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"The White House responded with surprise to the report of the destruction. Asked at his daily briefing on Tuesday whether President Obama's administration would
by AmVess 13y ago
"The White House responded with surprise to the report of the destruction. Asked at his daily briefing on Tuesday whether President Obama's administration would enter a US media company and destroy media hard drives – even to protect national security – the White House spokesman, Josh Earnest, said: "That's very difficult – to imagine a scenario in which that would be appropriate."
It's not as if the USA has ever coerced an innocent person into giving up their livelihood without benefit of due process (http://lavabit.com http://lavabit.com).
1600 Penn doesn't need to physically destroy hard drives when a 46-cent stamp and and NSL has the same outcome.
Beyond that, I'm not sure why they commented on this at all, considering they have zero credibility on the matter. It just makes them look worse...if that is really possible.
- ars 13y ago> It's not as if the USA has ever coerced an innocent person into giving up their livelihood without benefit of due process (http://lavabit.com http://lavabit.com). Is this an arguing tactic or do you really believe that? They didn't coerce him, he did the equivalent of resigning in protest. They might be the reason why he did it, but they did not actually make him do it. > Beyond that, I'm not sure why they commented on this at all, considering they have zero credibility on the matter. It just makes them look worse...if that is really possible. They are trying to backpedal, they realize people are unhappy at this whole business and are trying to walk it back without looking weak. You should be happy about them saying this, since it's at least a start.