Wait! Lois Lerner's missing e-mails...

[Bob Of Burleson]

. . . may still be available?

By Josh Hicks
The Washington Post

House Republicans on Tuesday said the faulty hard drive of former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was less damaged than the agency let on and that backup tapes containing her missing e-mails may still be available.

GOP lawmakers are likely to raise the issues on Wednesday at a hearing with IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, who is scheduled to testify about issues related to the agency’s targeting of tax-exempt groups based on their names and policy positions. The hearing, which begins at 10 a.m., can be viewed live through THE PANEL'S VIDEO FEED.

“If the IRS would just come clean and tell Congress and the American people what really happened, we could put an end to this,” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) said in a statement on Tuesday. “Our investigators will not stop until we find the full truth.”

House Ways and Means Republicans said Tuesday that they learned that Lerner’s hard drive was only “scratched” and that the data was recoverable. They said the Internal Revenue Service ignored in-house advice to seek outside help to retrieve the information.

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[kent]

backup tapes? Tapes!?!?! What, are we in the 80's?

[Mark]

Can somebody tell me exactly what they mean by a "scratched" hard drive? Hard drives are sealed.

Is this just more smoke and mirrors and delays from the IRS?

[kent]

Can somebody tell me exactly what they mean by a "scratched" hard drive? Hard drives are sealed.

Is this just more smoke and mirrors and delays from the IRS?

they can get damaged if the laptop is moved when the read write heads are moving.

I still want to know what POS email network they have that everything is on the HD and not also on the server. They couldn't possibly be lieing....again.

[BigTex]

This smacks of a stalling tactic.

After all this time, how could they not know exactly what they do or do not have?

[BigTex]

What would happen if you told the IRS you weren't going to submit a return because you don't trust how they handle the information?

[Mark]

Can somebody tell me exactly what they mean by a "scratched" hard drive? Hard drives are sealed.

Is this just more smoke and mirrors and delays from the IRS?

they can get damaged if the laptop is moved when the read write heads are moving.

I still want to know what POS email network they have that everything is on the HD and not also on the server. They couldn't possibly be lieing....again.

But you would have to disassemble the hard drive to determine that. Who does that?

To me, this sounds like more BS designed to snow the non-technical members of congress.

Issa needs to consult with some IT and hardware experts, and then subpoena every member of the IRS IT department.

[kent]

Can somebody tell me exactly what they mean by a "scratched" hard drive? Hard drives are sealed.

Is this just more smoke and mirrors and delays from the IRS?

they can get damaged if the laptop is moved when the read write heads are moving.

I still want to know what POS email network they have that everything is on the HD and not also on the server. They couldn't possibly be lieing....again.

But you would have to disassemble the hard drive to determine that. Who does that?

To me, this sounds like more BS designed to snow the non-technical members of congress.

Issa needs to consult with some IT and hardware experts, and then subpoena every member of the IRS IT department.[/quote]

I am totally stunned this hasn't happened. Just make sure the company isn't in the Administrations back pocket or run by one of Michelle's college buddies.