REPUBLICANS AND EMAIL TRANSPARENCY

Republican presidential candidates and Secretaries of State have a history of conducting official business on
private email accounts.

As Secretary of State, Colin Powell used private emails.

Jeb Bush conducted public business over private email while serving as governor of Florida. Eventually,
Bush hand selected which emails to turn over to the state archive. In 2007 and 2008, Jeb Bush said that he
had received 550,000 personal e-mails on his private account during his terms as governor. Bush also said
he received 2.5 million e-mails on his public account during his terms as governor but in 2015, Jeb Bush
said he would release only 250,000 e-mails from his time as governor.

Investigators discovered a secret email system within Scott Walkers County Executives office, and
determined it was being used to engage in campaign work on county time, and to avoid public records
disclosure laws. I n 2014, newly released documents demonstrated Walker received communications from
the secret system.

While governor, Mitt Romney used his private email account to discuss public business including health
care reform with aides. Romneys chief of staff and campaign aide also used private email to communicate
about state business. Furthermore, while leaving the governorship, Romneys administration destroyed
records rather than turn them over to the state archives. Romney later admitted the emails were deleted to
prevent them from falling into the hands of opposition research teams.

During the Bridgegate investigation, investigators discovered that Chris Christies staff used personal
email and cell phones to communicate about state business, a move that the ACLU called a possible attempt
to circumvent public records laws. One staffer deleted 12 text messages between herself and the Christie,
and later claimed she couldnt remember what they were about

John Kasichs gubernatorial office was found to have kept a list staffers private emails labeled DO NOT
DISTRIBUTE.

In 2007, Mike Huckabees administration destroyed government-owned hard drives containing his
records as he left office. Much of the information destroyed was not backed up.

Contents:
Jeb Bush ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2
Scott Walker......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Colin Powell ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Chris Christie ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
John Kasich ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Mike Huckabee ................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Colin Powell ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 18

JEB BUSH E-MAILS

Jeb Bush conducted public business over private email while serving as governor of Florida. Bush hand selected which
emails to turn over to the state archive.
In 2007 and 2008, Jeb Bush said that he had received 550,000 personal e-mails on his private account during his terms
as governor. Bush also said he received 2.5 million e-mails on his public account during his terms as governor, but in
2015, Jeb Bush said he would release 250,000 e-mails from his time as governor.

Bush Conducted Public Business Over Private Email; Hand Selected

Which To Turn Over To Archive
Bush Conducted All His Communication On His Private Jeb@Jeb.Org Account; Hand Selected Which To Turn
Over To The State Archive. According to the Tampa Bay Times, The former governor conducted all his
communication on his private Jeb@jeb.org account and turned over the hand-selected batch to the state archives
when he left office. Absent from the stash are emails the governor deemed not relevant to the public record: those
relating to politics, fundraising and personal matters while he was governor. Compared to Scott, however, who
rarely communicates by email, the contrast is stark. [Tampa Bay Times, 1/3/15]
Bush Released Private Emails Used For State Business; Files Are Not Complete. According to the Tampa Bay
Times, The files released from the state archive resulted in a stream of positive national press for the former
governor Jeb Bushs emails depict a hands-on governor, the Washington Post proclaimed. Jeb answered
immigrant pleas, the Hill wrote. Polls now show that if Bush announces, he will be considered the front-runner.
The Bush files, though enormous, are not complete, however. [Tampa Bay Times, 1/3/15]
As Governor, Jeb Bush Had Three Email Accounts, Including Jeb@Jeb.Org; According to the Washington Post
"In three follow-up e-mails (which Bush also answers promptly), the governor reveals: He has three e-mail
accounts, receives 200 to 300 a day onJeb@Jeb.org and reads most of them. He guesses that 25 percent of the emails come from colleagues, 50 percent from constituents, 10 percent from family and friends and 15 percent from
junk mail and list mail. The risk, he says, is in relying too much on e-mail, at the expense of face-to-face nuance.
There is always [the] threat of invading family time! he writes." [The Washington Post, 2/21/03]

Bush Continued To Used The Private Jeb@Jeb.Org Email After Leaving The Governorship [Email from Jeb
Bush To Matt Castner, 6/5/08]

Bush Estimated 25 Percent Of Email Traffic Came From Colleagues. According to the Washington Post "In
three follow-up e-mails (which Bush also answers promptly), the governor reveals: He has three e-mail
accounts, receives 200 to 300 a day onJeb@Jeb.org and reads most of them. He guesses that 25 percent of the emails come from colleagues, 50 percent from constituents, 10 percent from family and friends and 15 percent
from junk mail and list mail. The risk, he says, is in relying too much on e-mail, at the expense of face-to-face
nuance. There is always [the] threat of invading family time! he writes." [The Washington Post, 2/21/03]

In 2007 And 2008, Jeb Bush Said He Receive 550,000 E-Mails On His
Private Account And 2.5 Million E-Mails On His Public Account While
Governor
Jeb Bush Said I Received 550,000 Personal E-Mails When I Was Governor. According to Esquire, This
BlackBerry was in the portrait done when I left office. It was a symbol of how I worked. I received 550,000
personal e-mails when I was governor. [Esquire, 12/22/08]

Jeb Bush Said He Got 550,000 E-Mails On His Private Account During His Eight Years As Governor. According
to the Naples Daily News, Jeb Bush learned plenty during his eight years as Florida governor, he told a crowd at a
United Christian Giving fundraiser in Fort Myers on Thursday. The presidents little brother and former presidents
son took few partisan shots, mostly entertaining the crowd with stories from Mount Tallahassee. [] Bush said he
got 550,000 e-mails on his private account and another 2.5 million on his public account during his eight years as
governor. That helped him stay in touch with the people of the state even though the capital is far removed
geographically from most of the population. [Naples Daily News, 7/12/07]
Jeb Bush Said He Got 2.5 Million E-Mails On His Public Account During His Eight Years As Governor.
According to the Naples Daily News, Jeb Bush learned plenty during his eight years as Florida governor, he told a
crowd at a United Christian Giving fundraiser in Fort Myers on Thursday. The presidents little brother and former
presidents son took few partisan shots, mostly entertaining the crowd with stories from Mount Tallahassee. []
Bush said he got 550,000 e-mails on his private account and another 2.5 million on his public account during his
eight years as governor. That helped him stay in touch with the people of the state even though the capital is far
removed geographically from most of the population. [Naples Daily News, 7/12/07]

