Double trouble with double-deleting

Squamish – Some provincial Liberal political aides “double-deleted” emails in an attempt to keep their communications confidential, Public Eye has exclusively learned.

The aides believed “double-deleting” would prevent their emails from being saved by the government’s back-up tapes, according to sources familiar with the practice.

Here’s how it worked: the aides would delete message from their Outlook inbox and then empty the program’s deleted messages folder.

The sources couldn’t say how widespread the “double-deleting” was or whether that practices has continued.

But the sources, who requested anonymity to speak candidly about the government, stressed aides were never instructed to “double-delete” their emails.

Nevertheless, it’s one more reason to question just how committed the Liberals have been to running the most open and accountable government in Canada – a promise they made in the 2001 election platform.

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Source: squaminshchief.com