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Lerner e-mails likely gone forever, IRS claims, as hard drive was “thrown away”
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Posted on 06/19/2014 8:15:20 AM PDT by chessplayer

The IRS announced last night — after a subpoena from House Oversight chair Darrell Issa — that Lois Lerner’s hard drive had been either “thrown away” or recycled, which means at least for the moment that none of her interagency e-mails can be recovered:

“IT experts have weighed in and said yes — we can get those” emails, said Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) earlier Wednesday.

The latest news suggests such professionals may never get the chance to try again — and the IRS has even said its criminal investigators who specialize in rebuilding hard drives to recover hidden information from criminals were unable to restore the data back in 2011. But this is only likely to further enrage Republicans, who are fuming over the matter and suspect Washington officials drove the selective scrutiny.

Without backups or the drives, those communications have been lost. Unless Lerner testifies, which she has so far refused to do, or unless the House subpoenas all executive-branch e-mails, they’re likely lost forever.


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To: chris37
What’s worse is that it will go unchallenged by American citizens.

In fact this will likely be cheered.

It is almost like they are seeing how outrageous their story can be, just like Kim Il Sung reportedly scoring 40 under par on 18 holes of golf, and dunking over people in pickup basketball games.

61 posted on 06/19/2014 8:53:17 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: Darksheare

Likely lost behind the label-maker at the Kinko’s in Austin.


62 posted on 06/19/2014 8:54:42 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: MHGinTN

"We obedient(EXEMPT RINOs) loved the IRS material on the Tea Party,
and have your back in all things, our most gracious and beloved King."

63 posted on 06/19/2014 8:55:13 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: MHGinTN

Yup.
And actively attacking the very thing that protects them from being executed by a tyrant for daring to print something -anything- the tyrant doesn’t like.
If they were smart, and they are not, they wouldn’t be doing that.


64 posted on 06/19/2014 8:55:27 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

In the back seat of John Corzine’s crashed car.


65 posted on 06/19/2014 8:56:41 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Darksheare

A quote from a Michigan Medical Examiner: “Oddly, we found Mr. Hoffa’s carcass holding a small mettallic device known as a ‘hard drive’.”


66 posted on 06/19/2014 8:59:02 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: chessplayer
THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE HANGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
67 posted on 06/19/2014 9:00:27 AM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: Herodes

“It does not matter if the hard drives were thrown away. The emails will be found on the servers. They don’t throw those away.”

Those have likely been removed from the servers too.


68 posted on 06/19/2014 9:01:10 AM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: Darksheare

When the economy collapses and WROL arrives, I see many 5.56, 7.62 x 39, and 7.62 x 54 in media futures ... if not this Republic will never arise from the ashes these treacherous devils have arranged.


69 posted on 06/19/2014 9:07:39 AM PDT by MHGinTN
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

“Found it only by cat scan too! He must have sat on it.”
*guhh*

I love how they are claiming this stuff.
I still wonder what their next excuse will be.


70 posted on 06/19/2014 9:10:17 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: MHGinTN; FAA

The revolutionary fire has been bred out of our people.
And those who still have it, don’t know who they can trust.
Because too many salivate to get a pat on the head by the jackboots.
*Looking at poster FAA, the planted informant*


71 posted on 06/19/2014 9:11:58 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Darksheare

In true Communist style, it will be a better lie, a bigger lie and an outrageous convolution of truth.

Next one, please Comrade.


72 posted on 06/19/2014 9:13:18 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Yeah right....like I just threw that $100.00 bill in my wallet away just now....get a life....you can’t destroy anything on a computer...its floating around somewhere, just have to find it....and they don’t want you to find it because then this joke of a administration will go down in flames...


73 posted on 06/19/2014 9:16:32 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 (Get the USA out of the UN then get the UN out of the USA; send bamaboy back to Kenya ASAP!!!!)
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To: HarleyLady27

Have you seen my post #17?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3169652/posts?page=17#17


74 posted on 06/19/2014 9:18:59 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: themidnightskulker
Dibs on the burning torches and pitchfork concession.

Build the damn gallows. Sell tickets to the event.
75 posted on 06/19/2014 9:19:27 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Anything is possible, if you don't know what you're talking about.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

I wonder how laughable the next one will be.
It could probably be turned into a drinking game.


76 posted on 06/19/2014 9:20:01 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Proud2BeRight

The absence of these emails inherently indicates a deliberate scrubbing.

There is no “accident” or “equipment failure” that could lead to a loss of the emails.

Obstruction of justice and evidence tampering at a minimum.

This administration uses the most destructive and powerful department of the federal government to skew an election and punish and criminalize their political opposition,

then destroy evidence that they did so. This cannot stand.


77 posted on 06/19/2014 9:21:43 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: AU72

Indeed that would get action fast.


78 posted on 06/19/2014 9:22:39 AM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: Darksheare

Please goodness NO!
I drink too much already.


79 posted on 06/19/2014 9:23:56 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: lormand
Permanently shut down the IRS. That’s the only option left.

Yep. And then impeach and imprison barry and eric for one of their many other treasonous acts. OJ didn't go to prison for his murders, but ended up going for other things. Oh and put Liar Lerner in there too.
80 posted on 06/19/2014 9:23:59 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Anything is possible, if you don't know what you're talking about.)
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