In 2015, Bush Said He Would Release 250,000 E-Mails From His Time As
Governor
Jeb Bush Said He Would Launch A Website On Which He Will Make Available About 250,000 E-Mails From
His Time As Governor. According to the New York Times, Jeb Bush said he would launch a website on Tuesday
on which he will make available about 250,000 emails from his time as governor of Florida, as well as the first
chapter of an e-book about his administration. The emails, which were obtained by a number of news media
organizations through a public records request in December, show Mr. Bushs style in communicating with both his
staff and his constituents. [New York Times, 2/9/15]
Jeb Bush Said He Will Release 250,000 Emails From His Two Terms In Office. According to CNN, Former
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said on Sunday he will release 250,000 emails from his two terms in office and write an
eBook outlining his governing philosophy. The moves have set the political sphere atwitter with speculation hes
closer than ever to deciding to run for president in 2016. In what appears to be a move of classic political
procedure -- getting ahead of the opposition -- Bush told WPLG-TV that his intention is to promote transparency.
[CNN, 12/31/14]

WALKER AIDES CAMPAIGNED ON TAXPAYER TIME USING SECRET

A COMPUTER SYSTEM IN COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE
John Doe investigators discovered a secret email system within the County Executives office, and discovered it was
being used to engage in campaign work on county time, and to avoid public records disclosure laws. Walkers
campaign was found to vet official press releases from the Government side, and Walkers campaign directed county
staffers to take actions to boost Walkers candidacy.
Complaint: A Secret Email System Existed In County Execs Office; Was Routinely Used By Selected
Insiders Within The Walker Administration For County Business As Well As Unofficial Purposes Such As
Campaigning According to Journal Sentinel, The complaint reveals a secret email system that was routinely
used by selected insiders within the Walker administration for county business as well as unofficial purposes such
as campaigning. [Journal Sentinel, 1/26/12]

Investigators Found Boxes For Two Wireless Routers In Walkers County Executive Office; Packing
Labels With The Boxes Had Deputy Chief Of Staff Tim Russells Name On Them According to The
Huffington Post
Investigators found boxes for two wireless routers in an armoire in Walker's County Executive office.
Packaging labels found with the boxes bore the name Timothy Russell. The allegation is that Russell (who was
Deputy Chief of Staff before becoming Housing Director) set up an unofficial networking system so that staffers
could conduct campaign business on their personal laptops while their salary was being paid by the taxpayers.
The secret email system was available for use by certain staff for both official and unofficial business. [The
Huffington Post, 1/30/12]

Investigators Determined Darlene Wink And Kelley Rindfleisch Were Campaigning On County
Time
Two Staffers In Walkers County Executive Administration Were Charged With Illegally Doing Extensive
Political Work While Being Paid By Taxpayers To Do County Jobs According to The Journal Sentinel, Two
staffers who worked directly for Gov. Scott Walker while he was county executive were charged Thursday with
illegally doing extensive political work while being paid by taxpayers to do county jobs. One of the two, Darlene
Wink, cut a deal with prosecutors under which she agreed to provide information in a related investigation about
the destruction of digital evidence and to aid in further prosecutions. This is the first indication that the
multifaceted John Doe investigation may be pursuing charges of evidence tampering. [Journal Sentinel, 1/26/12]
Criminal Complaint: Walker Staffer Told A Friend Shortly After Taking The Job With Walker That Half Of
What Im Doing Is Policy For The Campaign. According to The Journal Sentinel, On Thursday, prosecutors
charged Kelly Rindfleisch, deputy chief of staff to Walker in 2010, with four felony counts of misconduct in office
for working for then-Rep. Brett Davis 2010 campaign for lieutenant governor while on the county clock. Davis,
who lost in the Republican primary, is now Walkers state Medicaid director. The complaint says that Rindfleisch
told a friend in an Internet chat shortly after taking the job with Walker that half of what Im doing is policy for the
campaign. [Journal Sentinel, 1/26/12]
Walker Staffer Sent More 1,380 Fundraising Emails During Work Hours According to The Journal Sentinel,
During work hours between February 2010 and early July 2010, it says, Rindfleisch sent more than 300 emails to
Davis and 1,380 fundraising emails. The John Doe also turned up more than 1,000 emails between Rindfleisch and
top staffers on Walkers 2010 campaign during work hours over the same period. [Journal Sentinel, 1/26/12]
While Doing Political Work On Taxpayer Time, Walker Aid Said To A Colleague: I Just Am Afraid Of Going
To Jail According to the Journal Sentinel, Wink worked on campaign fundraisers, phone banks, Reagan Day
dinners and Milwaukee County Republican Party matters while working in Walkers office. In one 2009 chat with

Timothy Russell, a longtime friend and fellow Walker aide, Wink asked how she could clear a document from her
chat session. Russell told her it would disappear when she logged out. I just am afraid of going to jail - ha! ha!
Wink wrote in August 2009. Russell replied, You wouldnt, not for that. [Journal Sentinel, 1/26/12]
The John Doe Investigation Involved Charges That Aides In Walkers Milwaukee County Executive Office
Were Working To Elect Brett Davis For Lieutenant Governor While Collecting Checks From The Taxpayers.
According to the Wisconsin State Journal, When Rebecca Kleefisch ran for lieutenant governor in 2010, she
actually beat Scott Walker's favored candidate, Brett Davis, in the Republican primary. (Much of the current John
Doe investigation involves charges that aides in Walker's Milwaukee County executive office were working to elect
Davis while collecting checks from the taxpayers.) [Wisconsin State Journal, 5/27/12]

Public Records Laws Were Bypassed

Secret Email System Was Hidden From Public Records Officer According to the Journal Sentinel, The existence
of the email system was a closely held secret, and it was not made known to the county employee responsible for
gathering county emails in response to requests for information by the public, reporters and groups, the complaint
said. The secret system used personal Internet email accounts. [Journal Sentinel, 1/26/12]
Secret Computer Network Was Also Used For Official Business, Including Records That Should Have Been
Subject To Public Records Laws According to Journal Sentinel, Rindfleisch and Wink did campaign work on the
unofficial network, the complaint says. The secret email system also was used for county business which could
have and which did include communications subject to the states open records statute, the complaint says.
[Journal Sentinel, 1/26/12]

