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IRS says hard drive that lost emails destroyed

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The IRS said Friday that Lois Lerner's computer hard drive was destroyed three years ago, ending any chance of retrieving her lost emails.
In court papers, the IRS said the hard drive was destroyed after two sets of trained technicians tried to retrieve the data. The tax agency said it was standard procedure to destroy old data storage equipment that may have contained confidential taxpayer information.

Can you just imagine the media uproar if this happened when Bush was in office?

Virtual crickets, still, on this whole rotten thing.

This is just more convincing that some seriously damning evidence was on that hard drive that went far beyond Little Lois.

Wouldn't those emails possibly be on other IRS people's hard drives, too? Are those destroyed as well?
 
It's bull**** and/or a criminally negligent government email system. Backups of those systems and the spool (that lives on the email server not Lois Lerner's machine) is regularly backed up and preserved offsite.
 
Gotta love it.

Legacy building with every BS excuse and every instance of obstruction.

Looking back on this Administration will be cringe worthy for any American not blinded by partisan ideology.

Incompetence compounded with corruption on a unprecedented scale.

Hope and Change.
 
Gotta love it.

Legacy building with every BS excuse and every instance of obstruction.

Looking back on this Administration will be cringe worthy for any American not blinded by partisan ideology.

Incompetence compounded with corruption on a unprecedented scale.

Hope and Change.

Oh but didn't you hear, this is the most transparent admin ever. :mrgreen:
 
Oh but didn't you hear, this is the most transparent admin ever. :mrgreen:

Looking back on this administration will be like looking back on a drunk one nighter with a seriously ugly chick.

Profound Embarrassment.

The instantaneous cringe of embarrassment ( what the hell were they thinking back then ) wont just stop at Obama either.

This will define the Democrat brand for years to come here and internationally.

His Presidency will instantly be associated with unprecedented corruption, lies, lawlessness, delusion, economic malaise, poverty and weakness.

There's no doubt the WH had something to do with this scandal.

The proof is in their collusion to obstruct and to deny any legitimate investigation that would hold these people accountable.

The worst possible strategy for any administration when dealing with a legitimate " Politically motivated witch hunt " is to obstruct and make ridiculous statements like " not a smidgen of corruption ".

All it does is add legitimacy to the charges and it perpetuates the scandal and these charges are unprecedented and depply disturbing.

He has to know the damage his obstruction is doing to his legacy and the Democrat brand.

I mean only deluded partisan Obama hacks believe the IRS is innocent here.

So why would he chose to continue to do it ?

Because the evidence their hiding is profoundly damaging and pointsbto highly illegal acts committed at the Highest office.
 
News from The Associated Press


Can you just imagine the media uproar if this happened when Bush was in office?

Virtual crickets, still, on this whole rotten thing.

This is just more convincing that some seriously damning evidence was on that hard drive that went far beyond Little Lois.

Wouldn't those emails possibly be on other IRS people's hard drives, too? Are those destroyed as well?

I bet the hard drive was destroyed before it crashed...LOL!
 
I bet the hard drive was destroyed before it crashed...LOL!

Yup, and then magically the crash rebounded a bunch of miles until it took out just their spool backups at their email provider. From their it somehow erased all the tape backups and hard backups. Wow busy.
 
Yup, and then magically the crash rebounded a bunch of miles until it took out just their spool backups at their email provider. From their it somehow erased all the tape backups and hard backups. Wow busy.

And wouldn't ya know it, right about that time the IRS cancelled the contract with their backup server.
 
And wouldn't ya know it, right about that time the IRS cancelled the contract with their backup server.

Talk about the luck of good timing, huh? Since we're stupid, of course we believe it - coincidences happen all the time! :lol:

Greetings, apdst. :2wave:
 
destroying those defective hard drives to prevent access to privileged information does not seem unreasonable if that was the agency policy when the hard drive was destructed. determining whether that was actually the IRS policy/practice at that time would seem to be a reasonable question to ask and ensure is answered. maybe issa will actually do something, and ask that question

and isn't the interest primarily in lerner's communication to white house staff
why can the white house servers not be queried to identify/supply the sought after emails initiated by and responded to learner?
another question issa should insist is answered

why does he not make such inquiries? is he afraid the answers will end the fabricated 'scandal' and prevent him from getting and more headline coverage?
 
News from The Associated Press


Can you just imagine the media uproar if this happened when Bush was in office?

Virtual crickets, still, on this whole rotten thing.

This is just more convincing that some seriously damning evidence was on that hard drive that went far beyond Little Lois.

