The 1978 Presidential Records Act states that White House staffers must preserve all presidential records-- but does that include Twitter messages? Facebook posts? Emails?
Next Tuesday Brook Colangelo and David Ferriero will testify before the House over how far the 1978 Presidential Records Act extends.
As this WSJ blog post states, it makes sense that with the increase in communication outlets, these rules need to be clarified.
This is a super interesting issue. My opinion is that if the govt. is allowed to tape conversations that occur in the oval office and use them to indict a president, they should also have complete access to his twitter messages, facebook messages and emails. this cuts into the president's privacy, but that's the one of the sacrifices i think the president has to endure while he occupies the post.
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