Experts say recovery of missing White House e-mail may be possible, but not trivial
Source: AP
Although a top Senate Democrat believes even a teenager could recover missing White House e-mails, experts said Friday that doing so could be tough _ but not impossible.
On Thursday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont disputed the Bush administration's claims that e-mails sent on a Republican Party account might have been lost, insisting that e-mail is never fully deleted and "I've got a teenage kid in my neighborhood that can go get 'em for them."
"I read that and I laughed," said Mark Rasch, managing director for technology at FTI Consulting Inc. "Senator Leahy is wrong when he says it's a trivial matter, but it's also not correct to say they cannot be recovered."
Although a top Senate Democrat believes even a teenager could recover missing White House e-mails, experts said Friday that doing so could be tough _ but not impossible.
On Thursday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont disputed the Bush administration's claims that e-mails sent on a Republican Party account might have been lost, insisting that e-mail is never fully deleted and "I've got a teenage kid in my neighborhood that can go get 'em for them."
"I read that and I laughed," said Mark Rasch, managing director for technology at FTI Consulting Inc. "Senator Leahy is wrong when he says it's a trivial matter, but it's also not correct to say they cannot be recovered."
"I would not say that any teenager could do it, but I would say there are many, many highly qualified computer forensics experts," he said. "Whether they will find every deleted message is doubtful but they should find quite a bit."
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Lawyer: Rove didn't mean to delete email
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer
8 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - 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.
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.
The prosecutor probing the Valerie Plame spy case saw and copied all of Rove's e-mails from his various accounts after searching Rove's laptop, his home computer, and the handheld computer devices he used for both the White House and Republican National Committee, Luskin said.
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.
The prosecutor probing the Valerie Plame spy case saw and copied all of Rove's e-mails from his various accounts after searching Rove's laptop, his home computer, and the handheld computer devices he used for both the White House and Republican National Committee, Luskin said.
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