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[Babsbrain]

From: http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003645.php#comments


Let's take a look at the RNC e-mail IP numbers:
- Which legal counsel were using their computers for non=official business;
- Which open source information -- related to the RNC e-mail accounts -- has been disclosed, helping to fill in the holes of what was destroyed
- How many RNC e-mails were sent related to war crimes, Geneva violations, and violations of international criminal law
- Does it appear WH Counsel memoranda were shared with outside counsel discussing the concerns the evidence would not, ultimately, enjoy a privilege claim
- How did the RNC coordinate with outside counsel to establish a backup system
- What evidence destruction procedure did outside counsel know about, but refuse to audit or report
- What was the means by which outside counsel's legal services in re evidence "retention" was used as a means to explain how to destroy evidence so that it could not be retrieved
- What information does the Grand Jury have related to patterns of RNC e-mail destruction that shed light on the specific assumptions outside counsel shared with the RNC on how to destroy this evidence
- What RNC e-mails were sent to confirm access to the MicrosoftOutlook SharePoint system, or other file transfer system used to quickly coordinate on legal memoranda
- Does the SharePoint system have a copy of the RNC e-mail requests to gain access to these file sharing systems
- Which outside legal firms are on the access list for the specific RNC e-mail/file sharing systems
- Which legal memoranda, written after the _decision_ to destroy evidence was made, exist confirming outside counsel did review the RNC e-mail system; and were involved with the audits related to the compliance or non-compliance with the Hatch Act?
- Have all RNC e-mails connected to any US Government computer been reconciled to work flows, time sheets, and specific DoJ, OLC, WH, EOP, OVP,and outside counsel work products?
- Are personnel, assigned to specific IP numbers, not using that system for official business?
- Which Instant Messaging system liked with DOJ and outside entities are known to have been used while personnel were engaged in joint discussions related to third party-stored information on sites outside the control of the US Government and the outside entity?
- If this issue was "not a concern," why were the personnel -- inside EOP and the outside counsel's office -- working on the weekend to prepare for this review?
- How do the DOJ Workflows -- as a measure of what legal counsel were supposed to have been working on -- compare with the actual IP-connections between DoJ-OLC-EOP-WH-OVP and the outside information sources; is there a pattern of key personnel not using their computers for the workflows they were reporting as complete; who was actually doing the work: Processing the warrants; or was this activity not done at all, and was this malfeasance known to the AG in re compliance with FISA, rendition, Geneva, and other legal obligations?
- How were the risk factors with the document retention factored into the audit of the outside counsel's review of the firms alleged to be involved with rendition, FISA violations, NSA illegal activity, and Geneva violations?
- What financial incentive did outside counsel have in conducting a cursory review of the RNC email retention plan; which contracts in other areas were they guaranteed to win on a no-bid basis; how were the consulting contracts on the various issues for the WH assured if outside counsel was silent in official reporting to the SEC on the status of compliance or non-compliance with document retention,audits, and legal compliance?
- Where are the internal memoranda consistent with the SAS Standards of outside counsel's legal reviews of the entities; and how were differences of opinion as it relates to rendition, FISA violations, NSA illegal activity, and prisoner abuse resolved internal: Which legal counsel with reservations about war crimes were subsequent denied promotion, fired; and how did the litigation related to these premature firings ultimately get resolved by the courts: Was discrimination found to have occurred?
- What is the legal status of Judge Robert's ethics investigation; and how will this be resolved in re the RNC e-mail reviews?
- When did the IP numbers for Judge Roberts' wife's law firm get reviewed for purposes of identifying the communications between outside counsel linked with the White House, with ongoing legal discussions on issues related to other financial interests?
- Has a review of all staff counsel at Judge Roberts' wife's' law firm been done to determine whether counsel have or have not been using their business computers; why are these computers linked with specific identifying information of personnel linked with non-official websites?
- Why is the NSA linked with IM systems that are not official; what audit has NSA made of these non-official e-mail systems to send and receive information from oustide entiteis into the NSA?
- Why is the DOJ connected with IM systems that have been coordinated with outside entities; and used concurrently during official duty hours?

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Date: July 10, 2007 5:04 PM