White House e-mail backup ruling [US DC]

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White House e-mail backup ruling [US DC]

March 18, 2008 08:02:00 pm

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, v. Executive Office of the President, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, March 18, 2008 [ordering the White House to explain why it should not be required to create forensic copies of all e-mails passed through computers in the Executive Office of the President]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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