Posted on 06/16/2014 3:26:57 PM PDT by PoloSec
Explanations provided by the Internal Revenue Service for how it lost two years of former employee Lois Lerner's emails are "entirely reasonable," the White House said on Monday.
"You’ve never heard of a computer crashing before?" White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters traveling with the president aboard Air Force One.
Congressional Republicans have blasted the IRS's admission that it lost Lerner's emails from between 2009 and 2011 because of an apparent computer error. Lerner resigned from the agency amid controversy over charges her division unfairly targeted conservative political groups.
In a statement Monday, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) accused the IRS of "continued obstruction and game-playing" and announced he had subpoenaed the agency's commissioner to appear before Congress.
"For too long, the IRS has promised to produce requested - and, later, subpoenaed - documents, only to respond later with excuses and inaction," Issa said.
But the White House dismissed Republican complaints as conspiratorial.
"I think it’s entirely reasonable, because it’s the truth and it’s a fact, and speculation otherwise I think is indicative of the kinds of conspiracies that are propagated around this story. And they’re propagated in a way that has left people with a very mistaken impression about what exactly occurred," Earnest said.
Earnest also said the administration had turned over some 67,000 other emails sent or received by Lerner during her tenure at the agency, calling it a "good-faith effort" by the IRS to assist in investigations.
"So if we are trying to hide Lois Lerner’s e-mails from congressional oversight, there’s a pretty large loophole," Earnest said.
"The far-fetched skepticism expressed by some Republican members of Congress I think is not at all surprising and not particularly believable," Earnest added.
They are desperate because the email correspondences involve the White House Counsel...Obama’s lawyer. Looks like Barry is going to do a wag the dog in Iraq now to deflect attention.
My wife’s job puts her in contact with a number of folks on government health care. Most adore Obama, because he gives stuff to them. They hate GWB and evil Republicans because Republicans want to turn off the spigot.
She says none of them would give a rat’s rear how many emails Obama withholds, as long as he keeps shoving money their way and not applying the rules on disability.
My wife is thinking about quitting her job because she feels dirty after being exposed to such stupid, greedy people.
You've never heard of redundancy before? Mirroring, fallback, partitioning, disaster/recovery?
-PJ
They’re not that stupid.
They’re just that much in the tank.
Taking stupid to new depths. Josh?? Really, Dude? Catch up.
IT Professional Gives Reasons Why IRS’ Claim That It ‘Lost’ 2 Years Emails Is ‘Simply Not Feasible’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3167862/posts
had to check to see if this was satire. it wasn’t,but it is.
I'm stealing that for my sig - just so ya know.
:o)
Al Capone’s explanation for not paying taxes were completely reasonable to him too.
I guess Josh Ernest is already trying out of the “ LIAR OF THE YEAR” award.
Another leftist, lying schmuck in the White House media office.
Would I be making a safe assumption, if I said they are lying sacks of sh--?
:-)
Her contact list would still exist in her network profile. I would include everyone on that list.
Folks, this administration is totally out of control. It is a criminal enterprise, without doubt the most criminal in American history. If we had an honest and objective media these bastards would be behind bars now. If we had an honest Congress whose allegiance was to the rule of law Obama and Holder and their ilk would be on prison barges in Chesapeake Bay.
Past time to RICO this administration.
Hat tip to Twitchy
Liar...Liar...pants on fire!
That’s gonna leave a mark...
Any honorable person in the administration would insist on the production of those emails.
But no. This is another astonishing assault on common sense by the White House.
Of course, they understand their audience very well...
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