In the past two decades as communications via email, smart phones and social media have grown routine, there’s evidence that federal officials have consciously devised ways to thwart public records laws and keep their communications — our records — secret. Federal officials have used private email accounts, private servers and aliases (not their own name) for public business. They have deleted or lost messages that are supposed to be saved. And they have learned to use text messaging. In a new exchange released by the Senate Homeland Security committee today, FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok seem to discuss this very issue in private texts. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2nIlEe3&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=0SnlsUijWCDA8MzoBwadJDEJxH8e26hsCjAC6qrzmLk&s=5G1dxB0acmM564ttjqT-P2bj1sLbPvTmvsy8p5YMkDc&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2nIlEe3-2B&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=0SnlsUijWCDA8MzoBwadJDEJxH8e26hsCjAC6qrzmLk&s=yRidT36LkjDe79yVG1GsM-LLTCqWk-z2pUcitevoJW8&e= -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__emailcharter.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=0SnlsUijWCDA8MzoBwadJDEJxH8e26hsCjAC6qrzmLk&s=l6g_XM5iJpLpQ-0_bVAakyU6CJaF_JOYH8U_ApOz8e4&e= “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]