Later in the press briefing, [White House spokesman] Gibbs was asked about the administration's "fishy" email program. Once again, no answers were forthcoming:

QUESTION: Do you know how many e-mails have been sent to the flag@whitehouse.gov address?

And, secondly, isn't the White House required by law to save all correspondence it receives? So will it be informing individuals whose e-mails have been forwarded that they might want to have a chance to correct the historical record about the alleged fishiness of their e- mails?

GIBBS: I, for the life of me, didn't understand your question.
(CROSSTALK)
GIBBS: Obviously, the National Archives documents correspondence with the White House.

QUESTION: So the people whose e-mails have been forwarded, they won't be informed that their e-mails are being forwarded to the government?

GIBBS: I -- maybe I'm missing something. I'm sure you're hatching some nefarious plot, but I, for the life of me, can't understand it.

That was a pretty good question, actually. Given that, as we noted this morning, Obama's dissident database will remain secure against Freedom of Information Act requests and must be maintained for years to come, some people may want to know whether their names have been reported to the government as "fishy" citizens.

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