atest effort by the Bush administration to expand the boundaries of government secrecy: 5 million missing emails secret

White House Seeks to Keep E-Mails Secret | Wednesday August 22, 2007 1:01 AM | By PETE YOST | Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department said Tuesday that records about missing White House e-mails are not subject to public disclosure, the latest effort by the Bush administration to expand the boundaries of government secrecy.

Administration lawyers detailed the legal position in a lawsuit trying to force the White House Office of Administration to reveal what it knows about the disappearance of White House e-mails.
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The office has prepared estimates that there are at least 5 million missing White House e-mails from March 2003 to October 2005, according to the lawsuit filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a private advocacy group. ...