There is no such thing as a missing email. [With grateful thanks to a friend, for passing along the reminder re ‘whois’:]

Re e-mails between White House and Justice Department:

 

The e-mails were sent on e-mail accounts run by the Republican National Committee. The RNC is claiming that many, if not all, of the e-mails subpoenaed by the Congress may have been deleted.

 

Keep looking. Here's how:


The RNC's web site (RNC.ORG) is hosted by SMARTECHCORP.NET. Relevant whois data is:

Registrant Name: Republican National Committee
Registrant Organization: Republican National Committee
Registrant Street1: 310 First Street SE
Registrant Street2: Registrant Street3: Registrant City: Washington
Registrant State/Province: DC
Registrant Postal Code: 20003
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.202863850
Registrant Phone Ext.: Registrant FAX: +1.202863885
Registrant FAX Ext.: Registrant Email: dns@rnchq.org <mailto:dns@rnchq.org>
Admin ID: 6248954-NSI
<http://www.pir.org/Search/WhoisSearchResults.aspx?txtWhoIsSearch=contact+6248954-NSI>

Admin Name: Steve ** Ellis
Admin Street1: 310 First Street SE
Admin Street2: **
Admin Street3: Admin City: Washington
Admin State/Province: DC
Admin Postal Code: 20003
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.2028638670
Admin Phone Ext.: Admin FAX: Admin FAX Ext.: Admin Email: dns@RNCHQ.ORG
<mailto:dns@RNCHQ.ORG>
Tech ID: 15683805-NSI
<http://www.pir.org/Search/WhoisSearchResults.aspx?txtWhoIsSearch=contact+15683805-NSI>

Tech Name: RNC
Tech Organization: RNC
Tech Street1: 310 1ST ST SE
Tech Street2: Tech Street3: Tech City: WASHINGTON
Tech State/Province: DC
Tech Postal Code: 20003-1885
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.2028638651
Tech Phone Ext.: Tech FAX: Tech FAX Ext.: Tech Email: knolan@RNCHQ.ORG
<mailto:knolan@RNCHQ.ORG>

Name Server: NS1.CHA.SMARTECHCORP.NET
*SmarTech Corp.*
801 Broad Street, Suite 220
P.O. Box 11181
Chattanooga, TN 37401

Phone: *423-267-8853*
Toll Free: *866-664-7684*
Fax: *423-664-7680*

All relevant e-mails sent to and from the RNC would be held by Smartechcorp or whoever stores their backup media, possibly Iron Mountain, Pennsylvania. Congress should subpoena these backups.

As for GEORGEWBUSH.COM, the same website provider, Smartechcorp, was used:

Relevant data:*Registrant:* Make this info private
<http://www.networksolutions.com/domain-name-registration/private.jsp>
Bush-Cheney '04, Inc. P.O. Box 10648
Arlington, VA 22210
US
*Domain Name:* GEORGEWBUSH.COM
*Administrative Contact , Technical Contact :* Bush-Cheney '04, Inc.
Chuck@georgewbush.com
P.O. Box 10648
Arlington, VA 22210
US
Phone: 703-647-2700
*Record expires on* 06-May-2008 *Record created on* 05-May-1997
*Database last updated on* 28-Jun-2006
*Domain servers in listed order:* Manage DNS
<http://www.networksolutions.com/manage-it/index.jsp>
NS1.CHA.SMARTECHCORP.NET

Congress should also subpoena Smartechcorp and/or its backup for relevant e-mails to and from the Bush-Cheney 04 Campaign headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.