Unclear If Walker Was Aware Of The System

Documents Did Not Specify Whether Walker Was Aware Of The Secret Email System; Was Set Up In Office
25 Feet From Walkers Office According to the Journal Sentinel, The complaint does not list all the officials who
used the secret system, but it does say the unofficial networking system was set up in the county executives office
suite by Russell while he was Walkers deputy chief of staff. Russells county office was less than 25 feet from
Walkers on the third floor of the courthouse, the complaint notes. The complaint does not say whether Walker was
aware of the secret email system. [Journal Sentinel, 1/26/12]
Walker Said He Did Not Bear Responsibility For The Actions And Activities Of His Former County Aides.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday that he doesnt bear responsibility
for the actions and activities of his former county aides who are now facing criminal charges as part of a John Doe
investigation. In a five-minute chat with reporters in Milwaukee, Walker emphasized that he responded any time
someone pointed out a potential problem or violation involving his staff when he was serving as Milwaukee County
executive. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/17/12]

Walker: The Bottom Line Shows That (When) People Violated That Policy That We Stated Both
Publicly And Privately, We Acted. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The bottom line shows
that (when) people violated that policy that we stated both publicly and privately, we acted, Walker said.
[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/17/12]

Investigation Found That Walker Often Comingled Official And Campaign Business
Walker And His Top Campaign And Milwaukee County Aides Were Named As Part Of A Team That
Routinely Commingled Political And Official County Business. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
Gov. Scott Walker and his top campaign and Milwaukee County aides were named Monday as part of a team that
routinely commingled political and official county business. The disclosures came during the sentencing of a
former aide to Walker during his last year as Milwaukee County executive. Kelly M. Rindfleisch, 44, was sentenced

by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge David Hansher to six months in jail and three years of probation on a single
felony count of misconduct in office. The judge stayed the sentence pending Rindfleisch's appeal to the Wisconsin
Court of Appeals or the state Supreme Court. In a lengthy presentation during Rindfleisch's sentencing, Assistant
District Attorney Bruce Landgraf displayed numerous emails between Rindfleisch and key members of Walker's
campaign staff in which they discussed how to manage county government in 2010, while Walker was a candidate
for governor. [...] Landgraf said The Campaign Group included Walker, Gilkes, campaign spokeswoman Jill Bader
and campaign adviser R.J. Johnson. It also included several top county aides to Walker: Cindy Archer, who was
county administration director; county chief of staff Tom Nardelli; spokeswoman Fran Mc-Laughlin; housing
director Timothy Russell; and Rindfleisch. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/20/12]

Prosecutor: The Campaign Group Vetted News Releases That Were Issued From Walkers County Office.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Campaign Group vetted news releases that were issued from
Walker's county office, Landgraf said. They included messages about a federal disaster declaration the county
was seeking after torrential rains in July 2010; news reports in the Journal Sentinel in August that year about
patient sexual assaults at the county Mental Health Complex; and the acknowledgment by Darlene Wink, a
county office assistant, of sending campaign related emails criticizing Barrett from Walker's courthouse office.
[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/20/12]

Prosecutor: E-mails Showed That Walker And His Campaign Directed County Staffers To Take Official
Actions To Boost Walkers Candidacy. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Scott Walker and his
gubernatorial campaign directed Milwaukee County staffers to take official actions in 2010 to boost Walker's
candidacy, including how to respond to a fatal incident at a county parking garage and requiring that press
releases from the county executive's office be reviewed by the campaign, according to emails released Tuesday.
Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf presented evidence in court Monday that former Milwaukee County
staffer Kelly Rindfleisch traded 3,486 emails with top Walker campaign staffers, including 2,216 during regular
work hours between January and October 2010. At the time, Rindfleisch earned $59,560 a year from
Milwaukee County as Walker's deputy chief of staff. [Wisconsin State Journal, 11/21/12]

Campaign Coordination Over ODonnell Park Tragedy

Walker Worked Simultaneously With His Campaign Staff And County Aides In Coordinating Responses
About The 2010 ODonnell Park Tragedy. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Gov. Scott Walker
worked simultaneously with his campaign staff and county aides in coordinating responses to media inquiries,
open records requests and news stories about the 2010 O'Donnell Park tragedy, according to newly released
emails. The records show that Walker was integrally involved in the efforts to challenge any negative publicity
after a concrete panel fell from the Milwaukee County-owned O'Donnell parking structure, killing a 15-year-old
boy on June 24, 2010, on his way to Summerfest. The incident occurred in the middle of the 2010 gubernatorial
campaign. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/30/13]

ODonnell Records Were Seized As A Part Of The John Doe Investigation. According to the Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee County Judge Christopher Foley released the records as part of a lawsuit filed by
the boy's family. The emails had been under seal because Milwaukee prosecutors seized them as part of a longrunning John Doe investigation into Walker's aides and associates. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/31/13]

Politicization Of Open Records Requests

John Doe Investigation Revealed That A Walker Campaign Staffer Urged The Milwaukee County Staff To
Drag Out An Open Records Request From The Democratic Party Of Wisconsin. According to the Green Bay
Press-Gazette, Last November, the John Doe probe revealed that a Walker campaign staffer urged that Milwaukee
County staff "drag out" an open records request from the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. One Wisconsin Now has
suggested this is part of an ongoing pattern. [Green Bay Press-Gazette, 3/16/13]

ROMNEY DESTROYED HARD DRIVES WITH PUBLIC RECORDS

While governor, Mitt Romney used his private email account to discuss public business including health care
reform with aides. The account was later hacked. Romneys chief of staff and campaign aide also used private
email to communicate about state business.
While leaving the governorship, Romneys administration destroyed records rather than turn them over to the
state archives. Romney later admitted the emails were deleted to prevent them from falling into the hands of
opposition research teams.

