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Re: Some Governments Said to Have Conspired Against Freedom (Software)

____/ Rex Ballard on Saturday 19 January 2008 13:13 : \____

> On Jan 18, 10:48 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> White House routinely destroyed emails
> 
> Interesting.
> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | THE BUSH administration has destroyed countless emails during a crucial
>> | part of US history in the interests, it claims, of saving disk space.
>> `----
> 
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/18/spooks-read-ev...
> 
> It's very interesting that the federal government has mandatory
> monitoring of e-mails for financial institutions such as banks and
> brokerages that mandate storage of ALL communication, especially that
> related to stock transactions, while the Bush administration decided
> that it couldn't afford another 500 GB USB drive for $150?
> 
> Most corporate and government archives have huge LTO tape libraries,
> and the cost is less than ten cents/gigabyte, but the Bush
> administration couldn't afford it?
> 
> But we can spend $1 billion/day on no-bid contracts for Iraq?
> 
> I'm I the only one who seems to think that maybe there is a backup
> somewhere that the Bush administration doesn't want anybody to know
> about?
> 
> Of course, after Nixon, keeping tapes a secret could be a problem.

Indeed, but that's just drifting toward politics. I was hoping to focus on the
fraudlent activities at companies which have people believe that they are
computing Gods, not Dons (as in Mafia).
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