Rove may have personally deleted e-mails

A Washington Post article today indicates presidential advisor Karl Rove may have been personally deleting his e-mails from a Republican National Committee account that he was using for government business.

Rove's e-mails are being sought by a Senate committee investigating the firings of eight U. S. attorneys, for what appear to be blatantly political reasons:

Democrats are suspicious that Rove and other senior officials were using the political accounts, set up by the RNC, to avoid scrutiny from Congress. E-mails already in the public record suggest that at least some White House officials were mindful of a need not to discuss certain matters within the official White House e-mail system.

Yesterday, congressional Democrats denounced the White House after administration officials acknowledged this week that e-mails dealing with official government business, including the firing of U.S. attorneys, may have been lost because they were improperly sent through political messaging accounts. Twenty-two White House officials -- and a total of about 50 over the course of the administration -- have been given such accounts to avoid doing political work on government equipment.