White House e-mail record deletion declaration [US DC]

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White House e-mail record deletion declaration [US DC]

January 16, 2008 07:44:00 pm

Declaration of Theresa Payton, filed in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, v. Executive Office of the President, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 15, 2008 [statement of the Chief Information Officer in the Executive Office of the President admitting that the White House had destroyed back-up copies of e-mails prior to October 2003]. Read the full text of the declaration [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here
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