We wouldn't be in this mess. In another case of "deleted" emails, a former Bear Sterns worker deleted his Google account, potentially to cover up emails that would reveal information about his alleged role in hedge fund fraud. Fortunately (and not surprisingly), Google has way better backups than the paper-happy mayor's office, and was able to turn in searchable information on CD-ROM to the government. Wow: companies cooperating with the government in a situation where government won't cooperate with itself. Maybe we should just turn everything over to Google. Or would that just lead to evil?
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