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To: Ilaine who wrote (118339)	6/5/2005 7:35:31 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793725

But Sandy got caught. And the question isn't what people do secretely, as he did. Not a lot of people will risk stealing documents by stuffing them down their pants and walking out with them. It's what they do openly. The people shredding against organizational policy apparently didn't hide it; there had been internal complaints about it for years. But you're straying from my initial point. My initial quote was "do as I say, not as I do." The ACLU is a strong opponent of companies shredding documents in violation of policy or to conceal unpleasant facts. Yet unauthorized shredding was going on in their own premises, in some cases at the highest level, and contrary to their clear written policies, and the executives and, apparently, board knew about it and didn't stop it. My issue wasn't what people at the ACLU should or shouldn't shred. My issue was hypocrisy and a double standard, criticizing others for doing what you yourselves are doing. You diverted the discussion from that issue. Can we get back to it? Can you agree that if the ACLU thinks corporations should have and comply with clear document retention and destruction policies, they should do the same themselves, leading by example?