On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:21 AM, David Gaynon <
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> Its interesting that the individual referenced wasn't charged with
> violation of the federal records act since he allegedly hired a third party
> to wipe information from his office computer.  The article doesn't indicate
> if they were successful in that attempt.  Perhaps attempting to destroy
> federal records only becomes an offense if one is successful.
>
>
but  sometimes a federal official does get away without penalties. Just look
at Carol Browner and the EPA records that were wiped from her computer

"WASHINGTON (AP) - The same day a judge ordered her agency to preserve
records, then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Browner
asked a technician to delete her computer files, according to testimony in a
court case seeking contempt penalties against the government."

http://bit.ly/aRUtZf


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