Why did Huckabee have 83 of his office computers crushed when he left office?

grandhall4_big You know, when I read this comment over at Carpetbagger, I just couldn't believe it. But it was true! Get a load of this! Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:

Documents that the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, describe the destruction of the computer drives, as ordered by Hucklebee's office, and Huckabee complaining strongly about his cell phone and Blackberry not working.

A memo dated Jan. 9 from a state Department of Information Systems official to Huckabee told of the "disposition of data maintained"by the department "for the office of the governor"during Huckabee's tenure.

"All drives have been subsequently crushed under the supervision of a designee of your office," wrote Gary Underwood, the agency's chief technology officer and a former Huckerbee staff member.

Of course, Huckably did keep backups:

Which may or may not one day be available to the voters:

Department of Information Systems Director Claire Bailey said hard drives for 83 computers and four servers were destroyed, or “crushed,” after information was downloaded onto backup tapes. Underwood supervised it and delivered the backup tapes to Huckabee Chief of Staff Brenda Turner, who had ordered the hard drives crushed, Bailey said.

She said the computers were located in the state Capitol; the state’s Washington, D. C., office; the state police airport hangar; the Governor’s Mansion; and the Arkansas State Police drug office.

In 2003, Huckabee announced that after he left office, his official gubernatorial papers would be stored at his alma mater, Ouachita Baptist University, a private institution in Arkadelphia. He said at the time that the college would decide which documents would be released to the public.

Right.

It's like Huckabee is Bush, but without the competence.

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Wait until you meet Jethrine

They've kept her under wraps so far, but sooner or later they'll have to open the cage and take off the chains. She makes her husband appear human.

tapes? crushed? i'm confused.

then again, it wouldn't surprise me to learn states were using punch card computers and some guilty republican elsewhere had those burned after leaving office.

well, i guess we'll just have to enjoy this one as it unfolds. and i know we live in a monarchial theocracy now, but since when do official state historical documents get to be kept and held secret by a religious "university?" isn't there something about public records being, well, public? i know, i know, that's so pre-2000.

The drives were crushed

After taped backups were made of them.

The tapes were then archived at "Ouachita Baptist University, a private institution in Arkadelphia."

I wonder how the feral hogs are, down there? Thick on the ground, I would imagine.

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