Saturday, March 3, 2012

Missouri aide raised e-mail concerns before firing

A review of e-mail records by media organizations including The Associated Press supports claims by a former legal counsel to Gov. Matt Blunt that he was fired shortly after cautioning his colleagues that their defense of e-mail deletions ran contrary to state law.

But the e-mails also confirm that Scott Eckersley performed private-sector work with state resources and was repeatedly late to work, two factors cited in his dismissal. Blunt officials have claimed Eckersley never raised concerns about their e-mail practices and was fired for justifiable reasons.

The roughly 60,000 pages of e-mails released under a legal …

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