CREW ASKS COURT IN CREW V. EOP TO SCHEDULE IMMEDIATE STATUS CONFERENCE

24 Jul 2008 // Today, CREW asked the court in CREW v. EOP to schedule an immediate status conference to address new facts CREW has learned that bear on the relief CREW is seeking in this lawsuit as well as the motion the court is currently considering to expand the preservation order now in place. This lawsuit challenges the failure of the White House to preserve and restore millions of emails. CREW has learned that the White House has now completed its analysis of the missing email problem and confirmed that email is missing for as many as 225 days. In addition, the White House is about to begin selecting, or has already selected, a contractor to restore the missing email, although it is CREW's understanding that the White House does not intend to use backup tapes predating October 2003. IT hs already been established that emails for the Office of the Vice President are missing for a critical week in September 2003, when the Department of Justice opened an investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's convert CIA identity. Despite the obvious relevance of these new facts to the lawsuit, the White House has refused CREW's request that is advise the Court of these events and bring transparency to the process.