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> They waited until Friday when the President is out of town and didn't mention this problem when the original document requests went out. Yes, Friday news dum
by meepmorp 12y ago
> They waited until Friday when the President is out of town and didn't mention this problem when the original document requests went out.
Yes, Friday news dumps are shitty. They're also standard practice in politics. The fact that it wasn't mentioned in the original document requests, though, might just be an extension of the aforementioned incompetence.
> It's a fine coverup since what is the recourse? It's worked before, so why not now?
What's worked before? Failing to keep the purported coverup secret and also turning over a large number of the purportedly destroyed documents because they were recoverable from other sources?
If you're looking to see intentional bad behavior, fine. But this kind of digital stupidity happens all over. I've no doubt that corporate America is full of Exchange implementations with small mailbox limits and a reliance on PST files that are stored locally.
- protomyth 12y ago"What's worked before?" Losing documents in all the other Congressional requests the last couple of years. Hell, a unrelated FOIA request produced documents for a news org that weren't given to the committee. There are no real consequences so why worry. If there was a problem and they didn't mention it in the original request then it is very close to criminal. I do believe the Official Records Act has been grossly violated at this point.
- wdr1 12y ago> Yes, Friday news dumps are shitty. They're also standard practice in politics. The point being the IRS is supposed to be apolitical.