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Aerows

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3. No, it really isn't

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 06:51 PM

Mar 2015

There is a reason for all of this, to create a record of all communication done in the name of the people that pay their salaries. Government is HARDLY the only entity that is required to do this, finance is, as well.

Because MONEY. Paper trail. Law. Do you know how many laws you break as an email administrator that DOES NOT archive email for an SEC regulated company? Do you realize the bond said administrator has to have on their head in case they fuck up and don't? Do you realize said administrator could go to jail?

But hey. Somebody in government does it, bleh. That's just fine. It was just fine when Republicans did it, it's just fine when Democrats do it, but make sure that everybody else ...

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Email. Am I the only person that does not remember 2006? [View all] Aerows Mar 2015 OP

Isn't the truth more mundane? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #1

No, it really isn't Aerows Mar 2015 #3

Respectfully, you're missing my point... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #6

Respectfully Aerows Mar 2015 #8

If a person wanted to conduct untowardl business why wouldn't they use a private e-mail address? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #17

Which is why they shouldn't. n/t Aerows Mar 2015 #19

Often times people don't realize they or doing morningfog Mar 2015 #49

Which is exactly why it is archived Aerows Mar 2015 #54

Except we do know that people have done exactly what you say no one would do. TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #21

Well DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #28

We have no shortage of either, no sense in not at minimum catching those folks. TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #37

I absolutely agree Aerows Mar 2015 #42

You cannot agree with transparency Aerows Mar 2015 #50

Yes, they do Aerows Mar 2015 #67

What's really weird Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #2

Well, it's a shade different Aerows Mar 2015 #7

Issa isn't Leahy. He wants to associate Clinton with crime... ananda Mar 2015 #4

No. Aerows Mar 2015 #5

K&R LittleBlue Mar 2015 #9

I appreciate your applause Aerows Mar 2015 #48

Leahy, the guy who was sent an anthrax letter a few years earlier. nt valerief Mar 2015 #10

Daschle was sent one, as well. n/t Aerows Mar 2015 #12

That's right. nt valerief Mar 2015 #13

Which is another issue Aerows Mar 2015 #66

I would highly appreciate our resident attorney msanthrope Aerows Mar 2015 #11

Having read the law you cited, I will say this..... msanthrope Mar 2015 #71

Respectfully, msanthrope Aerows Mar 2015 #73

Tell me the law...specifically..the section you think was broken here. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #75

I don't care who's to 'blame'. It's long past time it was fixed. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #14

Which is my point Aerows Mar 2015 #22

Nothing ever gets fixed under Republicans, though. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #25

This was when Democrats took the Congress. Aerows Mar 2015 #51

Now you're attacking Leahy? bigtree Mar 2015 #15

I put all of my cards on the table. Aerows Mar 2015 #16

evidently bigtree Mar 2015 #18

Interesting and humorous turn of a phrase Aerows Mar 2015 #20

Results of your Jury Service eggplant Mar 2015 #41

I'd like to point out Aerows Mar 2015 #43

For someone who puts all their cards on the table... eggplant Mar 2015 #44

Oh well Aerows Mar 2015 #45

Nope. I was juror #7. I hadn't even seen the OP before getting called for jury duty. eggplant Mar 2015 #46

Good. Aerows Mar 2015 #47

ha! bigtree Mar 2015 #56

I'm not perfect Aerows Mar 2015 #59

I'd be fine, Aerows, with a focus on Leahy, if it brough back heat on Bush/Cheney/Rove bigtree Mar 2015 #70

And by the way Aerows Mar 2015 #61

I said something kinda to that effect in another thread. Rex Mar 2015 #23

Well of course not. Aerows Mar 2015 #29

I will check back in then, I too wonder what they think about your OP. Rex Mar 2015 #33

I live in Mississippi Aerows Mar 2015 #36

Wow, now that is saying something Aerows! Rex Mar 2015 #38

We all get "represented" by idiots Aerows Mar 2015 #40

By keeping our powder dry, MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #24

Not a damn thing. Aerows Mar 2015 #32

that's an OLD talking point, and they'll probably try to bring that back: they've already MisterP Mar 2015 #58

Just remember here in 2015, Aerows Mar 2015 #69

The main issue to me dreamnightwind Mar 2015 #26

Oversight is only as good Aerows Mar 2015 #31

I would need to know more about why Leahy did what he did dreamnightwind Mar 2015 #34

It was precisely Aerows Mar 2015 #35

Was Leahy a committee chair at the time? elias49 Mar 2015 #27

Yes. Aerows Mar 2015 #30

Public Law 113-187 Aerows Mar 2015 #39

By the way Aerows Mar 2015 #52

all or just parts? nt arely staircase Mar 2015 #53

All and for this very reason Aerows Mar 2015 #55

gotcha nt arely staircase Mar 2015 #57

Why would she need multiple devices? madville Mar 2015 #60

Blackberry Servers Aerows Mar 2015 #63

I'm still pissed about it. Aerows Mar 2015 #62

Honestly, I don't remember any email flap from back then. BainsBane Mar 2015 #64

It was late 2006 Aerows Mar 2015 #65

Alright Aerows Mar 2015 #68

Bring back MWO blm Mar 2015 #72

Horse shit is horse shit Aerows Mar 2015 #74

All a Democrat has to do is sneeze sideways and we get imprisoned, impeached, Jamastiene Mar 2015 #76