...It's amazing how crimes committed by the Conservatives capos in Washington are labeled 'political,' instead of what they are - criminal.

In democratic countries, politicians who conspire against the People are put in prison, but not in the good ol' U S of A!

This doesn't surprise me. Republicans will do anything to win or cover up their tracks. Cheat and steal, that's their game plan.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/16/us-usa-campaign-romney-records-idUSTRE7BF04F20111216

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)."

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 Romney's 2003-2007 term.

Also included were boxes containing material generated only during Romney's 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.

Files with papers documenting pardons, official investigations, litigation and even internship programs have in some cases raised issues that caused political embarrassment for people running for office.
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Eleven of Romney's gubernatorial aides also were allowed to purchase the hard drives of the computers the state had leased for them and a central computer server in which governors' office emails were routinely stored was also wiped clean before Romney left office.
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Theresa Dolan, former director of administration for the governor's office, 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 Romney's tenure.

A letter from the Governor's office disclosed by state officials in response to Reuters' disclosure request shows that within months of Romney taking office, his aides were laying legal ground work for sweeping efforts to control access to records generated by the governor's office during his tenure.
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Boxes of records which Romney did deposit in the State Archives carry prominent "disclaimer" notices on the outside asserting that although the governor's office had decided to "voluntarily" send them to archives, they did not constitute public records under Massachusetts state law.

Looks like they made a pretty clean sweep. As I mentioned yesterday, I'd suggested to the Boston Globe that they go after the backup media/tapes. But it looks like that stuff may have gone when they wiped the servers clean.

If any of those aides are unscrupulous types and have anything of consequence on those hard drives (or had the foresight to make their own copies) they might be getting all expenses-paid trips to foreign resorts, in small planes.

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