Re: Abusrdity Theater: White House Says It Tossed ComputerHard Drives

["Larry Seltzer" <Larry () larryseltzer com>]

Why do you find it so hard to believe they physically destroyed hard
drives? It makes perfect sense. At "the end of their lifecycle and
retired" they are not likely useful for another task.

In the last couple of years I've thrown out a couple of old, small
drives, and before I toss them I take a hammer to them until they shake
like a maracca.

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larry.seltzer () ziffdavisenterprise com


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From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 1:55 AM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] Abusrdity Theater: White House Says It Tossed
ComputerHard Drives

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Via WTOP.com (AP).

[snip]

Older White House computer hard drives have been destroyed, the White
House disclosed to a federal court Friday in a controversy over millions
of possibly missing e-mails from 2003 to 2005.

The White House revealed new information about how it handles its
computers in an effort to persuade a federal magistrate it would be
fruitless to undertake an e-mail recovery plan that the court proposed.

"When workstations are at the end of their lifecycle and retired ... the
hard drives are generally sent offsite to another government entity for
physical destruction," the White House said in a sworn declaration filed
with U.S. Magistrate Judge John Facciola.

[snip]

More:
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=116&sid=1239912

It's completely amazing, the efforts to deter anyone from determining
the true fate of these missing e-mails.

Additional background:
http://www.fcw.com/online/news/151873-1.html
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2186074,00.asp
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/04/the_pen_is_migh.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-04-11-white-house-email-pro
be_
N.htm
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/news-desk/2007/3/29/separate-white-house-e-m
ail
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- - ferg


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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet  fergdawg(at)netzero.net
ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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