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Judge John Facciola ruled in a federal court this week that the White house must provide an official argument explaining why the White House should not have to keep a record of all emails for the Executive Office of the President. A previous court order revealed that the White House routinely recycles the tapes used for storing emails, indicating that years of records may now be irretrievable. In April of 2007, Dana Perino admitted to the regrettable mistake, indicating that as many as 5 million emails could have been lost.

The White House had begun a system overhaul of its email records in 2003, but never followed through on the project.

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