PRIVATE EMAIL ACCOUNTS

Romney Used His Private Email Account To Discuss Health Care Reform With His Aides. According to the
Wall Street Journal, Through a public-records request, The Wall Street Journal obtained what is believed to be the
most complete set of the internal emails to date, including attachments to some of the messages In one message,
sent from a private email account on a Sunday morning, Mr. Romney reported to aides his negotiations with thenState Senate President Robert Travaglini. Spoke with Trav this AM, Mr. Romney wrote. He isnt ready to sign on to
the deal as yet but I am confident a deal can be struck Important: we are NOT to tell anyone where he is on
these, Mr. Romney added, because he will have to make his own trades down the road perhaps. Mr. Travaglini
didnt return messages seeking comment. [Wall Street Journal, 6/5/12]

Romneys Personal Email Was Hacked. According to Gawker, A tipster has emailed Gawker claiming to have
hacked into Mitt Romneys private email and DropBox accounts. []According to a raft of old emails from his
days as governor of Massachusetts released today by the Wall Street Journal, Romney used the address
mittromney@hotmail.com to communicate with his staff as recently as 2006. According to this Associated
Press story, the Hotmail account was still active as of March 2012. And according to the tipster who claims to
have hacked into it by guessing Romneys favorite pet in response to a security questions, its still active
today[.] [Romney campaign communications director Gail Gitcho] said, The proper authorities are
investigating this crime and we will have no further comment on it[.] [Gawker, 06/05/12]

Romneys Former Chief Of Staff And Campaign Aide Beth Myers Used A Private Email Account For State
Business. According to The Associated Press, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and some of his top
aides used private email accounts to conduct state business at times when Romney was governor of Massachusetts,
according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The communications were legal, even though Romneys
own administration warned state agencies against the practice due to cyber security concerns. The state archives
in Massachusetts which learned about Romneys emails from the AP now says the private emails should have
invoked rules about preserving copies of state records The emails show that Fehrnstrom also communicated on
state business at times from a private email account. So did former Romney chief of staff Beth Myers, now a senior
campaign aide, as well as former aide Cindy Gillespie, now a Romney campaign fundraiser. [The Associated Press,
3/9/12]
Romney And Top Aides Used Private Email Accounts For State Business As Governor. According to the
Boston Globe, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and some of his top aides used private email
accounts to conduct state business at times when Romney was governor of Massachusetts, according to documents
obtained by The Associated Press. The communications were legal, even though Romneys own administration
warned state agencies against the practice due to cyber security concerns. The state archives in Massachusetts
which learned about Romneys emails from the AP now says the private emails should have invoked rules about
preserving copies of state records. [] Romneys use of a free Microsoft Hotmail account and a private email
address linked to his 2008 presidential campaign was revealed in documents the AP obtained under the
Massachusetts Public Records Law. []The private email accounts raise questions about why Romney and his
aides sometimes bypassed Massachusetts official communications system and how many of those emails
remain and whether they could be disclosed to the public [Boston Globe, 03/09/12]

Romneys Former Chief Of Staff And Campaign Aide Beth Myers Used A Private Email Account For State
Business. According to The Associated Press, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and some of his top
aides used private email accounts to conduct state business at times when Romney was governor of Massachusetts,
according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The communications were legal, even though Romneys
own administration warned state agencies against the practice due to cyber security concerns. The state archives
in Massachusetts which learned about Romneys emails from the AP now says the private emails should have
invoked rules about preserving copies of state records The emails show that Fehrnstrom also communicated on
state business at times from a private email account. So did former Romney chief of staff Beth Myers, now a senior
campaign aide, as well as former aide Cindy Gillespie, now a Romney campaign fundraiser. [The Associated Press,
3/9/12]

ROMNEY STAFF DELETED EMAILS OUT OF FEAR OF OPPOSITION RESEARCH TEAMS

VIDEO Romney Said Emails Were Deleted To Prevent Them From Being Provided To Opposition Research
Teams. According to Think Progress, in a fairly stunning admission today during an interview with the
editorial board of the Nashua Telegraph in New Hampshire, Romney suggested that his administration deleted
emails because they didnt want opposition research teams to have access to them: ROMNEY: Well, I think in
government we should follow the law. And there has never been an administration that has provided to the
opposition research team, or to the public, electronic communications. So ours would have been the first. [Think
Progress, Nashua Telegraph Editorial Board, 11/21/11]
Romney Said There Has Never Been An Administration That Has Provided To The Opposition Research
Team Or To The Public Electronic Communications. While speaking at the Nashua Telegraph Editorial Board,
when asked about the deleted emails during his time as Governor Mitt Romney said, Well I think in government
we should follow the law. And there has never been an administration that has provided to uh the opposition
research team or to the public electronic uh communications. Uh so ours would have been the first administration
to have done so. Um, I, I dont know about other states, I dont imagine thats been done in other states either. Uh
so what we did do, even though there is no requirement in Massachusetts for the governor or the legislature to
provide any records of their deliberations and so forth, we voluntarily provided 700 boxes, uh from the executive
departments, to the archives in Massachusetts, which include correspondence and so forth. But uh, um, uh but as
to whether or not we should have electronic records also uh provided to the public, thats something that the
legislature and administrations of various states should consider. I dont know what happens here in New
Hampshire, what the, what the program is here. But in the case of our, of our records, we would include in their job
applications, deliberations on candidates for appointments to the justice uh positions, uh, um even health records
of various people could be included. And uh, and, if that were to be included in, in public, uh filings, it would violate
the principles of uh, of personal privacy that normally are associated with people who provide that to the state. So,
the legislature could sort that through if theyd like, but simply saying we are going to dump all the
communications in the administration would probably be something the legislature will have to think long and
hard about. [The Nashua Telegraph Editorial Board, 11/21/11]

ROMNEY DESTROYED MASSACHUSETTS RECORDS

Massachusetts State Official Said Romney Asked For Official Permission To Destroy Records. According to
Reuters, One state official, who asked for anonymity when discussing a politically sensitive issue, said at some
point before he left office, Romney asked for official permission to destroy some of the records generated during
his term as governor. The official said that details of this request could only be made public in response to a
freedom of information request. Reuters filed such a request on Monday. [Reuters, 11/29/11]
The Romney Administration In Massachusetts Destroyed Files Instead Of Sending Them To The State
Archives Included Travel Expenses, Pardon/Commutation Records And Appointment Files. According to
the Boston Globe, Starting in September 2006, the Romney administration began submitting applications to the
Records Conservation Board to have documents moved to the state archives. They covered a wide range of topics,
including gubernatorial correspondence, daily schedule files, photographs, briefing packets, and speeches. At the
same time, the board granted a request to destroy some documents, including routine items - such as vendor

invoices, intern files, and accounting records - and those involving topics such as travel expense records,
pardon/commutation records, and individual appointment requests. [The Boston Globe, 11/18/11]
Legislative Affairs Staff Collecting Gubernatorial Records For The Massachusetts State Archives Were
Denied Access To Romneys Third Floor Office. According to the Associated Press, In the final weeks of Mitt
Romneys term as Massachusetts governor, a small team of aides combed through statehouse filing cabinets. They
filled more than 630 cartons with papers destined for the state archives as the primary documentary legacy of his
administration. One floor, though, was almost completely off limits to them: Romneys inner sanctum, his thirdfloor office. The former legislative affairs director who headed the archiving effort, John OKeefe, recalls that his
team was given a stack of Romneys public schedules over four years and a limited variety of other documents from
the governors executive office, but not much else. We were told we were not in charge of archiving the third floor,
he says. [The Associated Press, 11/30/11]

