There’s no decoding. You have the back-up tape....you reinstall it onto a harddrive, and the pst is sitting right there. Probably a one-hour job at best.
What you don’t want to do is corrupt the pst file, and I think that’s why they are going real slow.
For Lerner, I’d start to get worried, call my DNC source and ask what the President is going to do. I’d say by early January, the House will know the full contents and know who it was at the WH giving the directions. It’s going to be a very unpleasant holiday season for some.
Finally, a funny note for the IT guys at the IRS. All this denial and attempt to keep saying it’s lost....I’d start looking for a new profession. Maybe call up the bait and tackle guys in Florida and see if you can get hired up for the clerk’s job.
And on this point:
What you don’t want to do is corrupt the pst file, and I think that’s why they are going real slow.
It's true. You want to be careful here. That might make it (possibly) a two hour job -- though, honestly, I can't see how: it's realistically a 5 minute job. I do it all the time.
They are saying this will take weeks. There is no GOOD reason for them to say that.
“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.