GOP Hires Data Experts to Save White House E-mails

Justin Rood reports on ABC News' "The Blotter":

Stung by the revelation that White House aides for years have sent -- and deleted -- e-mails about official government business using accounts controlled by the Republican National Committee (RNC), the organization has hired a top-flight data recovery firm to preserve what correspondence has not already been lost.

The RNC "has...been working diligently to identify and preserve all potentially relevant data that may exist," a lawyer for the group wrote Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the chair of a powerful committee who has demanded access to the e-mails. "These efforts include retaining a leading, nationally known computer forensics firm, Stroz Friedberg, LLC," states the letter, written by Robert K. Kelner of the Covington and Burling law firm.

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