The latest trashing of the White house...

[mairving]

It's not bad enough that we had 8 years of Clinton. It looks like his people have left behind another legacy.

"The Bush Administration has quietly launched an investigation into apparent acts of vandalism and destruction of federal property -- after incoming Bush staffers discover widespread sabotage of White House office equipment and lewd messages left behind by previous tenants!

Harriet Miers, 55, Assistant to President Bush and staff secretary will be investigating possible legal ramifications of the White House trashing and possible theft.

"Miers is just beginning her investigation," a well-place source said late Wednesday from Washington. "The level of the trashing is very troubling, this is not just 'W' keys missing from keyboards."

The damage left by departing Clintonites goes "way beyond pranks, to vandalism", said a close Bush adviser.

White House employees aren't waiting to be interviewed by Miers. They are providing names of the worst malefactors, previous occupants of specific offices.

Photographic and audio evidence is being collected -- as the full scope of the damage becomes clear.

Bush's staff has been cautioned not to go public with the extent of the damage and the worst is being closely held among very top staffers for fear of leaks. But, according to sources, so far Bush officials have found:

• Phone lines were cut, rendering them inoperable.
  
• Voice mail messages were changed to obscene, scatological greetings. One Bush staffer had his grandmother call from the Midwest. She was horrified by what she heard on the other end of the line.
  
• Many phone lines misdirected to other government offices.
  
• Desks found turned completely upside down and trash deliberately left everywhere.
  
• Computer printers that were filled with blank paper but interspersed with pornographic pictures and obscene slogans that would be revealed only as items were run off the computer.
  
• 'W' keys weren't just pried off more than 40 keyboards, some were glued on with Superglue; some were turned upside down and glued on.
  
• Filing cabinets glued shut.
  
• VP Office space in the Old Executive Office Building found in complete shambles. Mrs. Gore had to phone Mrs. Cheney to apologize, first reported by Rich Galen's Mullings.
  
• Lewd MagicMarker graffiti found on one office hallway.
  

[AndyM]

Heard something like this yesterday. What's your source?

[LawyerRon]

Those allegations "IF TRUE" go way beyond a prank into the realm of vandalism.

[kraken]

Someone asked me if I thought that the office of president was a joke (if I didn't think much of it).

I don't think so but apparantly many Americans (US) do.

[mairving]

Here is the source: http://www.drudgereport.com/wh93a.htm

[kraken]

Mairving

So are there any other sources of this news story.

A few words of text by drudgers hardly holds up to scrutiny.

Anything on the evening newscasts over there, (theres been nothing here.)

[mairving]

Kraken,
I tried posting earlier and the post timed out (Must be democrats messing with my connection). I did find this on MSNBC http://www.msnbc.com/news/521714.asp?0nm=N18N . Say what you want about Drudge but he has scooped a lot of stories.

[mairving]

Of course, today everyone has the story. Here is what one newspaper said about it.

Reports of vandalism escalated yesterday after Matt Drudge posted an item on his Internet site titled "White House offices left 'trashed': Porn bombs, lewd messages." And while top Bush officials deflected questions, others in the White House confirmed the reports, which grew as the day went on.

And my favorite comment about it all:

White House vandalism is actually something new. Some of it--the purloined letters from the computers--was no doubt just silly. But some of it seems proof, yet again, that leaders consciously and unconsciously summon to their side, and work closely with, people who are like them. The Clintons were at heart vandals, tearers-down in many ways and on many levels. As George Stephanopoulos recently told Ted Koppel, the Clinton staff entered the White House without feeling enough respect. They were immature. They left as immature people would, upending trash cans, like rock stars without talent.