The company was responsible for reviewing and archiving White House e-mails, a White House official told congressional staff in May, according to a letter yesterday from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif. Congressional investigators asked then for the name of the company and "have repeatedly requested" the information since then, according to Waxman.
According to the White House, at least five million e-mails were not properly archived and may be lost forever, in apparent violation of the Presidential Records Act. The post-Watergate law states that communications relating to official activity in the offices of the president and vice president are owned by the American public and cannot be destroyed.
This is tactic that is doomed to failure, and which can only be seen as an attempt to buy more time. But time for what? Eventually they are going to have to identify the company. The company is going to be able to find those e-mails (e-mails don't just disappear). And Congress is gong to get an opportunity to see how this administration broke the law.
Watching them just defiantly refusing to cooperate makes the administration appear to be a petulant child who simply refuses to admit that they took the cookies, even though their face is covered in cookie crumbs and chocolate ships.
I am not sure what they are trying to do during this time while they are being obstinate, but it would be a fair guess that whatever it is it is not going to help us see the truth.
you mean the dog didn;'t eat them? really?
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