. . LAW : LAW: CASES : ARCHIVES : LEGAL: RESEARCH: MASSIVE Destruction of US Federal Court Records Underway . . MASSIVE Destruction of US Federal Court Records Underway Pat Clawson PO Box 470 Flint, MI 48501-0470 (810) 730-5110 GLOBAL-L Archives Mon, 1 Aug 2011 18:51:31 -0400 https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1108&L=GLOBAL-L&P=2343 . . Have you heard about the MASSIVE destruction of US Federal Court records quietly underway across the nation? . Millions of case files covering the past 25 years are being destroyed - and there are no backup copies in print or electronic form. . The shredding has been going on since April without publicity. I just learned about it by accident. . Check out this link on the US District Court website in Grand Rapids. . http://www.miwd.uscourts.gov/GENERAL/historic.htm . Potentially large numbers of federal cases with significant historical value will be destroyed. . It's obvious from the Grand Rapids court website posting that the Feds don't have a clue about how the public's records - that's right, these records belong to the public - will be raped. . It's also obvious that - because of the lack of press coverage - the public does not have a clue that an important part of the heritage of America in the latter part of the 20th Century is being obliterated by bureaucratic bean counters. . Let me blunt - this is a wholesale erasure of the public memory concerning the courts that covers 25 years - a full generation. . These court records are of great value to historians, journalists, investigators for a myriad of reasons and for decades to come. . Some quick computer searches reveal no press coverage of this huge assault on the public's right to know. . Why has this gotten no attention? . . The complete article may be read at the URL above. . . Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 jwne@xxxxxxxxxx http://daviddillard.businesscard2.com Net-Gold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html Index: http://tinyurl.com/myxb4w http://groups.google.com/group/net-gold?hl=en General Internet & Print Resources http://guides.temple.edu/general-internet COUNTRIES http://guides.temple.edu/general-country-info EMPLOYMENT http://guides.temple.edu/EMPLOYMENT TOURISM http://guides.temple.edu/tourism DISABILITIES http://guides.temple.edu/DISABILITIES INDOOR GARDENING http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/ Educator-Gold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/ K12ADMINLIFE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/K12AdminLIFE/ The Russell Conwell Learning Center Research Guide: THE COLLEGE LEARNING CENTER http://tinyurl.com/yae7w79 Nina Dillard's Photographs on Net-Gold http://tinyurl.com/36qd2o and also http://gallery.me.com/neemers1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/neemers/ Twitter: davidpdillard Bushell, R. & Sheldon, P. (eds), Wellness and Tourism: Mind, Body, Spirit, Place, New York: Cognizant Communication Books. Wellness Tourism: Bibliographic and Webliographic Essay David P. Dillard http://tinyurl.com/p63whl http://tinyurl.com/ou53aw INDOOR GARDENING Improve Your Chances for Indoor Gardening Success http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/ http://groups.google.com/group/indoor-gardening-and-urban-gardening SPORT-MED https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/sport-med.html http://groups.google.com/group/sport-med http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sports-med/ http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/sport-med.html HEALTH DIET FITNESS RECREATION SPORTS TOURISM http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/ http://groups.google.com/group/healthrecsport http://healthrecsport.jiglu.com/ http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/health-recreation-sports-tourism.html . . Please Ignore All Links to JIGLU in search results for Net-Gold and related lists. The Net-Gold relationship with JIGLU has been terminated by JIGLU and these are dead links. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/30664 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/message/145 . .