ROMNEYS OFFICE DESTROYED PUBLIC RECORDS OF PREVIOUS GOVERNORS

Reuters: Romneys Office Requested And Received Permission To Destroy Boxes. According to Reuters, In
the final weeks of Mitt Romneys term as Massachusetts governor, his office sought and received permission to
destroy 150 boxes of paper records of his tenure, according to documents obtained by Reuters. Officials could not
immediately confirm whether the paper documents he sought to eliminate were in fact destroyed and his
spokeswoman said he had followed precedent and the law in dealing with his records when his term ended in
2007. State officials had earlier said Romney, now a leading contender to be the Republican presidential candidate,
spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to replace computers in his office as part of an effort to keep his records
secret before he handed over to his Democratic party successor, Deval Patrick. Among paper records which
Romney was granted permission to destroy were boxes whose labels indicated they contained material relating to
criminal pardons and commutations and what are described as Litigation Files (closed). [Reuters, 12/16/11]
Romneys Governors Office Destroyed Files From 1991-2006 That Were All Republican
Governors. According to Reuters, Files in these categories which Romney was granted permission to destroy
covered the years 1991-2006, which meant that they covered records generated by governors before Romney and
also during Romneys 2003-2007 term. Also included were boxes containing material generated only during
Romneys tenure, including requests by individuals for appointments, a card index containing information about a
summer job program and boxes described as containing a Status Investigation File. The was no indication of what
the investigation file contained. [Reuters, 12/16/11]
2006: Romneys Chief Legal Counsel Brian Leske Signed The Request To Destroy Documents. According to
Reuters, The Massachusetts State Archives released details of Romneys requests to destroy records earlier this
week in response to a request from Reuters under the states freedom of information law. The records include an
official form, signed by state officials on October 4, 2006, indicating that state records authorities approved
Romneys request to destroy records boxes listed in a request submitted to the State Archives on September 20,
2006 by Brian Leske, Governor Romneys chief legal counsel. [Reuters, 12/16/11]

ROMNEY STAFF PURCHASED HARD DRIVES, DELETED SERVERS

Prior To Leaving Office, Governor Romneys Staff Wiped All Emails From The Administrations Servers And
Eleven Staff Members Purchased Their State-Issued Computer hard Drives. According to the Boston Globe,
Just before Mitt Romney left the Massachusetts governors office and first ran for president, 11 of his top aides
purchased their state-issued computer hard drives, and the Romney administrations emails were all wiped from a
server, according to interviews and records obtained by the Globe. Romney administration officials had the
remaining computers in the governors office replaced just before Governor Deval Patrick staff showed up to take
power in January 2007, according to Mark Reilly, Patricks chief legal counsel. As a result, Patricks office, which
has been bombarded with inquires for records from the Romney era, has no electronic record of any Romney
administration emails, Reilly said. The governors office has found no emails from 20022006 in our possession,
Reilly said in a statement. Before the current administration took office, the computers used during that time

period were replaced and the server used during that time period was taken out of service, all files were removed
from it, and it was also replaced. [The Boston Globe, 11/17/11]
The Boston Globe: Thirty Days After Mitt Romneys Cabinet Secretaries Left Office Their E-Mails Were
Automatically Purged From The States Central Computers, Wiping Out Records Of Decisions On An Array
Of Sensitive Topics, From Health Care To Raising State Revenues. According to the Boston Globe, Tens of
thousands of e-mails authored or received by Cabinet secretaries in the last three Republican gubernatorial
administrations were automatically wiped off state computers after the officials left office, destroying a huge trove
of public records about major decisions of state government. Computer systems erased the e-mails from the
administrations of Acting Governor Jane Swift and Governors Paul Cellucci and Mitt Romney because state officials
did not store the contents of their accounts by backing them up on central servers, according to state officials. In
the case of the Romney administration, the automatic deletions occurred despite updated 2004 state guidelines
that require preservation of certain electronic records. That includes at least four of Romneys top Cabinet
officials. Thirty days after they left office, their e-mails were automatically purged from the states central
computers, wiping out records of decisions on an array of sensitive topics, from health care to raising state
revenues. [The Boston Globe, 12/7/11]
Romney Said His Aides Purchased The Hard Drives Because They May Have Personal Information
According to the Boston Globe, Romney also sought to explain why his aides purchased their hard drives,
something that officials from past administrations said they had never heard of doing. They may have personal
information on theremedical records, resumes from people who have applied for jobs, judicial appointments
made, and people applying for those positions, he said. Those are confidential, of course. [It] would not be
appropriate to put them in the public domain. Wed be violating our trust in doing so. [The Boston Globe,
11/21/11]
Romneys Chief Of Staff And Deputy Chief Of Staff Were 2 Of The 11 Romney Administration Staffers Who
Purchased 17 Hard Drives. According to the Boston Globe, All told, 11 Romney administration officials bought
17 hard drives from the governors office, paying $65 for each one, according to copies of cancelled checks that
they wrote and members of the current administration. Many of the aides wrote equipment or hard drives in the
memo space on their checks. Beth E. Myers, who was Romneys chief of staff, bought her hard drive on Aug. 18,
2006, the same month that she left state employment. She later became Romneys campaign manager. Peter G.
Flaherty, who was Romneys deputy chief of staff, bought the hard drive from his computer on Nov. 3, 2006, four
days before Patrick was elected governor, defeating his Republican opponent, Kerry Healey, who was Romneys
lieutenant governor. Flaherty later became the Romney campaigns chief liaison to social conservatives. The rest of
the hard drives were bought in November and December of 2006 by other aides. [The Boston Globe, 11/17/11]
Romneys Personal Aid Natalie Crate Purchased Three Hard Drives. According to As part of two public
records requests the DNC is filing today, the partisan organization is asking for documents related to the staff
purchases of the hard drives, as well as the legal basis of such requests. It also specifically asks for information
related to purchases by Natalie Crate, who at the time was Romneys personal assistant. The Globe reported last
week that Crate purchased three hard drives, but it is unclear whose she purchased. Romneys campaign would not
say last week whether Romney had used a computer that contained one of the purchased hard drives, and Crate
did not return messages seeking comment. [The Boston Globe, 11/21/11]
Mass Officials Said The Move Was Legal But Unusual. According to Reuters, The move during the final weeks of
Romneys administration was legal but unusual for a departing governor, Massachusetts officials say. [Reuters,
12/16/11]
The Effort To Purge The Records Was Made A Few Months Before Romney Launched His 2008 Presidential
Bid. According to Reuters, The effort to purge the records was made a few months before Romney launched an
unsuccessful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. He is again competing for the partys
nomination, this time to challenge Barack Obama for the presidency in 2012. [Reuters, 12/16/11]
Massachusetts Secretary Of State William F. Galvin Said The Romney Administration Had An Obligation
As A Public Official To Preserve Their Records. According to The Boston Globe, Secretary of State William F.

