Re: Incendiary


"Demonick" <demonick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:15:39 -0500, Joe wrote:

On 2008-03-23, Demonick <demonick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Backups are routinely saved over a sliding window of time with
"expiring"
tapes recycled for the current backup. For example, my policy is a 3
month
sliding window, i.e., a full back up is taken, the tape set sent to
offsite
storage, in 3 months the tapes are returned, and over-written with the
current backup. This means any files deleted 3 months or more ago are
no
longer recoverable. Anothe way to think of it is, a file can be
recovered
for 3 months after deletion.

Of course this basic policy is adjusted for specific regulatory
purposes.
Financial records need be kept longer as do other corporate documents.

The current fight over Executive branch records is an Executive
authority
versus congressional authority fight. It is a separation of powers
fight.
The legislative branch of the US government is trying to usurp the
executive branch's priviledges. Basically, congress is trying a power
grab
to weaken the office of the president and increase congressional power.
This is one reason I am generally against senators and congresscritters
in
the white house. They tend to not understand/respect the basic
structure
of the US government which is SEPARATION OF POWERS.


These records are open fodder by law. No president is allowed to
ignore codified laws, nor is he allowed to ignore court orders. Bush
is out of line.

The government ignores court orders and laws all the time. A court order
can be appealed. Lawyers get to play their games. There MUST be some
confidentiality in the executive branch.

Which does not negate the need for accountability.



Most of what congress does is unconstitutional. Congress has perverted
the
interstate commerce clause to allow any interference in anything anywhere
in the US. Congress has used the Constitution as toilet paper for
decades.

Also, the archives should not have been overwritten. I am at a bank,
and I know for a fact that we hold backups for longer than 3 years.
The government has plenty of resources for archival, and plenty of
space to store them. The only reason to recycle the tapes is to cover
what was on them.

Bush is an elected official (barely), and needs to be accountable to
the people.

There lies the real rub. You are still whining over losing in 2004. GET
OVER IT! I'll bet dollars to donuts if John Kerry was the president and
congress was held by the republicans you would be backing Kerry in an
identical fight.

This works in all directions, D.
Many of the same people who loudly vilified Clinton for trying to escape
accountability and mislead both the legislature and judiciary now turn round
and downplay it when a PResident more to their liking does largely the same.
If it's good for the gander, surely it must also be good for the goose?


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