You've got supoenas!
When President Bush took office, he said he would not use e-mail in the White House so that his communications could not be subpoenaed. But the White House, no less than any other operation today, can't do business without e-mail. Bush's aides do use e-mail and now, true to the president's prediction, their communications have been subpoenaed. Official communications through the White House computer system are preserved and eventually will be archived and made public. But the picture becomes murkier where private e-mail accounts are involved.
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