Now that it turns out that there was something wrong with White House record keeping for accounts kept on the RNC server, it is time for Rep. Waxman (or Big Henry as he is known these days) and his Government Oversight Committee to come to the rescue with a plan to put things right. His committee has started to look at the problem in a straightforward and lawyerly way
According to Oh, to Know What Fred’s Thinking by emptywheel on firedoglake we learn that
While the White House and the Judiciary Committees continue to dicker about what emails Congress can and cannot have, Henry Waxman has written every single cabinet member asking for a log of all email discussions involving the RNC accounts.
The letter he has sent them notes the document retention problems around the RNC server and requests their cooperation
>For this reason, the Committee requests that you preserve all e-mails received from White House officials who used the "gwb43.com," "georgewbush.com," "rnchq.org" addresses or other nongovernmental e-mail accounts. The Committee also asks you to preserve any e-mails sent to White House officials at any of these accounts<
>In addition, I request that you provide the Committee with an inventory of any e-mail communications in the agency's possession or control that meet the description in the preceding paragraph. This inventory should include the name and e-mail address of the sender, the name and e-mail address of the recipient, the date of the e-mail, and a brief description of the subject of the e-mail. The e-mail should be provided to the Committee by May 3, 2007. [emptywheel's emphasis]<
This is the comment of emptywheel on this situation
>Think about this: because BushCo committed massive violations of the Presidential Records Act with its RNC e-mail system, it created a legitimate reason for Henry Waxman to ask for an inventory of 95% of the e-mail correspondance involving the most corrupt–and powerful–members of the Bush White House. I think this is what they mean when they say "too clever by half."<