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MATT BLUNT News:
20080111
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Matt
Blunt
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 E-Mails
-  Politics
-  Missouri
-  Computer
-  Archives
-  Media
- "Governor
Blunt Lawsuit." ... "A new lawsuit claims that some
of [Missouri Republican] Governor Blunt's top aides instructed staffers
to delete e-mails so that damaging information could not be released."
... "Blunt's former deputy counsel Scott Eckersley filed the suit Wednesday.
Blunt fired Eckersley last September after he repeatedly told Blunt's aides
that the governor's office was deleting e-mails in violation of state law."
... "The suit alleges that Blunt's aides repeatedly told general counsels
to destroy e-mails so they could not be turned over to the media and the
public." ... "The suit says "All emails should be deleted to ensure they
did not have to provide such damaging evidence to the news media or the
public in the future". It says Eckersley informed Blunt's aides that "E-mails
were stored for a period of several years after deletion by the individual
user and were available even if deleted by that user."" ... "The suit then
claims that Blunt and his aides "Ordered that all these back-up e-mail
computer tapes be destroyed"." -By Erika Thomas with
contributions by Wale Aliyu -KOMU.com
20080110
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Matt
Blunt
- E-Mails
- Politics
- Missouri
- Computer
- Archives
- "Blunt
ducks questions about e-mail deletion lawsuit." ...
"[Missouri Republican Governor] Gov. Matt Blunt ducked questions Thursday
about a lawsuit alleging his office intentionally deleted e-mails in violation
of open-records laws but defended the firing of the former staff attorney
who sued him. A whistleblower and defamation lawsuit filed Wednesday by
former Blunt attorney Scott Eckersley claims that top Blunt aides directed
staff in his office and other agencies to destroy e-mails to avoid providing
information sought under public records requests."
-AP via -KansasCity.com
20080109
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Matt
Blunt
- E-Mails
- Politics
- Missouri
- Computer
- Archives
- Reporters
- "Suit
alleges illegal destruction of state e-mails." ...
"Scott Eckersley, a lawyer fired from [Missouri Republican Governor] Gov.
Matt Blunt's office, filed a suit today that accuses several top Blunt
aides of ordering the illegal destruction of state e-mails to prevent potentially
damaging messages from being turned over to reporters." ... "The suit contends
that Eckersley was fired for repeatedly pressing Blunt aides with warnings
that such orders violated state record-retention and open-records laws.
Eckersley's firing violated state law protecting whistle-blowers, according
to the lawsuit." ... "Filed in Jackson County Circuit Court, the suit names
Blunt, three former or current top aides and the deputy Office of Administration
commissioner, Richard AuBuchon." ... "The suit includes allegations about
a meeting convened last summer by Blunt's general counsel at the time,
Henry Herschel. At the meeting, the suit contends, Herschel told lawyers
for all departments under the governor that e-mails about state business
"would not have to be turned over in response to Sunshine Law requests
if they were destroyed and not retained."" ... "The suit also contends
that Blunt's chief of staff at the time, Ed Martin, ordered all staff members
to make sure they were deleting e-mails. Martin and other top Blunt aides
also are accused of orchestrating the destruction of the state's computer
backup system for such e-mails." -By Jo Mannies
-STLtoday.com
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