Quelle surprise

The outlook is grim for a complete accounting of the Bush administration's official communications, said Sheila Shadmand, counsel for the National Security Archive. "The White House admitted it did nothing to stop people working in the White House from disposing of memory sticks, CDs, DVDs and zip drives that may have been the sole copies of missing e-mails on them," she announced. "We believe our ability to get a complete restoration of the White House record from 2003 to 2005 and evidence of what went wrong has been compromised."

[From The Raw Story | White House admits negligence in finding, preserving missing e-mails]