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Digital Tracks  By Alex Seitz-Wald on November 17, 2011 at 12:35
pm  "Romney Staffers Destroyed Emails, Covered Digital Tracks"
google plus icon    Asked why he purchased his hard drive for
$65 just two weeks before leaving office, Romney’s chief legal
counsel, Mark Nielsen, couldn’t explain, saying only that he
followed the law:  “I’m confident that we complied with the
letter and the spirit of the law,’’ he added. When asked why he
would want to purchase his hard drive, he said, “Employees were
given that option and it was my understanding that it was a
longstanding practice in the governor’s office.’’  When asked
about replacing the remaining computers and wiping the server
clean, he said, “All I can tell you is we fully complied with
the law and complied with longstanding executive branch
practice. Nothing unusual was done.’’  Romney aides point out
that the state archives does have 700 to 800 boxes of paper
records. But as the Huffington P