Apparently very dumb. But these judges are not buying it. They are putting the pressure on the IT department to see if all required procedures were followed. There has to be a paper trail. Anyone who has worked for the government knows this, especially when it comes to government computers.
The Federal Magistrate who has just been appointed, is familiar with discovery and electronic communications.
At some point, one of the peons who did something wrong, will spill his guts, one way or another. But when one rat leaves the ship, all the rest follow.
TWB
But when one rat leaves the ship, all the rest follow.....
I feel this is what the judge is after. Putting pressure on the IT personnel to swear under threat of perjury they followed procedures and directives.
There are established procedures when a government computer crashes. Were they followed? Who directed the recovery efforts?
Were all of the files stored on Lerner’s hard drive lost?
How was her computer files recovered besides the emails?