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September 5, 2007
Archive Sues to Recover 5 Million Missing White House E-mails

 


For Immediate Release:
October 29, 2007

Archive seeks to discover true extent of missing e-mails at White House;

Demands the initiation of discovery to ensure Executive Office of the President cannot render judicial preservation decisions meaningless

For more information contact:
Meredith Fuchs/Tom Blanton, 202-994-7000


Washington DC, October 29, 2007 - The National Security Archive filed a motion on Friday, October 26, seeking expedited discovery against the Executive Office of the President to find out what e-mails are missing from the White House e-mail system or backup tapes.

Archive General Counsel Meredith Fuchs explained, “The pressing need for the information arises out of troubling representations by the EOP and its components about its document preservation obligations and the location of its backup tapes. We need information so we can take steps to preserve all possible sources of e-mails deleted from the White House servers.”

Also on Friday, a similar motion was filed in a virtually identical lawsuit brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) on September 25, 2007.

The Archive filed this case on September 5, 2007, against the Executive Office of the President (EOP) and its components seeking to recover at least 5 million federal e-mail records improperly deleted by the EOP. After the government failed to provide adequate assurances that backups and copies of the missing e-mail would be preserved throughout this litigation, on October 11, 2007, CREW filed a motion for a temporary restraining order against the White House defendants in its case. A hearing in CREW’s case was held before Magistrate Judge Facciola on October 17, 2007.  Magistrate Judge Facciola issued a Report and Recommendation on October 19, 2007, advising the Court to grant a temporary restraining order. The government has filed objections to Magistrate Judge Facciola’s Report and Recommendation, and CREW has responded to the government’s objections.


Documents in National Security Archive v. Executive Office of the President, et al.

Complaint

Archive's Motion for Expedited Discovery and to Compel a Rule 26(f) Conference


Documents in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) v. Executive Office of the President, et al.

Complaint

Motion for Temporary Restraining Order

Government's Opposition to Motion for Temporary Restraining Order

CREW's Reply in Support of Temporary Restraining Order

Magistrate Judge's Report Recommending Entry of a Preliminary Injunction

Government's Objections to Magistrate Judge's Report

CREW's Response to Government's Objections

CREW's Motion for Expedited Discovery

 

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