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February 2006

White House E-mail Records Missing?

The prosecutor in the criminal case against Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff said in a January 23 letter that not all e-mail was archived in 2003, the year the Bush administration exposed the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame.

"Bottom line: Accidents happen and there could be a benign explanation, but this is highly irregular and invites suspicion," said Steve Aftergood, director of the Federation of American Scientists government secrecy project.
"A particular subset of records sought in a controversial prosecution have gone missing," Aftergood said. "I think what is needed is for the national archivist to ascertain what went wrong and how to ensure it won't happen again."

Posted by Coffeerooms February 02, 2006

Another 70 Billion for Wars

The White House has told Congress to expect war funding requests for $70 billion this year, which will come on top of 2007 budget requests. Bush to seek $120 billion for wars, sources say - Politics - MSNBC.com

Posted by Coffeerooms February 02, 2006