According to Drudge Report:
American Civil Liberties Union has been shredding documents over repeated objections of its records manager and in conflict with longstanding policies on preservation, disposal of records… Developing…
Lawyers have the strictest document retention policy around. They keep everything. Yet here we are with the ACLU destroying documents. Andersen did this to hide what they did with Enron and they were annihilated as a corporation (despite having their conviction ultimately overturned). What does the ACLU have to hide? This could be a bogus lead from Drudge, but if not it is explosive. Is the ACLU under criminal investigation and is worried that documents normally protected by attorney-client privilege would be taken? Do the documents show that the ACLU has been taking funds or shuffling funds to organizations it shouldn’t be?
There is no honest reason to be destroying documents for a law firm, something is amiss…
UPDATE: The New York Times is reporting on this. The ACLU records officer is not too pleased either.
Why Is The ACLU Shredding Documents?
Hat tip to John C. A. Bambenek, who is RAVING about a Drudge Report teaser which claims,
I’m crossposting this stuff!
Where There’s Smoke: What is the ACLU Hiding?
Crossposted From John.C. A. Bambanek. Thanks!
ACLU Shreds Documents, What Are They Hiding?
Anyone ever wonder why the ACLU should not be trusted? Well now, the reason that those of us in the know have known is on display for the rest of the world. The ACLU is under investigation and they decide to shred documents.