The White House has said that pictures of Bush together with Abramoff are not particularly important, and the Press is making too much of the story. Yet as of today, January 26, 2006, photos of Abramoff with G. W. Bush are being removed from the files. Josh Marshall at TPM is on the story:
TPM 11:59 AM.
The White House appears to be actively scrubbing files of pictures that show Bush and Abramoff together. Not only have such photos clearly been removed from the on-line catalog of Reflections Photography, they have also been deleted from the archive CD’s the company keeps as back-up. The evidence is clear that the pictures were there previously and are now gone. The President of Reflections admits that she has been removing the pictures from the files.
TPM - 2:49 PM
The photos that are missing are not stored in Google or The Wayback Machine. Probably never were.
TPM - 4:05 PM
Josh Marshall reports that it is not a single photo that has been removed from Reflections Photography’s files. It is multiple photos.
TPM - 5:10 PM
Reflections Photography is now pulling entire events from the archives.
The White House is trying to down-play the importance of pictures of Abramoff together with G. W. Bush. Their behavior clearly belies their words -- as usual.
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