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1 Editorial, The President’s Papers, The Washington Post , October 13, 2007. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CITIZENS FOR RESPONSI BILITY AND ) ETHICS IN WASHINGTON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil No. 1:07cv1707 (HHK) ) EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE ) PRESIDENT, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________) PLAINTIFF’S REPLY IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Perhaps the most shocking thing in the White House defendants’ opposition to plaintiff’s motion for a temporary restraining order is their completely cavalier attitude toward their record- keeping obligations and their refusal to acknowledge, much less respect, the importance of preserving our nation’s history.  As The Washington Post noted recently, “Presidential records belong to history because they help provide insight into the decisions made by a president and his administration.  More important, because they are the byproducts of work done on behalf of the nation, those records belong to the people of the United States.” 1 This lawsuit is all about protecting those records and ensuring that the American public will have future access to them. Plaintiff CREW is seeking a temporary restraining order in the face of the White House defendants’ repeated refusal to provide assurances that the only remaining copies of a large body of deleted email records are being preserved as both the Federal Records Act (“FRA”) and the Presidential Records Act (“PRA”) require.  CREW sought those assurances after the White Case 1:07-cv-01707-HHK     Document 8      Filed 10/15/2007     Page 1 of 14

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