dbarc
join:2000-01-22
Fort Wayne, IN | reply to SAM Hunter$
Re: YIKES I think the problem that will arise is that the event, which was described in a memo in March 2000, happened prior to July, 2000 testimony before Congress that 'We do not deploy (Carnivore) in a way that exceeds the court order'. It gets further complicated by an unnamed person from DOJ stating that the emails weren't destroyed. (What'd they do, simply 'undelete', meaning all the uncovered email was also recovered?)
I feel for the agent involved. He panicked, for whatever reason, and probably ends up being a scapegoat in this one. I think the above is where the eyes need to be focused. A procedure in place for 'when' events like that occur with a way to insure uncovered data isn't viewed/retained and fessing up to what happened vs. testimony that things like that would 'never happen' (the old 'never say never' argument) would help the credibility vs. hurting it which this will likely do; and at this time they need all the credibility they can get, unfortunately. |
