Inside Washington: Sorry, You're Not Reading My E-mail

1 Apr 2007 // More fallout from the U.S. attorneys case: Several White House aides say they have stopped using the White House E-mail system except for purely professional correspondence. "We knew E-mails could be subpoenaed," said one aide, "... but I don't think anybody saw that we were doing anything wrong." But the release to the Democrats of White House E-mails and the request for more have iced the practice. At least two aides said they have bought their own private E-mail system through a cellular phone or BlackBerry server; one said he is now cellphone "texting." However, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington says the work-around practice could be illegal. It has asked the White House to explain how it is complying with the Presidential Records Act.