Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
Baloney! Since when does everything/anything have to be preserved by anybody in the absence of a subpoena or court order, forever just in case somebody/somewhere might at some time in the future would like to subpoena or get a court order to take a peek?
Forever, no; during an active investigation, yes; when a crime's been committed, yes.
There's a reason large law and accounting firms have shredders going constantly. They're destroying documents that could be subject to subpoena at a later date in an ancillary investigation ...and that's totally legal. Do it during an investigation and it's a crime. Do it to conceal a crime that's not been discovered yet and that's also a crime...also applies to electronic documents.