Galvin, who oversees the state Public Records Law, said it appeared odd that state property in this case, hard
drives -- was essentially being sold to private individuals. I dont sell things to people who work for me, said
Galvin, a Democrat. Ive heard of people getting their chair or something as a gift. But generally if you work for me
you dont take your laptop with you when you leave. Galvin pointed out that, in 1997, the Supreme Judicial Court
ruled that the governor is not explicitly included in the Public Records Law. He said that means that emails dont
have to be released to the public, but the governors office still has to preserve them and turn them over to the
state archivist. They have an obligation as a public official to preserve their records, Galvin said. Electronic
records are held to the same standard as paper records. Theres no question. Theyre not in some lesser
standard. [The Boston Globe, 11/17/11]
Executive Director Of Common Cause Massachusetts Said That Massachusetts Was Losing Something If
All Records Were Deleted. According to the Boston Globe, Pam Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause
Massachusetts, said Romney administration officials may not have violated the letter of the state Public Records
Law, but may have run afoul of its spirit. Information that was generated in the administration belongs to the
people of the Commonwealth, unless it was personal in nature, she said. There is a place for purchasing of surplus
property, but there are procedures to do that. And it seems that we are, as a Commonwealth, losing something if all
records were deleted. [The Boston Globe, 11/17/11]
Romney Defenders Claimed Purchases Were Routine
Romneys Chief Legal Counsel During His Administration Said That It Was A Longstanding Practice To Sell
Old Equipment To Employees And That He Had Also Done It. According to The Boston Globe, Romneys chief
legal counsel during part of his administration, Mark Nielsen, said Romneys actions were legal, telling the Globe
earlier this week that The longstanding practice in the governors office was to give employees the option to buy
old equipment when they were leaving office, and certain employees, including me, did that. Romneys counsel at
the time he was preparing to leave office, Brian J. Leske, did not return a message yesterday. [The Boston Globe,
11/18/11]
VIDEO: Romney Claimed His Staff Followed The Law Exactly As It Was Written When Deleting Emails And
Purchasing Hard Drives. According to ABC News, Presidential candidate Mitt Romney defended the actions of
his aides accused of buying their state computers and wiping a server clean prior to leaving the governors office in
2006, saying that they all followed the law exactly as it was written. We actually put in 700 boxes of information
into the archives that were not required, Romney told ABC News Boston affiliate WCVB outside a luncheon
fundraiser at a Manchester hotel. We followed the law as intended and as written. Asked whether he thought
politics were in play in regard to the article that brought the aides purchases to light, Romney laughed and said, I
cant imagine politics being involved in a campaign. Further questioned as to whether there was cynicism in his
response, Romney responded, No, just humor, before climbing into his SUV. [ABC News, 11/18/11]
But Those With Direct Experience Said The Practices Was Unheard Of
Top Aide To Former Republican Governors In Massachusetts Said He Was Not Familiar With Purchasing
Old Equipment As Being A Long-Standing Practice. According to The Boston Globe, But officials in prior
administrations said they were not familiar with such purchases as a long-standing practice. Peter Forman, who
was Celluccis deputy director of finance and chief of staff to Swift, said he had not heard of administration officials
buying their hard drives. Nobody offered it to me any more than they offered any other furniture, Forman said.
Why would you want to buy your computer? Its an old computer, its a used computer. I certainly didnt do it. And
Im not sure why anyone would, if its all centrally backed up. [The Boston Globe, 11/18/11]
Top Aide To Former Republican Governor Swift Said The Purchase Of Hard Drives Was Unthinkable And
A Bad Idea. According to the Boston Globe, Top aides to the three Massachusetts governors who preceded Mitt
Romney - all of them Republicans - said yesterday they know of no instance when state employees purchased their
computer hard drive as they left the administration, as 11 of Romneys aides did in 2006 as he was laying the
groundwork for his first presidential campaign. The aides from the administrations of William F. Weld, Paul

