The FBI has still not seized Foley's computer and hard drive

The FBI confirmed today that it has not drawn up a search warrant for the equipment because the investigation is still preliminary, and they are still examining the messages they've obtained so far.

Despite the fact that Foley's attorney has said Foley admits to sending the "totally inappropriate" e-mails and IMs, the FBI has still not seized his computer and hard drive.

"Mark has absolutely agreed on his own and with our counsel not to do anything with any computer, not to delete any messages, not to obliterate or attempt to obliterate any IMs, e-mails, Internet communications," --> So much for the hard-drive.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/fbi_contacting_.html

give me a break

to hamper the fbi's eventual investigation of himself, the disgraced congressman.

How Hastert blew his lid, how 60% or more of DU blew its collective lid at this impermissible intrusion on Congress by the executive branch, how the House leadership attempted to work out a protocol for future cases like this which would include full notification of the Speaker of any impending raid? How the right of courts to grant a subpoena for such a raid was called into serious question and is still in the courts? How Bush impounded the evidence and sentenced it to the federal government equivalent of the I/P forum while the issue gets banged around in the courts (and it's not over yet, to my knowledge)?

Do you remember ANY of that? Because it's relevant, so if you did, I'm reminding you.

that rodney the ex dem alexander?

found in his freezer.

and they still need to investigate? This is crime in and of itself.

capades with a minor.

Somewhere, he is still logged onto Aim. Gives me hope they haven't got at least one of his machines scrubbed yet.

AIM is a total security breach!!!

Let them find out the hard way.

AIM imbeds in so many places in a hard drive!!

hopefully, they will find "pieces" that are still there, because if you don't erase the HDD properly, "pieces" will be left.

From a techie with a security clearance.

They needed to have "Scrubbed" the HDD, literally not make it useable again after the data was captured.

it from the computer and bust it up with a sledge hammer. I am serious.

Is it likely his office computer is on auto backup? Isn't it also true that a competent IT person can recover things from his HD despite it being "wiped clean" short of him busting the thing with a hammer?

on his hard drive?

....wish it was a laptop. They lose laptops real easy....

"Mark has absolutely agreed on his own and with our counsel not to do anything with any computer, not to delete any messages, not to obliterate or attempt to obliterate any IMs, e-mails, Internet communications," said Roth.

First of all he should be described as 'Former Congressman Foley', not 'Mark'.