As we wait for the subpoenas to be served on Smartech (and their backup servers at Coptix) Chattanooga TN, we wile away our time exploring the universe of the illegal use of behind-the-scenes, not covered by the Presidential Records Act, hidden from the National Archivist email network variously called "RNCHQ.com" and "gwb43.com."

While we'd like to know what all was said, there is another source which allows us to look at who was saying what to whom. A most creative party has taken the statistical universe of the emails sent by accident in 2004--smack in the summer of the high Bush-Kerry campaign as it happens--to the address "[INSERT-ANYTHING-HERE]@georgewbush.org" and posted way back then by "whitehouse.org." While they may be a satire/parody site (hey, at least they ain't porn any more) but these mails were real. They called that section "The DEAD LETTER OFFICE: GeorgeWBush.org: Bush/Cheney in 2004!"

Our mystery compiler calls his dissection of this data The Missing Link. We do not, that I could see, have a name for this heroic compiler/correlator, an omission presumably inspired by the fact that he or she did this work on the website of George Mason University where the party is either employee or student. We suggest our readers copy all the files, data and lovely, lovely pictures to sites elsewhere, as GMU is likely to find the material embarassing and make it go away. I've got 'em stashed but you get copies too--accidents happen.

Now once you have them stashed away--or if you want to live dangerously and Read more…