Bush White House Email Controversy
In 2007, it was revealed by the Bush administration that not all the emails in the white house were available. This report surfaced during a congressional investigation into the dismissals of eight US attorneys. When the investigation committee had asked the Bush administration for the documents pertaining the dismissal, Bush administration admitted that not all the emails were available as they were sent via a nongovernmental domain. In estimation, over 5 million emails may have been lost or deleted as the email server was not controlled by the federal government. The controversy arose as this constituted a possible violation of the Presidential Records Act of 1978 and the Hatch Act.
The gwb43.com is private internet domain hosted on email server that is owned and run by the RNC (Republican National Committee). This domain was in use by many administration officials for communication of unknown content and purpose. The gwb43.com has no web server connected to it and is used for emails only. Other domains such as gergewbush.com and rnchq.org were also used for communication by the federal employees. However unlike gwb43.com, these have a web server connected to them. The domain name gwb43 is an acronym standing for `George W Bush, 43rd` as he is the 43rd president of the US.
Henry A Waxman, the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee conducted an investigation after he was prompted by CREW (Citizens of Responsibility and Ethics in Washington). Waxman reported that the use of nongovernmental domain was to specifically avoid any record of communications. These mails were deleted to make them unavailable for any investigation carried out by the congress.
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