The leading cause of hard drive crashes seems to be subpoenas and Congressional inquiries.
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Would You Believe, Another Crashed Hard Drive? | TheBlaze.com
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Monday made yet another request to the federal government for details about a crashed hard drive that may have contained information allowing criminal charges to be brought against a federal official.
Issas newest letter concerns the hard drive of April Sands, a former employee at the Federal Election Commission who resigned in the spring after admitting to violations of the Hatch Act. That law puts restrictions on the ability of government officials to conduct political activities while on the job, or from government offices.
ssa noted that while Sands admitted to violating the law, the FEC just recently told Congress that it could not recover her hard drive, which made it impossible to seek criminal charges against her.
Recent information obtained by the committee suggests that the FEC OIG could not pursue criminal prosecution for the misconduct because the attorneys hard drive had been recycled by the FEC, Issas letter said.
As a result, Issa asked the FEC to provide information to his committee by July 28. That includes all documents related to the hard drive loss, and documents detailing the FECs practices for retaining information on computers.
The FEC is an independent agency, but Sands emails clearly indicated she favored Obamas re-election in 2012. Before the election, she tweeted things like:
Our #POTUSs birthday is August 4. Hell be 51. Im donating at least $51 to give him the best birthday present ever: a second term. In another tweet, she said anyone supporting Republicans is her enemy.
The bias exhibited in these messages is striking, especially for an attorney charged with the responsibility to enforce federal election laws fairly and dispassionately, Issa wrote.