those pertaining to the CIA leak case - have been taped over and are gone forever.
The disclosure came minutes before midnight Tuesday under a court-ordered deadline that forced the White House to reveal information it has previously refused to provide.
By doing this at least 2 Federal Laws were broken and probably more, which in this day and age doesn't mean much. White House Recycles Backup E-Mail Tapes
Why just this period of time, from March 2003 to October 2003 and maybe earlier ? AP lays it out pretty clearly for all to draw their own conclusions from.
"It appears that the White House has now destroyed the evidence of its misconduct," said Anne Weismann, the chief counsel for the ethics group.
"The White House declaration raises more questions than it answers, specifically the likelihood that for a very significant period of time - March 2003 to October 2003 - the White House recycled its backup tapes," said Weismann.
"As a result there may be no way to recover the missing e-mails from a period in which the U.S. decided to go to war with Iraq, White House officials leaked the identity of Valerie Plame and the Justice Department started a criminal investigation of the White House," the lawyer said.
Why the Candidate are not making this a big issue should be of concern to all of us and I urge anyone with the chance to question our Candidates on where they stand and what they will do about it.
Update : The CREW website has a detailed history of what has happen to many of the tapes and what the White House has not done as required by law. I encourage everyone to visit and read the details. http://www.citizensforethics.org/...