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State investigators taking dozens of computers from ACORN office on Canal Street ..YES!!!!
Times-Picayune ^
| 11/06/2009
| martha carr
Posted on 11/06/2009 11:36:19 AM PST by milwguy
Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has served a search warrant at the ACORN office at 2609 Canal Street, according to Tammi Arender Herring, a spokeswoman with the office.
Investigators in khaki pants and polo shirts loaded several dozen computers and other electronic items into an SUV. They are also carrying records out of the building on handcarts.
The large office building sits at the corner of Dorgenois and Canal. ACORN staffers were given no notice that a search would be conducted today, Herring said.
"They have been extremely cooperative," she said.
Early last month, Caldwell's office issued subpoenas for records from ACORN's New Orleans office, where the organization -- now moving its national headquarters to Washington -- has long been based.
Today's search is an outgrowth of those subpoenas, which stemmed from an investigation by Caldwell's office into the embezellement of ACORN funds by Dale Rathke, a brother of the organization's founder, Wade Rathke, Herring said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: acorn; buddycaldwell; dalerathke; louisiana; neworleans; obama; teapartyrebellion; waderathke
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To: milwguy
And in a related story, the Holder Justice Dept. is busily pre-printing dismissals, pardons, and mistrail declarations...
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
11/06/2009 12:18:15 PM PST
by
The Comedian
(Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
To: nikos1121
“... The computers contain all payroll information for the national organization, which was based in New Orleans until recently, the official said...”
The only way to truly wipe a HD is with a sledge hammer! Even if they think they wiped the HDs they will have left a LOT of info!
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posted on
11/06/2009 12:25:15 PM PST
by
WellyP
To: WellyP
The only way to truly wipe a HD is with a sledge hammer! I've found an arc welder to be quite effective.
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posted on
11/06/2009 12:27:05 PM PST
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: WellyP; tacticalogic
The only way to truly wipe a HD is with a sledge hammer! Even if they think they wiped the HDs they will have left a LOT of info! Not so.
Formatting a hard drive or simply deleting files leaves lots of information behind, but there are several very good programs around that will do a thorough job of wiping all data from the device.
KillDisk
Darik's Boot and Nuke
Eraser
Symantec/Norton Ghost has a utility to perform a secure wipe too.
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posted on
11/06/2009 12:33:04 PM PST
by
TChris
(There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
To: milwguy
Not a word about this over on CNN.com. Gosh, wonder why?
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posted on
11/06/2009 12:33:58 PM PST
by
Reaganesque
("And thou shalt do it with all humility, trusting in me, reviling not against revilers.")
To: milwguy
We need a photoshop of Looter Guy floating a computer out of an ACORN office!
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posted on
11/06/2009 12:35:04 PM PST
by
Timeout
(Brits have the royals. Russia, the Nomenklatura. WE have our privileged "public servant" class.)
To: TChris
The arc welder is quicker.
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posted on
11/06/2009 12:43:34 PM PST
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: tacticalogic
The arc welder is quicker. ...if you never want to use the drive again. :-)
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posted on
11/06/2009 12:47:47 PM PST
by
TChris
("Hello", the politician lied.)
To: TChris
...if you never want to use the drive again. :-) Or want to make sure nobody else does, either. :)
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posted on
11/06/2009 1:08:17 PM PST
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: FlingWingFlyer; altair; stephenjohnbanker; little jeremiah; ~Kim4VRWC's~; voteNRA; Admiral_Zeon; ...
ACORN Ping!
FReep mail me if you want on/off the list.
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posted on
11/06/2009 1:38:41 PM PST
by
Jet Jaguar
(A mob of one.)
To: milwguy; Jet Jaguar
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posted on
11/06/2009 1:47:29 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Does 0b0z0 have any friends, who aren't traitors, spies, tax cheats and criminals?)
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