Romney's computergate

[lawgator1]

Romney staff spent nearly $100,000 to hide records - OrlandoSentinel.com



When Romney left the governorship of Massachusetts, 11 of his aides bought the hard drives of their state-issued computers to keep for themselves. Also before he left office, the governor's staff had emails and other electronic communications by Romney's administration wiped from state servers, state officials say.

Those actions erased much of the internal documentation of Romney's four-year tenure as governor, which ended in January 2007. Precisely what information was erased is unclear.

Republican and Democratic opponents of Romney say the scrubbing of emails - and a claim by Romney that paper records of his governorship are not subject to public disclosure - hinder efforts to assess his performance as a politician and elected official.

 

[golfballs]

oh no! Obama 2.0

 

[utvolpj]

sounds like he's just prepping for the WH. Any word if his college transcripts were on those drives?

 

[n_huffhines]

I like "my guys" to work behind closed doors, but "their guys" aren't allowed to do anything without 100% transparency.

 

[golfballs]

I like "my guys" to work behind closed doors, but "their guys" aren't allowed to do anything without 100% transparency.

mormons?

 

[golfballs]

they are secretive people. won't let others into their temples and such

 

[MG1968]

in a somewhat related story:

Bob Woodward says sitting next to Al Gore is 'taxing, unpleasant? - TheHill.com

Woodward offered up another tidbit from the conversation with his dinner companion. The investigative reporter asked the politician, more than five years after leaving office, how much the public knows about what went on during the Clinton administration. Gore replied, “One percent.”

Woodward admitted that revelation made him feel a bit icky, saying, “I kind of died inside and have to confess to having an unclean thought.”

He then dug a little deeper, asking Gore, if the former VP were to write a memoir, how much Americans would know then. Gore retorted, “Two percent.”

A spokeswoman for Gore had no comment.

 

[superdave1984]

I guess his birth certificate was on one of the drives.

 

[therealUT]

Romney will not win the nomination, anyhow. The religious right has now demonstrated that they would rather support Cain and his sexual harassment allegations or Newt and his storied past than a Mormon.

 

[GAVol]

The Mormon thing may be an issue for some, but Romney has more of an ideological problem than he does a religion problem.

 

[volinbham]

The Mormon thing may be an issue for some, but Romney has more of an ideological problem than he does a religion problem.

It's what I've been saying all along. Mormonism is merely the icing on the cake.

They'll vote for him if he's the nominee though.

 

[RespectTradition]

When Romney left the governorship of Massachusetts, 11 of his aides bought the hard drives of their state-issued computers to keep for themselves. Also before he left office, the governor's staff had emails and other electronic communications by Romney's administration wiped from state servers, state officials say.

Those actions erased much of the internal documentation of Romney's four-year tenure as governor, which ended in January 2007. Precisely what information was erased is unclear.

Republican and Democratic opponents of Romney say the scrubbing of emails - and a claim by Romney that paper records of his governorship are not subject to public disclosure - hinder efforts to assess his performance as a politician and elected official.

Does the state of Mass not do regular backups? For example, our email server is backed up daily. Most of the other servers are backed up daily or weekly as necessary.