Romney Admits He Destroyed Government Records To Keep Them From Political Opponents

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Romney Admits He Destroyed Government Records To Keep Them From Political Opponents

By Alex Seitz-Wald

Last week, a Boston Globe investigation uncovered that former Gov. Mitt Romney’s administration destroyed emails, purchased hard drives, and otherwise obliterated all digital records of his time as governor of Massachusetts. This happened as Romney was leaving the state to campaign for president (the first time), and observers immediately speculated that the systematic destruction was politically motivated to hide embarrassing data.

Romney and his campaign have so far denied this, with the candidate saying this weekend in New Hampshire that his staff took the highly unusual step of purchasing their work hard drives because they might contain “confidential and private” information. Meanwhile, he’s made calls for greater White House transparency a part of his campaign message.

But 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 didn’t 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.

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[Tarheel_Dem]

1. Is there any wonder they're still looking for an alternative to Mitt?

:shrug:

[MADem]

2. His crime was not so much how MUCH he did, but how LITTLE.

That guy spent more time in NH than the NH governor did!

His lake house got way more use than the Belmont home he recently sold.

When there was horrible flooding in the state, he sent his brain-dead LT governor, who put on a hard hat, posed for pictures...and left, not answering any questions or responding to any pleas for help. People were standing in the streets, crying over their flooded homes, while the overwhelmed Red Cross was trying to place them.

[Greybnk48]

3. Huckabee did the same thing as did Scott Walker when he

left Milwaukee. I think they should bug all of their shit once they come into office. They certainly don't have any qualms about doing it to citizens. What do the pukes say, "well, if you have nothing to hide, why would you care?" :sarcasm:

[HowHasItComeToThis]

4. HEY SMITT, YOUR GOING DOWN... ALONG WITH SNEWT AND

SPERRY

[barbtries]

5. it's never

about anything but politics. i hate republicans and their twisted fucked up ways.

[global1]

6. Gee - It Kinda Makes You Proud He's Running For President......

(sarcasm)

[liberal N proud]

7. Those who do not study history are damned to repeat it

Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon

:scared: