[78-L] Theft of Recordings at NARA

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Oct 6 10:10:10 PDT 2011


What's an "original master copy"? (This is the Babe Ruth item.)

dl

On 10/6/2011 12:59 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> I, and many other friends of Les, are awaiting the list, but it is
> evident that in all probability access to the recorded sound was not
> lost, not even potentially lost, to the American people.  All had
> probably been transferred, and many were probably duplicates.  The item
> actually discussed in the plea bargain was apparently from a collection
> that itself contained apparently stolen items. But if you bought items
> on ebay from Hi-Fi_Gal, they are part of the stash.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>
>    -------- Original Message --------
>
>   From: bruce78rpm at comcast.net
>
>
>   This fellow was a high ranking Public Official who seriously betrayed
> the Public Trust ! It will be interesting to see what he actually gets
> for a sentence, since according to the article he cut a Plea Deal with
> Prosecutors ! He will probably get some kind of wrist slap. They should
> not only toss him jail for a considerable time period, but he should
> lose his Government Pension as well. Sadly, neither of these scenarios
> will probably happen.
>
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>
>   T'row da bum in wit' Boinie Madoff and t'row away the key!
>
>   dl
>
>   On 10/6/2011 11:58 AM, gdkimball at cox.net wrote:
>   >  I thought this might be of interest to the list. I attended a
> security presentation by National Archives officials yesterday, and this
> case came up.
>   >
>   >  Gregg
>   >
>   >
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/former-employee-admits-stealing-recordings-from-national-archives/2011/10/04/gIQAB1kzLL_story.html
>


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