Wouldn't those emails possibly be on other IRS people's hard drives, too? Are those destroyed as well?

Considering ALL that is possibly on the line because of this situation (jobs, future careers - or dozens of people or even the entire concept of the IRS as it stands) I'm wondering if this one thing isn't all she's (they're) trying to hide.

If they've done this - then what else have they done?
 
News from The Associated Press


Can you just imagine the media uproar if this happened when Bush was in office?

Virtual crickets, still, on this whole rotten thing.

With the MSM in control of the election issues it's possible that it may not get the publicity it deserves. It would seem that there is only the Tea Party who can keep this issue alive.
 
destroying those defective hard drives to prevent access to privileged information does not seem unreasonable if that was the agency policy when the hard drive was destructed. determining whether that was actually the IRS policy/practice at that time would seem to be a reasonable question to ask and ensure is answered. maybe issa will actually do something, and ask that question

and isn't the interest primarily in lerner's communication to white house staff
why can the white house servers not be queried to identify/supply the sought after emails initiated by and responded to learner?
another question issa should insist is answered

why does he not make such inquiries? is he afraid the answers will end the fabricated 'scandal' and prevent him from getting and more headline coverage?


The IRS ADMITTED that it targeted Conservatives.

Then they blamed rogue agents in Cincinnati who then testified under Oath that their orders came from Washington.

Then, the IRS destroyed evidence.

So what are you talking about ?
 
The IRS ADMITTED that it targeted Conservatives.
show us the exact quote/cite of that admission. i want to read that for myself

Then they blamed rogue agents in Cincinnati who then testified under Oath that their orders came from Washington.
show us that cite

Then, the IRS destroyed evidence.
because of defective hard drive. show us it was anything else

So what are you talking about ?
trying to get issa to actually ask some useful questions. was the practice of destroying defective hard drives the IRS policy when that happened to learner's? why can learner's emails to and from the white house not be accessed via the white house servers? you know, question s that will prompt answers to the question instead of issa headlines about his pointless stunts
 
show us the exact quote/cite of that admission. i want to read that for myself


show us that cite

because of defective hard drive. show us it was anything else


trying to get issa to actually ask some useful questions. was the practice of destroying defective hard drives the IRS policy when that happened to learner's? why can learner's emails to and from the white house not be accessed via the white house servers? you know, question s that will prompt answers to the question instead of issa headlines about his pointless stunts


Lois Lerner, 2012, planted question, rogue agents lie, destruction of evidence.

You'll ignore it but there.
 
Lois Lerner, 2012, planted question, rogue agents lie, destruction of evidence.

You'll ignore it but there.
you forgot to post the quote and cite
not saying you were lying; just want to read what you read for myself
 
News from The Associated Press


Can you just imagine the media uproar if this happened when Bush was in office?

Virtual crickets, still, on this whole rotten thing.

This is just more convincing that some seriously damning evidence was on that hard drive that went far beyond Little Lois.

Wouldn't those emails possibly be on other IRS people's hard drives, too? Are those destroyed as well?

You mean like the current uproar? The IRS thing is in the news almost daily, and hounded to death in blogs. Don't act like this is being ignored by anyone. Of course, how much attention over the long haul one story gets is tempered by what else is going on that's grabbing headlines. A passenger plane shot down, Israeli teens kidnapped and murdered by Palestinians, Palestinian boys on a beach killed by Israel, broo ha ha over Iraq coup, the VA scandale, this email scandal, etc., etc.
 
There is no way the Federal Govt. did not have these E-mails backed up on a Server with multiple Network drives. Most larger companies have this type of setup. These people are lying thru there teeth, but then thats a normal day in the Obama Regime.

If the E-mails are missing from the backup drives as well as the computer drive then they were intentionally scrubbed.
 
destroying those defective hard drives to prevent access to privileged information does not seem unreasonable if that was the agency policy when the hard drive was destructed.

Defective hard drives, that's a good one. They made them defective didn't you know.

and isn't the interest primarily in lerner's communication to white house staff

It's any and every email she wrote. Period

why can the white house servers not be queried to identify/supply the sought after emails initiated by and responded to learner?
another question issa should insist is answered

I would not stop there I would equerry anyone and everyone she may have ever contacted by e-mail

why does he not make such inquiries? is he afraid the answers will end the fabricated 'scandal' and prevent him from getting and more headline coverage?

He is afraid, of what. He is trying to get his hands on anything and everything the IRS had leading up to this intrusion. However every agency from Obama on down has been stonewalling.
 
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