The Associated Press ran an article entitled Bush aides use of GOP e-mail probed.
The White House said Wednesday it had mishandled Republican Party-sponsored e-mail accounts used by nearly two dozen presidential aides, resulting in the loss of an undetermined number of e-mails concerning official White House business.
Oh come on. They’re not even trying anymore.
Congressional investigators looking into the administration’s firing of eight federal prosecutors already had the nongovernmental e-mail accounts in their sights because some White House aides used them to help plan the U.S. attorneys’ ouster. Democrats were questioning whether the use of the GOP-provided e-mail accounts was proof that the firings were political.
Democrats also have been asking if White House officials are purposely conducting sensitive official presidential business via nongovernmental accounts to get around a law requiring preservation – and eventual disclosure – of presidential records.
If the White House aides were using email accounts outside the White House, particularly from the RNC, I’d think that claims of executive privilege might be compromised. Executive privilege is well beyond my expertise, but if I were Sen. Leahy, I’d take a run at that potential weak spot in the stone wall.
The law says they have to save their emails (which belong to US)–so they decide not to. But they still claim a right to read our private emails? What a bunch of crap.
I’m personally frustrated the Democrats are more interested in the 2008 election than doing their jobs and investigating a president who has a blatant disregard for the laws of this country.
So, yeah, I’ve enjoyed Doonesbury this week.