Cellucci, and Jane Swift all said they were not aware of such purchases being made previously. I dont remember
anybody buying their hard drives. I dont remember anybody buying anything, said Stephen P. Crosby, who
worked for Romneys two predecessors and handled the transition between Jane Swifts outgoing administration
and Romneys incoming one, and who was also co-chairman of Governor Deval Patricks budget and finance
transition team. I cant even remember anybody discussing it. It certainly wasnt [standard operating procedure]
in any way. Thats almost unthinkable. It seems inherently a bad idea. You almost think youd want to have a record
of everything going on for the public. [The Boston Globe, 11/18/11]
Terry Dolan Who Worked For Six Administrations In Massachusetts Said It Was Unheard Of For Employees
To Purchase Computer Equipment. According to the Boston Globe, Terry Dolan, who worked in six
administrations and handled office transfers for many of them, said it was rare for departing employees to
purchase state property - and unheard of for them to purchase computer equipment. That had not happened
prior to the end of the Romney administration, said Dolan, who worked as director of administration in the
governors office from 1985 to 2008. But Dolan said Romneys staff was careful and methodical and so we
acceded to that request for the purchase of hard drives. I cant conceive that they would have done anything that
was illegal, she said Dolan, who was part of several administrations, said it was common practice to scrub the
computer servers, and the computers themselves, as administrations switched staffs - and also, in some instances,
when new Cabinet members joined the administration. But it was a first, she said, when Romney was preparing to
leave office and aides began looking into buying their entire computers, which would have cost about $1,100
apiece, before settling on just buying a $65 hard drive. When it came right down to it, people werent interested in
the box, the monitor, the keyboard, the entire PC, Dolan said. It was just the hard drive. As a result, she said, the
hard drives were removed, and new ones were inserted and left inside the old computer equipment, ready for the
Patrick administration to use. Dolan and others also noted that a 1997 Supreme Judicial Court decision states that
the governor is not explicitly included in the Public Records Law. [The Boston Globe, 11/18/11]
Boston Lawyer Jeffrey J. Pyle Said The Hard Drives Should Not Have Been Sold As Private
Property. According to the Boston Globe, Jeffrey J. Pyle, a Boston lawyer who specializes in public records cases,
said, It squarely appears that it is the policy of the Commonwealth that electronic records maintained by
Constitutional officers are public property, whether they are subject to disclosure or not. He also said the hard
drives should not have been sold as private property. [The Boston Globe, 11/18/11]
Reuters: Theresa Dolan, Former Director Of Administration For The Massachusetts Governors Office Said
No One Had Ever Inquired About, Or Expressed The Desire To Purchase Their Computer Hard Drives
Before Romneys Tenure. According to Reuters, However, Theresa Dolan, former director of administration
for the governors office, told Reuters that Romneys efforts to control or wipe out records from his governorship
were unprecedented. Dolan said that in her 23 years as an aide to successive governors no one had ever inquired
about, or expressed the desire to purchase their computer hard drives before Romneys tenure. [Reuters,
12/6/11]

CHRIS CHRISTIE STAFF USED PRIVATE EMAIL FOR PUBLIC

BUSINESS
During the Bridgegate investigation, investigators discovered that Chris Christies staff used personal email and cell
phones to communicate about state business, a move that the ACLU called a possible attempt to circumvent public
records laws. One staffer deleted 12 text messages between herself and the Christie, and later claimed she couldnt
remember what they were about

CHRISTIE STAFF USED PERSONAL EMAIL AND CELL PHONES TO COMMUNICATE

ABOUT STATE BUSINESS
Christie Administration Emails And Texts Released During Bridgegate Investigation Revealed What Many
Open Public Records Advocates Have Long Suspected: That State Officials Use Personal E-Mail Accounts
And Cell Phones To Communicate. According to the Star-Ledger, The thousands of e-mails and texts released as
part of the investigation into the September lane closures on the bridge revealed what many open public records
advocates have long suspected: that state officials use personal e-mail accounts and cell phones to
communicate. [Star-Ledger, 1/13/14]
ACLU Called On Christie To Require All State Employees To Use State Email For Business. According to the
Star-Ledger, The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey today called on Gov. Chris Christie and the state
attorney general to require all public employees to use government e-mail accounts and cell phones to conduct
official business, in response to the unfolding George Washington Bridge lane-closure scandal. The group said in a
letter that the release of thousands of pages of e-mails and text message Friday related to the scandal showed
government employees are attempting to circumvent the state Open Public Records Act by using personal accounts
to discuss official matters.[Star-Ledger, 1/13/14]
ACLU Believed That Christie Administration Officials Could Be Attempting To Circumvent The State Open
Public Records Act By Using Personal Accounts To Discuss Business. According to the Star-Ledger, In a letter
to Gov. Chris Christie, the state attorney general and several state lawmakers, the ACLU said the communications
showed employees could be attempting to circumvent the state Open Public Records Act by using personal
accounts to discuss business. [Star-Ledger, 1/13/14]
Randy Mastro Recommended In Bridgegate Investigation Report That Christie Staffers Stop Using Personal
Emails For Official Business. According to the Associated Press, A law firm hired by New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie said Thursday that the governor was not involved in a plot to create gridlock near a major bridge as part of
a political retribution scheme. The taxpayer-funded report released by former federal prosecutor Randy Mastro
relies on interviews with Christie and other officials in his administration and 250,000 documents, many of them
emails and text messages. [] Mastro calls for Christies office staffers to cease using personal email accounts for
official business, eliminating the office where Kelly had worked and appointing an ethics officer in the governors
office. He also recommends major changes to the structure of Port Authority, an agency jointly run by the states of
New York and New Jersey. [Associated Press, 3/27/14]
Newspaper Was Told Records Of Bridgegate Emails Did Not Exist, Later It Was Revealed That Christie Staff
Used Private Emails For Official Business. According to the Associated Press, Emails disclosed this past week
show a top Christie aide asking the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to shut down three lanes on the
busy George Washington Bridge, resulting in major backups for days last September. Those emails were leaked to
reporters last week, even though one newspaper requested them nearly a month ago, only to be told they didn't
exist. The use of private emails adds Christie, a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2016, to a growing
list of administrations that use private email accounts and other digital services to conduct official business. In
turn, state and federal officials, regardless of political party, have sidestepped public records laws meant to keep
government activities transparent. [Associated Press, 1/11/14]

REGINA EGEA DELETED TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN HER AND CHRISTIE

Legislative Report Showed That There Were 12 Text Messages Exchanged Between Christie And Regina
Egea On Day Port Authority Started To Question Christie Administrations Explanation For Lane
Closures. According to WNYC, Contradicting sworn testimony and New Jersey Governor Chris Christies repeated
accounts that he barely paid attention last fall to the burgeoning scandal surrounding politically-motivated lane
closures on the George Washington Bridge, a new report shows there were 12 text messages exchanged between
the Governor and a top aide during an explosive day of testimony a year ago. That was the day that top officials of
the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey began to dismantle key elements of the Christie administrations
official explanation of events -- that the lane closures were a traffic study gone awry. AT&T did not release the
content of the texts, and its not unusual that the Governor and the aide would have been exchanging messages that
day with the aide, Regina Egea, his incoming chief of staff and head of his authorities unit, who was monitoring the
testimony. But their previous denials raises the question of what other communications were deleted as the
scandal unfolded. [WNYC, 12/5/14]

