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The IRS Had a Contract With an Email Backup Company
reason.com ^ | June 20, 2014 | By Peter Suderman

Posted on 06/21/2014 2:21:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said it can't provide emails sent between 2009 and 2011 that were requested by congressional investigators because of hard drive crashes.

The agency said that emails stored on dead drives were lost forever because its email backup tapes were recycled every six months, and employees were responsible for keeping their own long-term archives.

The IRS had a contract with email backup service vendor Sonasoft starting in 2005, according to FedSpending.org, which lists the contract as being for "automatic data processing services." Sonasoft's motto is "email archiving done right," and the company lists the IRS as a customer.

In 2009, Sonasoft even sent out a Tweet advertising its work for the IRS...

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2009; 2011; coverup; crime; email; emailbackup; emails; enron; irs; irsscandal; it; liers; loislerner; lostemails; nongovemails; obaamcrimes; obama; obamascandals; sarbox; scandals; smidgen; sonasoft; teaparty; transparency
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To: Gen.Blather

MSNBC will accept anyone as long as they are left of Stalin and promote the leftist agenda.


21 posted on 06/21/2014 3:20:25 AM PDT by South40 (Liberalism is a Disease)
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To: djf

Under subpoena, I think they’d have to provide it.


22 posted on 06/21/2014 3:20:50 AM PDT by zencycler
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To: zencycler

They simply won’t have it.

It will be lost - overwritten, whatever.


23 posted on 06/21/2014 3:28:42 AM PDT by djf (OK. Well, now, lemme try to make this clear: If you LIKE your lasagna, you can KEEP your lasagna!)
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To: freebilly; JennysCool
Nothing will come of this because there is no opposition party anymore....

How about this? How about we stop the “nothing’s gonna happen” meme that dominates this board? I am sure it makes some feel smart and smug. But, that steady stream of demoralizing comments, thread after thread, day after day, is actually aiding and abetting. Someone correct me and defend the strategy of constantly declaring defeat in the midst of the battle.

24 posted on 06/21/2014 3:28:51 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Jim Robinson

When Nixon had 18 minutes of tape erased,the media drummed him out of office. If the media is not one-sided, they will do the same thing with Obama. Otherwise, they are in the democrat’s pocket.


25 posted on 06/21/2014 3:31:21 AM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: Jim Robinson

Or crash in Iran or have a stroke.


26 posted on 06/21/2014 3:38:49 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Jim Robinson

Dave Camp sent an inquiry to Lerner asking about tax exempts on 3 June 2011, her computer was killed by her on 13 June 2011. When she got the letter she knew the jig was up and took a few days to find a way to wipe out the hard drive.The other 6 also crashed the time line here will be very interesting but for sure Lois destroyed evidence.


27 posted on 06/21/2014 3:39:06 AM PDT by DCmarcher-976453
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To: Gen.Blather

http://www.businessinsider.com/it-looks-like-chelsea-clinton-made-26724-for-each-minute-she-appeared-on-nbc-2014-6
She made $26,724 per minute not per hour. Let’s not sell this talented news presenter short.


28 posted on 06/21/2014 3:45:23 AM PDT by freefdny
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To: Jim Robinson

We have one useless congress.


29 posted on 06/21/2014 3:50:49 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Jim Robinson

I’m beginning to believe everyone’s in on this except us.


30 posted on 06/21/2014 3:58:52 AM PDT by Peter W. Kessler
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To: djf

Right, so I covered that in my comment when I said unless they collude with the IRS ...


31 posted on 06/21/2014 4:00:39 AM PDT by zencycler
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To: Jim Robinson

Send the Congressional Police (heavily armed) to raid the IRS offices and Sonasoft right away.

Make sure they shoot a few dogs as well.


32 posted on 06/21/2014 4:04:54 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
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To: Jim Robinson; All

Thanks, jim.

Awards for Recipient or Vendor Type Prime Recipients only, Calendar Year and Quarter All, Major Awarding Agency Department of the Treasury, Cumulative or Quarterly Dataset Cumulative, Level of Detail Summary
(cumulative dataset, all quarters)

http://www.fedspending.org/rcv/rcv.php?database=rcv&reptype=r&detail=-1&datype=T&recipient_rl=p&sortby=f&dataset=c&awarding_agency_cat=20&sum_expand=DZYF


33 posted on 06/21/2014 4:08:12 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: no-to-illegals

Where did you get the idea that shooting first is useless?

There have been no shots fired.


34 posted on 06/21/2014 4:14:07 AM PDT by Gadsden1st
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To: Jim Robinson

Nixon lost 18.5 minutes of tape and Republicans forced him to resign.

Obama loses over 6 months of emails from those under investigation and the liberals assist with the stonewalling.

Remember that this November when you go to vote.


35 posted on 06/21/2014 4:15:33 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
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To: Gadsden1st

Remembering history off the coast of S.C.


36 posted on 06/21/2014 4:18:02 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: don-o

Excellent point don-o (imho)


37 posted on 06/21/2014 4:19:48 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Jim Robinson

Normally tapes are written over every six months- year, but first they are sent offsite for copy to virtual library. The idea that they simply write over takes every 6 months without first archiving is hard to believe, especially given id the IRS, not joes landscaping. After vendor archives data onto their redundant system. They are sent back to company and go back into production and are recycled every six months or so. This allows admins do restore user data on site if within six months. If beyond six months they procure from offsite location if approved (depending on critical nature of data). If they subpoena the vendor there is no way to completely delete the evidence, including logs, tracking, forsenics of drive and storage systems traffic, purchase orders, employee names, etc.


38 posted on 06/21/2014 4:23:08 AM PDT by nhwingut (This tagline is for lease)
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To: djf

>>Even IF the contract exists and was in place, they WILL NOT be able to get access to them.<<

So, the NSA has access to every aspect of our lives, but we can’t access the e-mails that are critical to exacting justice. To resurrect a Bush era demand: “Frog-march them out of the White House.”

Welcome to Acirema, where the criminals are rewarded and the innocent are punished.


39 posted on 06/21/2014 4:24:55 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: Gadsden1st
I will say you do have a point ... Remembering N.C. history prior to the shot heard round the world ... N.C. tried to find a solution in the courts with then governor tryon but failed and starting shooting near Salisbury ... so there is a case for both though the most recent is Fort Sumter off the S.C. coast.
40 posted on 06/21/2014 4:28:14 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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