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Karl Rove 's lawyer on Friday dismissed the notion that President Bush 's chief political adviser intentionally deleted his own e-mails from a Republican -sponsored server, saying Rove believed the communications were being preserved in accordance with the law.

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STONERS
April 13, 2007, 1:09 p.m.
The issue arose because the White House and Republican National Committee have said they may have lost e-mails from Rove and other administration officials. Democratically chaired congressional committees want those e-mails for their probe of the firings of eight federal prosecutors.
"His understanding starting very, very early in the administration was that those e-mails were being archived," Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, said.
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miklkit
April 13, 2007, 3:06 p.m.
I've heard IT people say that those e-mails still exist.
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Worldview
April 13, 2007, 4:07 p.m.
They do. . . it's a sure thing the ISP have them.
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Worldview
April 13, 2007, 5:57 p.m.
The USA Patriot Act of 2001 (Pub. Law No. 107-56)
"(a) Contents of wire or electronic communications in electronic storage.--A governmental entity may require the disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service of the contents of a wire or electronic communication, that is in electronic storage in an electronic communications system for one hundred and eighty days or less, only pursuant to a warrant issued using the procedures described in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by a court with jurisdiction over the offense under investigation or equivalent State warrant. A governmental entity may require the disclosure by a provider of electronic communications services of the contents of a wire or electronic communication that has been in electronic storage in an electronic communications system for more than one hundred and eighty days by the means available under subsection
(b) of this section."
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Worldview
April 13, 2007, 5:59 p.m.
"(b) Contents of wire or electronic communications in a remote computing service.--(1) A governmental entity may require a provider of remote computing service to disclose the contents of any wire or electronic communication to which this paragraph is made applicable by paragraph (2) of this subsection-
(A) without required notice to the subscriber or customer, if the governmental entity obtains a warrant issued using the procedures described in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by a court with jurisdiction over the offense under investigation or equivalent State warrant; or
(B) with prior notice from the governmental entity to the subscriber or customer if the governmental entity--
(i) uses an administrative subpoena authorized by a Federal or State statute or a Federal or State grand jury or trial subpoena; or
(ii) obtains a court order for such disclosure under subsection (d) of this section; . . . ."
18 U.S.C.A. Â§Â§ 2703
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OnlyTheTruth
April 13, 2007, 6:19 p.m.
Yea, and the dog ate my homework.
If you belive Rove I have some ocean front property in Kansas to sell you.
Tome to subpoena Rove!
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deathray
April 13, 2007, 7:09 p.m.
If he broke the law, he broke the law...and intention has nothing to do with it. Ain;t that right, friends on the right?
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kctrixter
April 13, 2007, 7:24 p.m.
At work we also have communications that have to be saved by law, they are backed up 5 ways to Sunday and each user also is responsible for keeping them and a backup of them. Why do we go to extremes to make sure they can't be deleted? because oops is not a legal excuse.
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deathray
April 13, 2007, 7:41 p.m.
I guess he didn't mean to out Valerie Plame, either.
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jzinkjazz
April 13, 2007, 7:57 p.m.
Just like SANDY BERGER didnt know that those confidential papers fell into his socks and underware
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tommmmie
April 13, 2007, 8:09 p.m.
IT WAS A COMPUTER VIRUS! THEY DO THAT, RIGHT?
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NelsonR
April 13, 2007, 8:28 p.m.
Bush, Rove, Cheney are our leaders. Now that is despicable and it warrants no further explanation.
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agentX
April 13, 2007, 9:46 p.m.
Honest mistake my black ass!
I take it he never heard that 'destruction of evidence' is considered a crime.
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KYRed
April 13, 2007, 11:13 p.m.
This investigation is much ado about nothing, just like the impeachment of Clinton.
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twangster
April 14, 2007, 5:46 a.m.
How come technical forensic investigators always seem to be able to recover deleted emails unless the hard drive & server has been cleaned purposely by a professional?
Maybe the kid who shot the photo of Rove visiting his server company in Knoxville was onto something.
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HMMace
April 14, 2007, 6:06 a.m.
For a kid who was a college drop out, and a drunk--Bush got into the air National guard..??How??
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jaern
April 14, 2007, 9:21 a.m.
Oh yeah, Karl didn't mean to do it. He is completely innocent. Somewhere someone has a bridge for sale in Brooklyn.
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PilotSmall
April 14, 2007, 9:49 a.m.
Yeah! R-I-G-H-T!
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mamasan
April 14, 2007, 9:56 a.m.
Ok so we all know you cant delete email.
Email is forever.
The folks who received it also have a copy.
Lets see if the Dems are smart enough to get them for this.
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B737Tech
April 14, 2007, 10:01 a.m.
This is kind of reminisent of Nixon's missing 18 minutes of audio tape. Ooops! We didn't mean to be criminal, sleazy,
crooked or illegal!!! It was an accident!!
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whyandhow
April 14, 2007, 10:54 a.m.
It looks like Bush better find another brain,aka Rove, as this ones getting worn out when it comes to credible excuses. Better yet, why doesn't Bush just resign and take his corrupt cabinet with him. P.S. Don't blame the Democrats, just take the heat.
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Disulfate
April 14, 2007, 12:22 p.m.
Like jaem has said....wanna buy a bridge? Of course Karl
deleted them intentionally. You can't delete a million
(or two)e-mails accidentally. Do the people in Washington
really believe the American people are that dumb?
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hamy
April 14, 2007, 12:49 p.m.
Yes. The current administration does think that the 'merican people are that dumb. They think that we will believe what we are told. That's because for the last 6 years, people have believed their lies. Suddenly, the people woke up from a deep slumber involving lies about terrorism, and freedom, and an unjust war and won't believe everything. Now they don't even try to lie. They just say something that they think will get them by.
I am just glad that it is not my fault. If you voted for him, reap what you sowed.
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crespi
April 14, 2007, 1:01 p.m.
He didn't mean to delete the e-mails.
He meant to destroy the computers and discredit or kill the reporters but he just got too busy...