Egea Said Texts Were Not Substantive And She Did Not Know When She Deleted Texts. According to
WNYC, In Egeas own testimony last summer, the new report notes, she referred to a single text she sent that
day as not at all substantive. She said she couldnt recall a response from the governor. Egea acknowledged
deleting the text, though she couldnt say when. [WNYC, 12/5/14]

Christie Told Friends He Texts Instead Of Emails Because Text Messages Are Harder To Trace. According
to the New York Times, The governor has told allies that he had learned when he was the United States
attorney for New Jersey to communicate by text rather than email, because text messages are harder to trace.
(Email can remain on servers even after being deleted; cellphone carriers vary in how long they preserve
deleted texts.) [New York Times, 8/27/14]

Regina Egea Testified She Had Texted Christie About The Port Authority But Than Deleted The Text
Message. According to New York Times, Gov. Chris Christies designated future chief of staff, Regina Egea,
testified that she texted the governor about the lane closings in December, after testimony in a hearing that day
disputed his administrations assertion that the closings were part of a traffic study. But she said she deleted
the texts. [New York Times, 7/17/14]

Egea Testified She Did Not Text Christie Often But Could Not Say When Or Why The Text Was
Deleted. According to New York Times, Lawmakers investigating the governors role in the closings pressed
her for three more hours: How often did she text him? (Infrequently.) On what occasions? (When something
might be going on that he needed to be aware of.) Did she delete the texts before or after the lane closings
exploded into a scandal in January, prompting state and federal investigations? (She could not recall.) Did she
delete other texts to him? (She did not know.) [New York Times, 7/17/14]

JOHN KASICHS STAFF KEPT INTERNAL LIST OF PRIVATE EMAILS

John Kasichs gubernatorial office was found to have kept a list staffers private emails labeled DO NOT
DISTRIBUTE.

KASICH ADMINISTRATION KEPT INTERNAL LIST OF PRIVATE EMAILS FOR STAFF

Kasichs Office Kept A Staff Contact List Labeled DO NOT DISTRIBUTE With Personal Cell Phones And
Email Addresses. According to internal Kasich administration documents, this document is for Governors office
use only DO NOT DISTRIBUTE. The list contained the personal cell number and Personal email of each
employee. [Internal Kasich administration documents, 1/8/14]
All Personal Cell And Personal Email Addresses Were Redacted. Internal Kasich administration documents
redacted all personal contact information. Internal Kasich administration documents, 1/8/14]
No Reason Was Given For Redactions Despite Fact That State Law Did Not Call For Them. According to
Plunderbund, The redactions included all of the personal phone numbers and email addresses. No reason was
given for the redactions. When we recently asked for a version of the unredacted document, pointing out that
nothing in state law excludes this information from public record disclosure requirements, we were told that the
list does not document the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of
the office. A completely unrelated case about phone numbers in personnel records was also cited.
[Plunderbund, 3/21/14]

MIKE HUCKABEE DESTROYED HARD DRIVES WITH PUBLIC

RECORDS WHILE LEAVING OFFICE
In 2007, Mike Huckabees administration destroyed government-owned hard drives containing his records as he
left office. Much of the information destroyed was not backed up.
2007: Huckabee Destroyed Government-Owned Hard Drives As He Left Office, Accused Of Violating State
Law. According to the Associated Press, A lawsuit was filed Thursday against former Gov. Mike Huckabee that
accuses the Republican presidential hopeful of breaking state law when his administration destroyed governmentowned hard drives as he left office in January. Jim Parsons of Bella Vista filed the lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit
Court accusing Huckabeeof violating the state's Freedom of Information Act and a state law prohibiting damaging a
computer without authorization. [Associated Press, 7/27/07]

2007: Lawsuit Against Huckabee Asked Court To Send A Message That Destroying Public Records Is
Not The Standard Operating Procedure. According to the Associated Press, The state's Ethics Commission
has previously dismissed two complaints that Parsons, a self-described gadfly, has filed against Huckabee over
the hard drives' destruction. The lawsuit, described in the filing as a citizen complaint, asks the court to send
a message that destroying public records is not the standard operating procedure of elected officials when
they leave office. [Associated Press, 7/27/07]

2007: Arkansas Attorney General Could Find No Reason To Pursue Any Action Against Huckabee Over The
91 Destroyed Hard Drives. According to the Associated Press, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel last week said
he could find no reason to pursue any action against Huckabee over the 91 destroyed hard drives. [Associated
Press, 7/27/07]
2007: Huckabee Chief Of Staff Brenda Turner Ordered Destruction Of State Hard Drives. According to the
Associated Press, At the instruction of Huckabee chief of staff Brenda Turner, the Department of Information
Systems destroyed the drives. [Associated Press, 7/27/07]
2007: Huckabee Claimed Hard Drive Destruction Protected Social Security Numbers, Credit Card
Information. According to the Associated Press, Huckabee, who left office Jan. 9, has defended the destruction of
the drives and said it was done to protect sensitive information, such as employees' or constituents' Social Security
numbers and credit card information. A spokeswoman for Huckabee's presidential campaign did not immediately
return a call seeking commentThursday. [Associated Press, 7/27/07]
2007: Some Information From Huckabees Destroyed Hard Drives Saved On Backup Tapes. According to
the Associated Press, The hard drives were destroyed, or crushed, after some information was downloaded onto
backup tapes, the state Department of Information Systems said. The computers were located in the governor's
offices at the state Capitol, the Governor's Mansion in Little Rock, Huckabee's Washington office and the hangar for
the state police airplane on which the governor traveled. [Associated Press, 7/27/07]
2007: Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe Said He Would Like To Clarify The States Policy On The Destruction Of
Government Hard Drives. According to the Associated Press, Huckabees Gov. Mike Beebe has said he would
like to clarify the state's policy on the destruction of government hard drives to ensure that personal information
such as Social Security numbers should be protected, but make available information regarding the use of taxpayer
funds. [Associated Press, 7/27/07]

COLIN POWELL
As Secretary Of State, Colin Powell Used Personal Email For Official Business. According to the New York
Times, "Before the current regulations went into effect, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, who served from 2001 to
2005, used personal email to communicate with American officials and ambassadors and foreign leaders." [New
York Times, 3/2/14]