Missing Emails

Who were some of those people whose emails the RNC did not keep? Ken Mehlman, RNC bigwig and once head of the WH political office, for one.

And it seems that Karl Rove's emails are missing in gaps.

Rove's defense: I lost my Blackberry. One of them. At least one of them. Oops. My bad.

As far as Rove's little problem goes, his former aide Susan Ralston (who recently resigned) testified:

Based on communications with the RNC or the Bush re-election campaign, “my general understanding was that he [Rove] thought that the emails were being preserved,” Ralston said in a private deposition to committee staff on May 10.

Those conversations often occurred when Rove got an equipment replacement. “I can’t say specifically, but it seemed to be a number of times,” Ralston testified. “Karl would get a new computer. He would lose a BlackBerry. Whenever this happened, there would be some conversation with the [RNC] people about his mail file.”

No doubt.

With a little experience now in the IT field having to transfer files and accounts to new staff computers, I will say that switching email accounts to new operating systems, even within the same manufacturer (you know who you are, Microsoft), can be a real pain in the ass, but saving the files shouldn't be a problem. If they can't manage it, maybe they should all switch to Yahoo.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.