OpEdNews - Diary: More White House secrecy

August 24, 2007 at 06:51:45 Permalink
More White House secrecy

Diary Entry by Mary Shaw (about the author)

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Nobody should be surprised. In George W. Bush's ongoing quest to remain above the law and operate in secrecy, with no accountability to the taxpayers who employ him, his handlers are now claiming that "the White House Office of Administration is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act as part of its effort to fend off a civil lawsuit seeking the release of internal documents about a large number of e-mails missing from White House servers," according to an article in yesterday's Washington Post. This comes after the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a lawsuit in May seeking information about the missing e-mails. Ironically, as CREW pointed out in response, the White House's argument in this case "is contradicted by its own actions and statements. On the White House's own website, the OA is designated as one of the few components in the Executive Office of the President subject to the FOIA. The website also provides a link to the OA's FOIA regulations and identifies an OA FOIA officer." But, as we have seen, Bush never lets the facts get in the way of his agenda. With no checks or balances, a spineless Congress, and Bush as arrogant as ever and with nothing to lose, I'm sure we can only look forward to more and more of this. Remember: This is our tax dollars at work. Make some noise. -----

Mary Shaw is a Philadelphia-based writer and activist, with a focus on politics, human rights, and social justice. She is a former Philadelphia Area Coordinator for the Nobel-Prize-winning human rights group Amnesty International, and her views (more...)

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