On Monday, November 12, 2007, Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. adopted the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola and ordered the White House to: “preserve media, no matter how described, presently in their possess[ion] or under their custody or control, that were created with the intention of preserving data in the event of its inadvertent destruction.”
see:
http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/2007/11/articles/news-updates/judge-orders-white-house-to-preserve-backup-media/
jhagmann - 13. Nov, 20:51