3 chapters across the catalog
A report on future transportation suggests trains may eventually be powered by sewage. The discussion shifts to the IRS scandal, where thousands of Lois Lerner's emails were reportedly erased from backup tapes despite a preservation order. The hosts explain the technical process of using a "degausser" to destroy magnetic media.
U.S. District Court Judge Emmett Sullivan orders the IRS to provide sworn testimony regarding the destruction of Lois Lerner's hard drive. The investigation focuses on whether the IRS followed policies for tracking inventory and "degaussing" drives. The hosts predict that a low-level IT employee will likely be blamed for the missing emails and the failure to recover data from alternative sources like Blackberries.
The hosts discuss reports that both NASA and the BBC "erased" or "wiped" their original tapes of the 1969 moon landing. They express skepticism about the ability to "restore" degaussed tapes and mock a recent story about a kid's audio recording being used to fill the BBC's archives.
