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Federal watchdogs uncover thousands of lost Lerner emails, decoding to take weeks
Fox News ^ | 11/22/14

Posted on 11/22/2014 7:16:04 AM PST by Enlightened1

As many as 30,000 lost emails from Lois Lerner -- the ex-IRS official at the center of the agency's targeting scandal -- have been recovered by federal investigators.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: emails; gettherope; impeachnow; irs; loislerner; recovered
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To: ClearCase_guy

> All talk of “decoding” is nonsense.

Not necessarily. Since these are IRS business emails they have to get scrubbed of any taxpayer information that can’t be lawfully disclosed. That alone is a pretty good time suck.


41 posted on 11/22/2014 8:21:25 AM PST by glorgau
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To: Sacajaweau

You do not have to be very tech savvy, there is not much to it. I don’t know specifically about the IRS but if you are using a DoD computer, encrypting your email is very easy using your CAC. I believe that it is an option with any gubmint computer.


42 posted on 11/22/2014 8:26:46 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: Enlightened1

Congress should DEMAND a chain of custody of the emails from discovery until final delivery. They should demand the full names of all persons who ‘touched’ or reviewed them, or recommended them. They should all be advised of their rights and responsibilities in a direct session/panel of Congress IMMEDIATELY, and advised of the penalties for violation of the law.


43 posted on 11/22/2014 8:26:49 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Enlightened1

“The federal investigators are from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, which audits the IRS.”

So this is coming from within thE IRS. It’s so nice when you can investigate yourself.


44 posted on 11/22/2014 8:35:06 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Enlightened1
WASHINGTON... November 22, 2014... The recently discovered back-up tapes of Lois Lerner's 30,000 emails at a disaster recovery center were accidentally destroyed yesterday when Eric Holder's dog, "Cracker," a yellow Lab, ate them.

"I don't know how I could have been so careless," said Hiram Zetz, an aid to Holder. "Cracker is usually no trouble at all, except when he sees a member of the Tea Party."

Breaking...

45 posted on 11/22/2014 9:04:31 AM PST by pabianice (LINE)
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To: Enlightened1

Bet the shriveled up old hag gets away with her crime and the perpetrator in chief is never brought to justice?


46 posted on 11/22/2014 9:18:20 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Enlightened1

18 1/2 minutes part two.


47 posted on 11/22/2014 9:37:43 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: glorgau
scrubbed of any taxpayer information that can’t be lawfully disclosed

But we're not talking about publishing the raw stuff in the NYT.

Government officials with a need to know will have to look at these emails. They are looking for Lerner's malfeasance, but the idea that the emails should be "scrubbed" before those investigators have a look should send up red flags.

And if they say "decoded" when they mean "scrubbed", it should also send up a red flag. The whole thing is worrisome.

48 posted on 11/22/2014 10:06:49 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats have a lynch mob mentality. They always have.)
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To: pepsionice

“What you don’t want to do is corrupt the pst file, and I think that’s why they are going real slow.”

Well good grief, make ten copies of the damn file before analysis.


49 posted on 11/22/2014 10:35:12 AM PST by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: pepsionice

Where government agents really and seriously want to recover so-called “corrupted” data, it is a no-brainer.


50 posted on 11/22/2014 10:38:37 AM PST by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: dinoparty
Could it be that there are lawful and ethical elements in the Federal Government that are willing to do their jobs instead of protecting the "rogue" White House?

Let’s hope that is what led to this find.

There.
Fixed it for you.

51 posted on 11/22/2014 11:33:07 AM PST by publius911 (Formerly Publius6961)
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To: ClearCase_guy
ClearCase_guy said: "... it's a good practice to make frequent backups ..."

It's also good practice to test the backup system frequently.

Working around safety systems, I learned the principle that you don't want to learn that your safety system has failed by having it fail to respond to a dangerous situation.

The solution to this problem is to test the system frequently to verify that it is operating. If you test the system 10 times more frequently than you have real issues, then you increase the probability that you will discover a safety system failure without allowing a dangerous situation.

The same principle applies to computer backups. If you never test them, you will always detect a backup system problem by being unable to provide a backup.

52 posted on 11/22/2014 11:33:56 AM PST by William Tell
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To: glorgau
Not necessarily. Since these are IRS business emails they have to get scrubbed of any taxpayer information that can’t be lawfully disclosed. That alone is a pretty good time suck.

You're kidding, right? The toothpaste is out of the tube.
Just check with the DNC. They already have copies of all the taxpayers' personal information.

As well as all the Enemies of the Tea party, including Planned Parenthood, all GLBT activist groups and Obama-created web sites, PACs etc.

53 posted on 11/22/2014 11:48:05 AM PST by publius911 (Formerly Publius6961)
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To: Enlightened1

They had these emails the second they knew they’d be asked for them, no matter what anyone says.

What’s taken so long has been the combing through them all, removing the bad stuff, making sure timelines and discussions between people seem coherent and continuous.

All Kibuki theater for all us stupid, knuckle-dragging conservatives.

There will be a few that raise eyebrows (for theatric effect), but nothing will come of it. NOTHING.......


54 posted on 11/22/2014 1:01:00 PM PST by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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