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Judge issues rare order to preserve White House official's private email
politico.com ^ | 12/12/16 | Josh Gerstein

Posted on 12/12/2016 2:09:08 PM PST by ColdOne

A federal judge has ordered the top science policy official at the White House to preserve all of his emails from a private account while a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit about the messages proceeds.

U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler issued the order Monday, requiring Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren to load a thumb drive with all archived messages (including messages marked as deleted) from an account provided by his former employer, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: obamaemail; whemail

1 posted on 12/12/2016 2:09:08 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Draining the swamp


2 posted on 12/12/2016 2:11:05 PM PST by conservativepoet
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To: conservativepoet
Because John Holdren.

There's a real tool.

3 posted on 12/12/2016 2:12:09 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: ColdOne

hmmm?


4 posted on 12/12/2016 2:13:52 PM PST by exnavy (this tagline under construction, pardon our dust!)
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To: Paladin2

Yes he is. Those emails will be a good read. (How to fabricate better looking hockey sticks.)


5 posted on 12/12/2016 2:14:56 PM PST by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: ColdOne

Yes, if Russia will release them.:)


6 posted on 12/12/2016 2:29:02 PM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: ColdOne

...making sure the emails from Hillary are still there???...


7 posted on 12/12/2016 2:34:20 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: conservativepoet

Save not delete


8 posted on 12/12/2016 2:43:32 PM PST by ptsal
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To: ColdOne
"CEI attorney Sam Kazman said the group is "very pleased" with Kessler's order. "Dr. Holdren has long argued for a 'precautionary principle' approach on climate issues. We’re glad to see the court is here taking a 'precautionary principle' approach in preserving his private emails," Kazman said."

Most White House offices are beyond the reach of FOIA, but the Office of Science and Technology is one of a few with duties assigned by statute that are covered by the access law.?

Ha. Ha. "

9 posted on 12/12/2016 2:47:27 PM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: conservativepoet

This has nothing to do with Trump.


10 posted on 12/12/2016 2:54:41 PM PST by arrogantsob (Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com.)
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To: ptsal

“Save not delete”

Sorry, Your Honor, I’m dyslexic.


11 posted on 12/12/2016 2:59:56 PM PST by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: ColdOne

Well, when you issue that kind of order, you immediately dispatch an Officer of the Court to retrieve the affected equipment; or the documents can be downloaded while in the presence of a Court Officer, so it becomes the property of the Court immediately.

When you suspect foul play .. why are the Courts willing to let the accused handle the evidence ..??


12 posted on 12/12/2016 3:02:53 PM PST by CyberAnt (Peace through Strength)
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To: ColdOne

It may be a rare order, but it’s likely to be even more rare if it’s obeyed...


13 posted on 12/12/2016 3:04:05 PM PST by DJ Frisat (Hey, what happened to my clever tag line?!)
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To: ColdOne

What?? Why is this even needed? ALL emails from ALL employees should be recorded and stored. Ugh.


14 posted on 12/12/2016 4:41:39 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: JohnnyP

Now, the dyslexic excuse is worthy of a “silver” star for participation. Good suggestion ! !


15 posted on 12/12/2016 5:00:33 PM PST by ptsal
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To: ColdOne
Headline - July 11, 2009:

Obama science czar Holdren called for forced abortions

“There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated,” wrote Obama appointee John Holdren, as reported by FrontPage Magazine. “It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society.”

Holdren’s comments, made in 1977, mirror the astonishing admission this week of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who said she was under the impression that legalizing abortion with the 1973 Roe. v. Wade case would eliminate undesirable members of the populace, or as she put it “populations that we don’t want to have too many of.” - source


16 posted on 12/12/2016 5:02:16 PM PST by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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To: SgtHooper

OOP!s! All emails accessed from work, private or otherwise, and any private emails discussing any work-related matter.


17 posted on 12/12/2016 5:03:36 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: ptsal

Bring your friends, I’m here all week. :)


18 posted on 12/12/2016 5:26:54 PM PST by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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