“No intention of trying to restore the missing White House e-mails.”

By Eric on February 27, 2008

So sayeth the RNC to Rep. Henry Waxman and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee:

The RNC had previously told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that it was attempting to restore e-mails from 2001 to 2003, when the RNC had a policy of purging all e-mails, including those to and from White House officials, after 30 days. But Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) disclosed during a hearing yesterday that the RNC has now said it “has no intention of trying to restore the missing White House e-mails.”

“The result is a potentially enormous gap in the historical record,” Waxman said, including the buildup to the Iraq war.

Spokesman Danny Diaz said in a statement that the RNC “is fully compliant with the spirit and letter of the law.” He declined further comment.

Except, of course, for the law that requires such emails to be archived and preserved. Oh, and that silly “checks and balances” thing that mandates Congressional oversight of the Executive Branch.

The “lost” emails contain those sent by Karl Rove, and may be connected to the U.S. attorney firings, political presentations at the GSA that violated the Hatch Act, and maybe even Rove’s political imprisonment of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. But these emails are going to stay “lost” because the RNC doesn’t feel like looking for them anymore.

Tags: Henry Waxman, missing emails, White House

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