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When Karl Rove and his top deputies arrived at the White House in 2001, the Republican National Committee provided them with laptop computers and other communication devices to be used alongside their government-issued equipment. Democrats say evidence suggests the RNC e-mail system violates federal record preservation and disclosure rules.

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tehranchik
April 9, 2007, 4:43 a.m.
I"ve had high hopes for Waxman. Maybe this time.
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berkeley
April 9, 2007, 10:53 a.m.
this happened six years ago. how many thousands of people have known about it during that time? how many journalists? how many lawyers in the "justice" department? this stinks.
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splitrch
April 9, 2007, 11:26 a.m.
"The back-channel e-mail and paging system, paid for and maintained by the RNC, was designed to avoid charges that had vexed the Clinton White House - that federal resources were being used inappropriately for political campaign purposes."
"Some Republican activists say the e-mail request will not create great difficulty for the White House because nothing nefarious happened and because the RNC automatically purges some e-mails after 30 days."
The gist of the story is Clinton did it and we destroyed evidence. Typical RNC.