Justice Department Says It Can't Share Lobbying Data Because .....

[Rosco T.]

I spent 28 years in the Data Processing/Information Technology business. Operating Systems Software Design and development and Database Adminstrator/Designer, so I know from where I speak on this. I also worked on the same OS/Database systems that the BushReich uses (since they haven't updated them in 20 years) and I call shenanigans and BOVINE STUFF. How damn stupid do these lying facists think we are? Or is it more of 'reshape the laws of science to fit their ideology??

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBDP9DE2WD.html

Justice Department Says It Can't Share Lobbying Data Because Computer System Will Crash

By Ted Bridis Associated Press Writer
Published: Jun 29, 2004

The Bush administration is offering a novel reason for denying a request seeking the Justice Department's database on foreign lobbyists: Copying the information would bring down the computer system.

"Implementing such a request risks a crash that cannot be fixed and could result in a major loss of data, which would be devastating," wrote Thomas J. McIntyre, chief in the Justice Department's office for information requests.

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"This was a new one on us. We weren't aware there were databases that could be destroyed just by copying them," Bob Williams of the Center for Public Integrity said Tuesday. The watchdog group in Washington made the request in January. He said the group expects to appeal the Justice Department's decision.

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Paper copies of records still are available for review four hours each day for people willing to travel to Washington, the Justice Department noted. Williams said the index available to researchers there is at least 12 months outdated, "which kind of renders it useless."