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Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:04:02 +0000

Kevin Burton's come up with a clever idea:

The Whitehouse seems to be missing a lot of their email (some of which sent over normal channels like AT&T, Sprint, etc) which they're required by law to maintain.

The White House admitted to Congress last fall, according to members who were present at the closed-door session, that archives have gone missing for hundreds of days' worth of e-mail messages.

The reported gaps involve 473 days in a 20-month period from 2003 to 2005.

Why can't we just use the NSA's database to restore these emails?

That really would be hoisting Bush by his own petard. But I think Burton's best point is:

For a moment let's ignore the stupidity of asking the fox to guard the hen house (a 3rd party should be archiving the email in real time).

This is an interesting idea. We've had similar issues here in the UK I think. I'm sure that all official emails and communications being archived by an (independent?) 3rd party would make inquiries so much easier and cheaper.

Does anyone know the real picture in the UK? I'm all for accountability so this might be worth making a fuss about.

Curiouser and Curiouser! on spying

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